Yale University is famous for its classical and romantic campus environment. And some modern buildings are often used as models in the history of architecture in textbooks, including the Yale University Art Museum designed by Louis Kahn and the British Art Center of Yale University. Ingels skating rink, Ezra stiles College and Morse College designed by Eero Saarinen; There are also art buildings designed by paul rudolph.
The ancient buildings in Yale are mostly in Gothic style, mostly built in the period of1917-1931. A large number of reliefs show the university life at that time: writers who are thinking hard, athletes who are running, socialites who drink tea, students who doze off while studying, and so on. The sculpture of Yale Law School Building (officially named Sterling Law Building) also shows some contemporary scenes, including the police chasing robbers and arresting prostitutes. In order to make the building look old, the architect James Gamble Rogers used acid splashing on the stone wall, deliberately broke the glass, repaired it by medieval methods, and artificially added many empty decorative niches, as if the sculpture had been lost for a long time. Although the buildings in the central campus of Yale University are mostly medieval buildings with large stones, in fact, most of them use the universal steel frame of 1930, with the exception of Haqqnista, which is 2 16 feet high. When it was built, it used to be the tallest all-stone building in the world. The tower was reinforced at 1964 to install the Yale Memorial Clock in it, with a total of 54 openings. Today, the clock is played by the special student group of Yale University at 6:5438+02:30 and 5: 00 every afternoon, and the selected music ranges from the classical group Zhong Le to the Beatles.
The oldest building on campus belongs to Georgian style and looks more modern. The building named "Connecticut Hall" was built in 1750, and now it is located in the old campus, where the philosophy department is located. Other Georgian-style buildings on campus include Timothy Dwight, College Pearson College and Davenport College (excluding the facade around York Street, which belongs to Gothic style).
Benec Rare Book Library, designed by Gordon Banchardt, is the world's largest library specializing in the collection of rare ancient books. The stacks on the sixth floor of the library are surrounded by a glass cube, while the outside of the glass cube is covered by a larger "box" and does not touch it. The wall of this building is made of translucent marble from Vermont. It is two feet square, so it can darken the embassy and prevent other harmful rays from the sun from damaging the books in the collection. The sculpture in a sunken courtyard in the square was designed by Noguchi Yong, representing time (pyramid), sun (ring structure) and probability (oblique cube).
Eero Saarinen, a famous architect who graduated from Yale University, has designed the famous arch in St. Louis, the main building of Dulles International Airport in Washington, and the CBS Building in Manhattan. ), responsible for designing the ingels Ice rink of Yale University and the latest two residential college Morse and Ezra stiles. These modern buildings inspired by the Italian mountain city of San Jimiano are in sharp contrast with other Gothic buildings.
In addition, Payne Whitney Sports/Fitness Center of Yale University is the largest gymnasium in the world today, including swimming, rowing simulation pool, basketball hall, gym, fencing hall and other Olympic events, as well as world-class equipment such as three permanent glass squash courts with the highest standards in North America. These devices are free for undergraduates, while graduate students need to charge some fees.
Food and drink
There are 14 restaurants on the Yale campus. Customers can watch and supervise the whole cooking process, and every dish is guaranteed to be fresh and delicious. Self-help also allows you to freely match according to your own taste and mood. Most employees of Yale Restaurant work here, and they are full of passion and love for their work. From the menu of the restaurant, we can see their diligent pursuit of nutritional balance, and even realize their long-term concern for the sustainable development of the earth. Almost every Yale student has no complaints about their diet. However, it should be noted that the restaurant is closed in summer, but other alternative dining spots can be found on the school website. In addition to restaurants, there are more than 10 cafes and small restaurants on campus, which are very emotional and are a good place to relax and adjust your mood. In Durfee's, cafes like KBT are absolutely relaxed and enjoyable, which makes people linger. Each family has its own style and mood, and the snacks provided are varied. I hope I can experience it for myself. Yale attaches great importance to undergraduate education, so Yale College is the core of Yale education, and all professors offer undergraduate courses. More than 65 departments and programs offer more than 2,000 courses for undergraduates every year, many of which are provided by Yale's best historians, literary critics, scientists, engineers, mathematicians, artists, composers, poets and sociologists. The academic atmosphere is extremely friendly and active, which is unimaginable in a research university that does not pay attention to basic teaching.
Although Yale respects traditional education very much, it does not set specific curriculum requirements for students, and there is no so-called core curriculum. Instead, it is a more relaxed course selection system. Yale requires students to study in depth and breadth: depth, that is, students should study professional courses; There is breadth, that is, students should learn three fields (namely humanities and arts, natural sciences and social sciences) and three skills (writing, quantitative reasoning and foreign languages). Yale offers students 80 specialized courses and 53 foreign language courses.
In Yale, introductory courses are usually large lectures and small discussion classes hosted by graduate students. Some courses are warmly welcomed by students, such as The History of the Cold War by Professor John Gaddis, which seems to be a performance. High-level seminars usually have fewer class hours and a large number. Senior students don't have to worry about not choosing their favorite courses. Freshman seminars also give freshmen ample opportunities to communicate with professors. Most of the courses here are very interesting and exciting.
In the first two weeks of the semester, students can listen to different classes and finally decide which class to choose. Yale requires students to master a foreign language at a medium level, so each student should learn a foreign language for at least one semester, and then decide whether to study another semester or two according to his personal learning situation.
Freshman workshops are taught in small classes, and some are taught by senior professors from Yale. Some seminars will give a general introduction to learning in special fields, while others will explore interdisciplinary research methods of various courses.
"Directional research" is an interdisciplinary project for freshmen of western civilization, including literature, philosophy, history and political thought, which lasts for one year. Students can read important works of western tradition in class. Excellent students who are particularly interested in liberal arts can ask to join the program, but they must be prepared for close contact with books, which is why the program has a horrible nickname called "directed suicide plan".
Perspective of Science and Engineering is a lecture and discussion course for freshmen of science and engineering. The one-year course enables freshmen to explore the frontier topics of science extensively and build a bridge for freshmen to join Yale Science Society. Students who are particularly interested in science can take part in this intensive project.
"Science and engineering undergraduate research" is a research-oriented course. Yale is a world-class research university, and independent scientific research, engineering research and design projects are an indispensable part of Yale's undergraduate science education. Yale University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and School of Forest and Environmental Studies have 43 degree-granting programs and more than 800 departmental laboratories. Freshmen in science and engineering can start their preliminary scientific research work in the first year of school. The annual freshman summer research scholarship can provide financial support for more than 100 science and engineering students.
"Stars" program provides opportunities for undergraduates to conduct scientific research, curriculum-based research and comprehensive research to guide skills development. The project supports students to learn natural science, system science and theory.
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