Yale New Colleges

New Haven, CT | 2017

In 2008, Yale University announced plans to expand enrollment by opening two new residential colleges. Construction on the Gothic styles of the early 20th-century buildings began in the fall of 2014, followed by a groundbreaking ceremony in April 2015. In April 2016, the university announced the colleges would be named after Pauli Murray, a civil and women’s rights activist and Yale Law School graduate, and Benjamin Franklin, chosen at the request of Charles B. Johnson, a 1954 Yale alumnus who donated in support of the project. The colleges, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, opened to students in fall 2017.

Pauli Murray College and Benjamin Franklin College are the first new residential colleges to open at Yale University since 1961, when Morse College and Ezra Stiles College opened. The expansion of the undergraduate population marks the first significant addition since 1969, when admission was first opened to women. Starting with the Class of 2021, Yale College can now accommodate an additional 200 undergraduate students. These two new colleges enable Yale University to provide its undergraduate liberal arts education to more students than ever before in its history.

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