Di-ver-si-ty, n.*

*Define yourself at Yale, 2017–2018 A

yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 1 9/1/17 8:51 AM B We’ve designed this piece to make you think. Our aim is not simply to provide our take on diversity, but also to motivate you to consider the idea for yourself. You may believe that you already know what we’re going to say about diversity at Yale, and you may bring thoughts of your own about diversity to measure ours against. With this in mind, here’s a preliminary exercise that may be productive. Take out a pen and, in the empty box below, write down a few thoughts in response to these questions:

How is Yale going to define “diversity”?

How would I define it?

Not feeling 100% satisfied with what you’ve written? Neither were we when we sent this piece o≠ to the printing press. Among other things, a liberal education is a liberating education. Your definitions are always going to be working definitions, subject to continual dissatisfaction and revision. Read on to see how far we got this time.

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 1 9/1/17 8:52 AM At Yale, we think broadly about the word diversity, and we see it manifest in countless ways here in New Haven. Diversity. Diversity of thought powers our classrooms We hear that word a lot in and labs, where Yale students bring varied national, local, and campus academic interests and intellectual strengths to conversations, and we bet bear on collaborative, world-class scholarship. Socioeconomic diversity it’s turning up everywhere means that we in your college search. But draw these brilliant minds from every conceivable what do people actually background all over the world, and that we provide ample resources to ensure that (a) Yale is a financially mean when they talk about viable option for any admitted student and (b) no diversity? Is diversity a Yale student will be burdened by loans upon concept? a quality? a value? graduation. And why is it so important Diversity of identity, culture, and community to so many communities? saturates the Yale fabric, creating dialogue, art, music, dance, delicious meals, and celebratory gatherings in every nook and cranny of campus. Cultural houses,

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 2 9/1/17 8:52 AM diverse futures religious ministries, and campus resource centers Finally, Yalies experience wildly , serve as spaces in which Yalies share and explore a pursuing multiple careers and undertaking numerous stunning array of faiths, traditions, and identities. meaningful roles across society throughout their lives after Yale. Our alumni span the globe, forging Diversity of perspective means that you will a network that recent graduates can easily plug into learn as much outside of the classroom as you do whether they are seeking jobs in business, medicine, inside. It means that, on a campus replete with law, social justice, engineering, academia, education, resources and opportunities of a truly global scope, or any number of other sectors. you may wind up gaining your most significant knowledge about the world from the peers who We hope you’ll continue reading to learn how these surround you on a daily basis—in your dining hall, various forms of diversity unfold on Yale’s campus. on the intramural sports fields, or right at home We’ve included some useful statistics along the way to in your residential college suite. give you a concrete sense of our student body and the opportunities available to them. We also approached Diversity of experience will eventually lead you some members of the faculty and Yale College deans outside of that residential college to explore beyond for their definitions of diversity, and their thoughtful New Haven through travel fellowships, research and responses are woven through this piece. We hope these internship opportunities abroad, or international reflections will broaden your outlook and introduce service and social justice projects. These experiences you to some of the voices here on campus. (Even will prepare you to become a leader in any field, across this world-renowned group of professional anywhere in the world. scholars, no two impressions of diversity are alike!)

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 3 9/1/17 9:05 AM Diversity of Thought. The diversity of minds at Yale India, while another may be researching the e≠ects of the Occupy Wall Street movement on real estate is rivaled by the diversity of in Lower Manhattan. The possibilities are endless, academic opportunities available as are the opportunities to gain new insights from to undergraduates. For starters, your classmates.

there are 80+ majors from which In addition to Yale’s long list of majors, students to choose, and 14% of students engage a host of disciplinary concentrations and pursue a double major. unique programs committed to fostering diversity on campus. Several interdisciplinary majors encourage students to approach their academic Students may also design their own course of work through a multicultural lens, including study through the Special Divisional Major. Ethnicity, Race, and Migration; African American But the breadth of scholarship goes beyond Studies; East Asian Studies; Latin American our list of majors, since no two students with Studies; and Global A≠airs. Students in the the same major have exactly the same focus. Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major For example, one Economics major may study frame their research with questions pertaining the financial culture of open-air markets in to social identity and human relationships.

“Academic excellence and diversity are mutually constitutive. One cannot fully realize one without the other. In an age of increasing globalization and cultural heterogeneity, leadership and scholarly insight require awareness, insight, and experience that are often best gained in interactive and diverse environments. Yale’s student, faculty, and sta≠ communities have been particularly welcoming and stimulating, and I believe that many unexpected and productive avenues start from within such often interpersonal collaborations.” Ned Blackhawk Professor of History and American Studies

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 4 9/1/17 8:52 AM Majors in Yale College

African American Studies German Studies The Science, Technology, and Research African Studies Global Affairs Scholars (STARS) program supports women as American Studies Greek, Ancient & Modern well as minority, economically underprivileged, Anthropology History and other historically underrepresented students Applied Mathematics History of Art in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics, Applied Physics History of Science, while the Mellon-Bouchet fellowship programs Archaeological Studies Medicine, & Public Health aim to increase the number of minority Architecture Humanities students—as well as students committed to Art Italian Astronomy Judaic Studies eliminating racial disparities—who pursue Astrophysics Latin American Studies careers in academia. Biomedical Engineering Linguistics Chemical Engineering Literature Finally, Yale’s renowned faculty inspires Chemistry Mathematics diversity of thought. Our professors come Classical Civilization Mathematics & Philosophy from around the world, bringing richly varied Classics: Greek, Latin, or Mathematics & Physics experiences and expertise to our scholarly Greek & Latin Mechanical Engineering community and demonstrating uncommon Cognitive Science Modern Middle East Studies commitment to teaching and mentoring Computer Science Molecular Biophysics & undergraduates. Computer Science & Biochemistry Mathematics Molecular, Cellular, & Computer Science & Developmental Biology Psychology Music Computing & the Arts Near Eastern Languages & East Asian Languages & Civilizations Literatures: Chinese or Neuroscience Japanese Philosophy East Asian Studies Physics Ecology & Evolutionary Physics & Geosciences Biology Physics & Philosophy Economics Political Science Economics & Mathematics Portuguese Electrical Engineering Psychology Electrical Engineering & Religious Studies Computer Science Russian Engineering Sciences: Russian & East European Chemical, Electrical, Studies Environmental, or Sociology Mechanical South Asian Studies* English Spanish Environmental Engineering Special Divisional Major Environmental Studies Statistics & Data Science Ethics, Politics, & Economics Theater Studies Ethnicity, Race, & Migration Women’s, Gender, & Film & Media Studies Sexuality Studies French Geology & Geophysics *May be taken only as a Geology & Natural Resources second major.

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 5 9/1/17 8:52 AM Socioeconomic Diversity. Budgeting $128 million per year for Our admissions committee is need-blind and makes all financial aid, Yale is one of the most decisions without regard for a≠ordable colleges in the country— a student’s ability to pay. In significantly less costly than attending a fact, in its e≠orts to maintain such a high standard of top public university for many students, socioeconomic diversity, the including in-state residents. Because Yale University considers especially meets 100% of every admitted student’s carefully the applications of students from low-income demonstrated financial need (with an aid backgrounds. package that does not require them to take out loans), our undergraduate community You can read about Yale’s outstanding financial aid assembles the world’s most talented young program in detail and use our minds from every socioeconomic background. Net Price Calculator to estimate your cost of attendance at admissions.yale.edu/financial-aid. For now, here are some key points: “Yale has seen socioeconomic mobility as a central pillar of its mission since its earliest • Yale is committed to a days, and the American Dream is very much need-blind admissions policy alive here. As a product of that dream myself, and meets 100% of demonstrated I am inspired by it. I am committed to need for all admitted students, preserving it. I am thankful that Yale’s financial regardless of citizenship. aid policies and practices sustain and propel • Yale Financial Aid Awards its promise. There are students here from all do not include loans. Instead, walks of life. Theirs will be the generation that 100% of a student’s financial helps to develop a more complex vision of the need is met with a Yale grant American Dream, one that both moves beyond and opportunities for student social mobility and also includes living a employment. life of growth, meaning, and significance. A≠ordable education and opportunities for • Families with annual income fulfilling work are essential for this vision. It below $65,000 (with typical is my hope—indeed my conviction—that Yale assets) are not expected to make a financial contribution toward students will continue to ensure that the dream their child’s Yale education. of a better life will be woven permanently into One hundred percent of the

the fabric of our societies around the world.” student’s total cost of attendance Peter Salovey President of Yale University will be financed with a Yale Financial Aid Award.

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 6 9/1/17 8:52 AM • The average need-based • Families earning between Yale Scholarship grant for the $65,000 and $200,000 annually 2016–2017 academic year was (with typical assets) contribute $47,000. a percentage of their yearly income toward their child’s Yale • More than 50% of Yale students education, on a sliding scale that receive need-based financial aid. begins at 1% for incomes just above $65,000 and moves toward • The total cost of attendance 20% and higher at the $200,000 at Yale for 2017–2018 is $70,570, level. In many cases a travel which includes tuition ($51,400), allowance is also provided. room ($8,700), board ($6,800), and books and personal expenses • There is no strict income ($3,670). Total cost of attendance cuto≠ for financial aid awards. (not just tuition) is used to Many families with more than calculate a student’s need-based $200,000 in annual income financial aid award. receive need-based aid from Yale.

Financial Aid Snapshot for the Class of 2020

Annual Income Median Median Percentage Who Range Net Cost Scholarship Qualified for Aid

Less than $65,000 $4,475 $67,319 97%

$65,000–$100,000 $8,123 $61,591 98%

$100,000–$150,000 $17,415 $53,544 92%

$150,000–$200,000 $36,466 $32,813 86%

$200,000–$250,000 $41,398 $27,542 83%

Greater than $250,000* $46,565 $22,313 34%

*Most who qualify have multiple children in college.

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 7 9/1/17 8:52 AM Four Cultural Houses—the Afro-American Cultural Diversity of Center, Native American Cultural Center, La Casa Cultural, and Asian American Cultural Center— Identity, Culture, root the many branches of cultural life at Yale. Each sponsors student organizations and performance and Community. groups, academic support and advising, peer liaisons, leadership training, social outreach and service Yale students represent a opportunities, political forums, lectures, and alumni gatherings. These are spaces in which students vibrant and dense fabric of explore who they are and where they’ve come from, personal identities and cultural make lasting friendships, and gain a tremendous amount of support to help them thrive at Yale. backgrounds, and there is a See the sidebar on the facing page for a selection vast network of opportunities of student organizations a∞liated with Yale’s through which to express and Cultural Houses—you’ll quickly see that four Houses generate dozens of homes for students on campus, explore oneself on campus. and that multiculturalism is a hallmark of the Yale undergraduate experience.

In addition to Yale’s Cultural Houses, several resource centers anchor a constellation of student groups and events pertaining to identity and faith on campus. The O∞ce of International Students and Scholars o≠ers numerous services and programs, as well as

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 8 9/1/17 8:52 AM House-Affiliated Student Organizations

African Students Association La Unidad Latina Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Latin American Student American Indian Science and Organization Engineering Society Latina Women at Yale Amigas (Yale Latinas mentor Malaysian and Singaporean Latina high schoolers) Association (MASA) Arab Students Association Math and Science (MAS) Asempa(!) Familias Asian American Students Mexican Student Alliance Organization Association of Native Minority Association of Americans at Yale Pre-Medical Students Ballet Folklórico Mexicano Movimiento Estudiantil Black Church at Yale Chicano de Aztlán Black Men’s Union (MEChA) Black Solidarity Conference Muslim Students Association Black Student Alliance NAACP (Yale chapter) at Yale National Society of Black Women’s Coalition Black Engineers Blue Feather Drum Group Organization for Racial Bridges (English language and Ethnic Openness lessons) ¡Oye! (spoken word) Chinese American Students Phoenix Dance Troupe Association Sabrosura: Latin Dance advisers, local host families, and peer mentors, to De Colores (LGBTQ Team Yale’s international student population. The O∞ce Latinx organization) Shades (a cappella) of LGBTQ Resources and the LGBTQ Co-op sponsor Despierta Boricua South Asian Society (Puerto Rican under- Steppin’ Out (step team) outreach and education on issues of sexual orienta- graduate organization) Taiwanese American tion and gender identity for the whole University DisOrient Society community, working with member organizations on Dominican Student Undergraduate Association campus projects, discussions, and programming. Association for African Peace and The Women’s Center, which is open to students of all DOWN Magazine Development genders, is a space committed to improving the lives of Dzana (Afrobeats dance) Urban Improvement Corps all women, especially those at Yale and in New Haven. Heritage Theatre Vietnamese Students Finally, the Chaplain’s O∞ce supports more than Ensemble Association (ViSA) thirty diverse religious and spiritual traditions at Yale, Hindu Students Council West Indian Students coordinating multiple daily services, faith centers, Hispanic Scholars Organization a∞liated social and service clubs, publications, faith- Foundation (Yale chapter) WORD Performance Poetry conscious kitchens, and a wide variety of events and Indian Health Initiative Yale Christian Fellowship parties sponsored by campus faith groups. Japanese American Yale Gospel Choir Students Union Yale Native American Arts While Yale is proud of these “home bases,” we are Jashan Bhangra Team Council even more proud of the eagerness with which Yalies (South Asian dance) Yale Rangeela (fusion dance) make connections across many di≠erent communities Jook Songs (Asian Yale Sisters of All Nations on campus. Recognizing that human beings are American theater group) Yale Wushu (martial arts) multidimensional, Yale’s resource centers encourage Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Yspaniola all students to engage, explore, and expand their range Korean American Students at Yale and more of identities and cultural experiences while in college.

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 9 9/1/17 8:52 AM “For me, the most intriguing part of diversity at Yale isn’t our di≠erences—it’s the similarities. Yale students come from such di≠erent parts of the world. I look out into my lecture hall, and I realize I’m speaking to students with di≠erent histories, with diverse values and experiences. Yet all of the students I talk to are deeply similar in one critical respect—Yalies share an incredible curiosity. And that love of learning acts as a remarkable equalizer. In my experience, Yale students’ shared passions almost always allow them to transcend even the most striking of di≠erences. And that to me is the best part of being in a diverse community here at Yale—it’s the realization that what we share very often overwhelms what makes us di≠erent.” Laurie Santos Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College

10 Mitchell Jones Tyler Detorie field and in the pool as a member Class year Class year 2016 2016 of our in-Trum-mural soccer, Major Major swimming, and inner-tube water Economics and Political Mechanical Engineering Hometown polo teams, and late nights you Science Canton, CT Hometown can find me serving up cheap, Dayton, OH My first day as a Yale Bulldog cheesy treats in the “buttery.” Even What really gives insight into my was unforgettable. Fall athletes better than study break snacks is life at Yale are the communities typically report to New Haven family night dinner on Sundays, where I spend my extracurricular earlier than regular students for when all Trumbull students eat time, especially the Afr0-American preseason, and I walked onto the together in our college dining Cultural Center, or the “House,” soccer field not knowing a single hall. Life in Trumbull allows me and the Yale Black Men’s Union person besides the coach. From to enjoy the tight-knit feel of a (BMU). I served as vice-president that moment on, the soccer smaller university while taking of the BMU, which aims to program at Yale became my advantage of all the resources a empower black males on and new family, and my teammates school like Yale has to o≠er. o≠ Yale’s campus through unity, and coaches were paramount Nya Holder support, and service. Being in making the transition to Class year able to feel the support of the a collegiate student-athlete. 2016 larger community when the Regardless of scores or outcomes, Major Psychology BMU went on national television soccer gave me the opportunity Hometown Bronx, NY for #Blacklivesmatter, or to make lifelong friends. As the when we mentor sixth graders semester progressed, I found I remember the first Sunday that at a local school, has truly another family in the Air Force I wandered into the University made the House’s place in my ROTC program. I’ve always Church in Yale (UCY). It was my life special. wanted to follow in my father’s first time at a nondenominational footsteps and be an Air Force church, and I wasn’t sure what Stephanie Addenbrooke fighter pilot. When I arrived to expect, but I fell in love with Class year 2017 at Yale, the newly reinstated the unique worship style that Major incorporated elements from other English Detachment 009 allowed me to Hometown pursue my goals while earning cultures and sermons that invited Birkenhead, England the best education in the world! us to reflect on spiritual texts. At During the school year I’m UCY people took the time to get involved with the Yale Daily News, Tobias Holden to know me, and they genuinely and I interned this summer at one Class year cared about how I was doing. 2017 of New Haven’s local newspapers, Major That’s why I became a student Molecular, Cellular, & The Independent. I was able to deacon at the end of freshman Developmental Biology travel further in the city I’ve lived Hometown year, to foster this sense of in for the past two years, see more Greenville, SC community. I also help coordinate of what it has to o≠er, and meet As soon as I arrived at Yale I service opportunities like Chapel local residents. Writing about found a home away from home on the Green, where we prepare transportation meetings, library in Trumbull College. Starting and serve lunch at a service for openings, and political campaigns freshman year I served on the the homeless on the New Haven has helped me better understand Trumbull College Council, which Green. From evening prayers to Yale’s impact on New Haven, and works with the Head of College church retreats, I found my first how well the two are integrated. and the Dean to plan free trips, church community in UCY, a When I returned to campus, festivals, and dances. Weekdays place that helped me grow in I had a bigger sphere of space after class I help Trumbull in the my faith and make some of my to call home. fight for the Tyng Cup on the closest friends on campus.

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 11 9/1/17 8:52 AM Diversity of Perspective. Yale’s residential colleges are The residential college system provides a wealth of opportunities for students to learn from each designed to be microcosms of the other and from respected guests. As an incoming student body as a whole, so that freshman, each Yale student is randomly assigned undergraduates experience the to one of fourteen residential college communities. Students remain a∞liated with these communities global scope of the university in for all four years of study, and alumni maintain a small, supportive setting. strong college pride well beyond graduation. Who goes to Yale? With roughly 5,600 undergraduates at Yale, each 1,373 in the Class 40% from private or college houses about 400–500 students. Not only of 2020 parochial schools is the residential college a home away from home, 50 states 64% receive financial it is also a setting filled with perspective-sharing assistance 54+ countries opportunities: 29% major in the Arts and 50% men Humanities 50% women College Teas are informal Q&A’s hosted by the 39% major in the Social heads of each residential college. They give small 42.5% minority students Sciences groups of students an intimate opportunity to pick 11.5% international students 32% major in the Biological the brains of world leaders, thinkers, and talents. 15% first-generation and Physical Sciences or Recent guests have included Junot Díaz, Angélique college students Engineering Kidjo, Nihad Awad, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and 60% from public schools 14% earn double majors Unni Karunakara.

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 12 9/1/17 8:53 AM The Residential College Seminar program is dedicated to the development of innovative “Diversity simply means that we are courses that fall outside of departmental structures. Courses arise through the joint like the world around us, and that is initiative of students and faculty and have important because academic inquiry ranged in topic from sustainable food, to needs all voices and perspectives to digital media activism, to the art of watercolor. thrive. One of the cornerstones of Yale College is our focus on community Mellon Forums introduce Yale seniors to the values. We become our best selves by community of scholars forming in their own sharing experiences, forging bonds, college and class: after a catered dinner, seniors and creating community with people present the results of their independent research from all di≠erent backgrounds.” projects to an audience of fellow seniors. Camille Lizarríbar Dean of Student A≠airs and Senior Associate Dean, Yale College Outside the residential colleges, more than eighty endowed lecture series provide unbounded opportunities to learn from distinguished visitors to campus. Finally, lengthy conversations with As a recent alum said, “The best thing about Yale suitemates, political debates with friends in the is the students. It was great to learn about the college courtyard, dinners shared with your ultimate fate of the universe in a cosmology class, college’s faculty Fellows—all will be as enriching but it was even better to sit down at dinner with a part of your Yale education as your course work. some philosophy majors to sort out what it all meant.”

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As much as one can learn from faculty in the classroom and peers in the residential colleges, it is crucial for undergraduates to expand their worldview Jihad Womack Class year beyond New Haven to gain the global 2017 Major perspective necessary to be leaders in Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology the twenty-first century. For this reason, Hometown Yale College places an enormous emphasis North Plainfield, NJ In the summer of 2014, on international experience. I traveled to São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, and Rio de Seventy percent of Yale students pursue study or projects Janeiro for eight weeks, taking abroad before graduating, and almost $3 million in classes in Portuguese. I also funding is o≠ered to undergraduates each year to support volunteered at an elementary their work in other countries. Many Yalies take a full semester school in Rio Preto and visited to pursue traditional study abroad, while hundreds of others a favela in Rio, where I learned choose to do internships, fieldwork, research, or community capoeira, played samba music, service over the summer months. The number of Yale and spoke with the residents networking events for current students and alumni held in about their life. My experience cities around the world is astonishing—and even if you don’t helped me connect with my connect with Yalies at planned gatherings, it’s likely that you’ll Brazilian aunts on a deeper bump into another Bulldog on the Great Wall of China, in level, and it gave me tools to London’s theater district, or touring a pyramid in Cairo. serve the Brazilian communities Check out these student profiles to see where some recent at home in New Jersey as I Yalies have been and what they’ve been doing. work toward my goal of being a physician.

“In preparing students to make outstanding contributions to society, Yale is diverse because the world is diverse. Across a variety of settings such as the market of ideas, the performance of a team, or even the survival of a species, scientific studies show that diversity is the foundation for innovation, Adriana Embus Figueroa strength, and resilience. When a community Class year is diverse, individuals thrive.” 2017 Marvin Chun Major Dean of Yale College, Ethnicity, Race, & Migration Hometown Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology, and Columbus, GA Professor of Neuroscience and Cognitive Science In the fall of 2015 I traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam, as part of a semester-long

14 program that also included on our water distribution system time in Argentina and Senegal. project. We began construction In Hanoi my work focused on of the 20,000-liter water storage urban planning and sustainable tank, and we taught basic health development, and I was able to lessons in the community schools engage local government and and new vessel cleaning methods nonprofit leaders in those to households. In addition to areas. In addition to my Jinchen Zou providing hands-on engineering research, I discovered my love Class year experience, the trip allowed me 2018 of adventure, hiked one of the Majors to see firsthand the impact we are highest mountains in Southeast Global A≠airs and creating in the community of Roh, Asia, and lived with the best Economics & Mathematics and it was wonderful to work with Hometown host family, with whom I still Houston, TX and learn from the residents. keep in touch. Last summer I spent five weeks in Fiji and Kiribati doing field research on climate migration. The project combined my interests in development, climate change, and international relations. I am grateful for the support of the Edward A. Bouchet Ruchit Nagar Simone Policano Undergraduate Fellowship Class year Program, which provided 2015 Class year Major 2016 funding and also connected Molecular, Cellular, Major American Studies me to mentors on campus and & Developmental Biology Hometown Hometown New York, NY beyond who helped me with Houston, TX my research along the way. I spent a semester in A few classmates and I won Barcelona, taking classes Yale’s Thorne Prize for Social at two universities on Innovation in Health for Khushi Catalonian art, literary classics Baby, which started as a class (Hamlet, Don Quixote, and project to address the global Metamorphosis, among others), immunization gap. The prize the history of women in the took us to India, where we met Middle Ages, and war and key stakeholders, formed a society in modern Europe, all partnership with a leading NGO, entirely in Spanish. I had never Lauren Gardanier and did important scoping been to Europe before, so in Class year work to improve our prototype. 2015 addition to jumping headfirst Major After a successful Kickstarter Biomedical Engineering into a new educational Hometown campaign, we are back in India experience, I traveled almost Saratoga, CA testing the system. Through the every weekend, to eleven Engineers Without Borders project I have been able to act di≠erent cities. I know it’s (EWB) has been a huge part of as a bridge between developers, important to study other my experience at Yale. I traveled to innovators, designers, lawyers, cultures to help put my own in the small village of Rohvitangitaa, investors, implementers, perspective, and living abroad Cameroon, in 2013 with a team academics, and evaluators. was an incredible experience. from Yale’s EWB Chapter to work The journey has been amazing.

15 Diverse Futures. Yale alumni span the globe and change The numbers below will answer some of your broad questions the world. A Yale education a≠ords our about what Yalies do when they graduates the critical thinking, problem graduate. How many are accepted solving, and communication skills to professional degree programs like medical school or law school? necessary to thrive in any number of What kinds of jobs are available careers throughout their lifetimes, and to them? How many eventually this fundamental skillset also equips go on to pursue graduate degrees? But these numbers don’t begin to students with the flexibility to shift capture the true diversity of what careers in an increasingly changing Yale alumni do after leaving New international landscape. Haven. So on the facing page we provide a brief look at the careers of just a few Yale College alumni who have made significant and varied contributions to society.

Yale Postgraduation Statistics

83% medical school admit rate for Yale students and alumni (vs. 40% national medical school admit rate)

90% law school admit rate for Yale students and alumni (vs. 76% national law school admit rate)

Top five medical schools that Yalies attend: Yale, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Emory, UCLA

Top five law schools that Yalies attend: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, NYU, Columbia

Top five graduate schools that Yalies attend: Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford

“We strive to bring together the widest More than 130 employers conduct over possible array of talents, aspirations, 2,200 interviews per year at Yale’s Office backgrounds, outlooks, and capacities of Career Strategy among the world’s best-prepared students. Frequent employers for Yale students after We do this while honoring the unique graduation: National Institutes of Health, Google, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Company, context that forges each individual’s Microsoft, Teach For America, FBI and CIA, identity.” PepsiCo, Council on Foreign Relations, Jeremiah Quinlan Morgan Stanley, Facebook, Epic Systems Dean of Undergraduate Admissions & Financial Aid 76.3% of the Class of 2016 entered the work- force, 17.9% went to graduate or professional school, and 2.3% pursued independent research

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 16 9/1/17 8:53 AM Eric Friedman ’99

Co-founder of Fitbit Sam Tsui ’10

Singer, songwriter, and YouTube sensation

Quiara Hudes ’99 The Honorable Amalia Meza

’75 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Judge for the Superior Court of Water by the Spoonful and the of San Diego County book for the Tony Award-winning Anne Wojcicki ’96 musical In the Heights Co-founder and CEO of Ben Silbermann ’03 genetics company 23andMe Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. Co-founder and CEO of Pinterest Benjamin “Ben” Carson ’73 ’73 Alphonse Fletcher University Former Director of Pediatric Professor at Harvard University Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins and director of the Hutchins Hospital Center for African and African Anna Maria Chávez ’90 American Research Former CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA Tracy Campbell ’96

Akhil Amar ’80, JD ’84 Founder and CEO of Cynosure American legal scholar, expert on Risk Advisors LLC constitutional law and criminal The Honorable Carlos Moreno procedure, and Sterling Professor ’70 U.S. Ambassador to Belize of Law at Yale Law School Maya Lin ’81, M.Arch ’86 and former Associate Justice of Brian Goldman ’05 the California Supreme Court Designer of the Vietnam Former law clerk for Supreme Veterans Memorial Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Francisco G. Cigarroa ’79 Allison Williams ’10

Director of Pediatric Actress and singer Transplantation at the University of Texas Health Science Center and former Chancellor of the University of Texas system Anderson Cooper ’89

Kirsten Lodal ’01 Journalist, author, and primary Co-founder and CEO of anchor of the CNN news show LIFT, a national organization Anderson Cooper 360° Philip “Sam” Deloria ’64 committed to fighting poverty Amira Valliani ’10

Tom Saenz ’87, JD ’91 Director of the American Co-founder and CEO of Zomida Indian Graduate Center and Mexican American Legal and former Senior Adviser to the founder and first Secretary- Defense and Education Fund Deputy National Security Adviser General of the World Council (MALDEF) President and for Strategic Communications at of Indigenous Peoples General Counsel the White House

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 17 9/1/17 8:53 AM “Diversity is illustrated by di≠ering perspectives, conflicting opinions, distinct backgrounds, and unique ways of looking at the world, all of which are critical to the Yale experience. The remarkable diversity of this student population, combined with undergraduates’ intense curiosity and drive, makes Yale an incredibly exciting place to learn.” Stephen Pitti Professor of History and American Studies and Head of Ezra Stiles College

18 Changing your mind is essential to a liberal education. It’s surprisingly hard for most of us to let go of one idea in order to embrace another that requires a very di≠erent perspective. However, in a place as diverse as Yale, it is virtually impossible not to change your mind about the world and your role in it. This is why Yale is such a thrilling place to get an education.

So, were you right or wrong about what you imagined we’d say about diversity? And did anything change in your own perspective as you paged through the reflections and information here? We invite you to record these thoughts below and revisit your working definition of “diversity” going forward. There’s much more to explore, of course, and we hope you’ll consider furthering your explorations here at Yale.

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yale_diversity_2017_final_gr1.indd 20 9/1/17 8:53 AM A tribute to diversity on campus, this mural covers the external wall of La Casa Cultural, Yale’s Latino cultural center. The mural was painted by two Yale seniors in honor of the University’s first annual Chicano cultural awareness week.

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