2:00 – 3:00 PM
1st Floor Lobby
Pre-program Campus Tour
Schedule
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Check out ways to Connect with YSE pre- and post-Welcome Days!
All programs take place in Kroon Hall with recorded sessions noted with an asterisk*
Thursday, April 3, 2024
3:30 – 3:45 PM
1st Floor Lobby
Sign In
Luggage can be left in Kroon 102 until 5:45 PM
4:00 – 4:15 PM
Burke Auditorium
Formal Welcome & Congratulations, Dr. Wendi Hicks & Dr. Burke*
4:15 – 4:30
Burke Auditorium
Peer Welcome & Congratulations, SAC Leaders*
4:30 – 5:30
Burke Auditorium
Student Community and Support Session
5:30 – 5:45
Room 102
REMINDER: Luggage pick up – door will be closed at 5:45PM
5:30 – 7:00
Knob 3rd Floor
SIG Tabling & Welcome Reception
Join current and future YSE students for heavy hors d’oeuvres, dessert, and great conversation to end your first day at YSE!
OPTIONAL EVENTS:
7:00 – 10:00
Burke Auditorium
Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY)
After 7:00
Post Reception
You have the evening to decompress, check into your hotel, and explore what New Haven offers (perhaps with some new friends?).
For more information:
Info New Haven Yale Visitor Center
All programs take place in Kroon Hall with recorded sessions noted with an asterisk*
Friday, April 4, 2025
8:15 – 9:00
1st Floor Lobby
3rd Floor
Sign In
Luggage can be left in Kroon 102 until 5:10PM
Breakfast
9:00 – 9:10
Burke Auditorium
Welcome & Day’s Agenda*
9:10 – 10:05
Ground Floor (G01) and 3rd Floor (Burke, 321)
Academic Breakouts
- Forestry Breakout — Room G01
- MEM Breakout* — Burke Auditorium
- Research Breakout — Room 321
10:15 – 10:55
Burke Auditorium
Faculty Panel*
11:00 – 12:10
Campus Tours & Programs (Bring your walking shoes!)
- Yale Farm — 3rd Floor, Knobloch Environment Center
- Yale Campus — 1st Floor Lobby
- YSE Campus — 3rd Floor, outside Burke Auditorium
- What to Expect after Accepting* — 3rd Floor, Burke Auditorium
12:10 – 1:00
3rd Floor (Knobloch)
Lunch!
Mingle with faculty, current students, and staff.
1:00 – 1:30
Burke Auditorium
Career & Professional Development*
1:30 – 2:15
Burke Auditorium
Financial Aid*
2:30 – 4:30
3rd Floor
Coffee and tea available
2:25 – 3:10
Breakout Panels
- International Students* — 3rd Floor, Burke Auditorium
- Current Students — Ground Floor, Room G01
- Living & Being Well at YSE — 3rd Floor, Room 319
- Summer Opportunities — 3rd Floor, Room 321
3:15 – 3:45
3rd Floor (Knobloch)
Centers and Programs Fair:
https://environment.yale.edu/centers/
Learn more about our many centers and programs as you mingle with faculty, current students, & staff.
3:50 – 4:10
Faculty Micro-Lectures
- Adventures in tropical forests,
Liza Comita — G01, Ground Floor
Professor Comita will provide an overview of her current research projects on tropical tree diversity and classes she teaches on tropical forest ecology and conservation. - Training for leadership in the Energy Transition,
Narasimha Rao* — 3rd Floor, Burke Auditorium
Professor Rao will discuss the breadth of courses about the clean energy transition that students at YSE will have access to, showing excerpts from his courses, and listing other relevant courses around Yale as well.
4:15 – 5:00
Burke Auditorium
Alumni Panel*
5:00 – 5:05
Burke Auditorium
Closing, Admissions & Student Affairs*
5:05 – 5:15
Room 102
REMINDER: Luggage pick up – door will be closed at 5:15PM
OPTIONAL EVENTS:
5:15 – 7:00
3rd Floor (Knobloch)
TGIF & YSE Gear Sale
Celebrate with current and future YSE students, and check out some merch!
7:00 – 10:00
Burke Auditorium
Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY)