As of October 4, Yale has resumed campus tours for prospective students nearly 19 months after they were halted. More than 800 visitors have toured campus so far! The one-hour tours led by Yale undergraduates focus on exterior campus spaces, including outside areas of Sterling Memorial Library, Schwarzman Center, Beinecke Plaza, and Yale’s Old Campus. The Yale Visitor Center and Yale Undergraduate Admissions have implemented protocols that adhere to public health guidelines, including masks and

Welcome to the new faces of Yale College! Today’s ceremony was the official beginning to your collegiate experience. Four years from now, you will gather together for a similar event on the eve of graduation with your proud families, and with those who began as strangers and became dear friends. As Dean Chun says, “You belong to Yale, and Yale belongs to you.” Music by Something Extra, an all-women a cappella group founded in 1977 Watch the full Opening Assembly, official beginning of the colleg