Yale University is marking its 325th anniversary this year with exhibitions, lectures, and a community gathering on Cross Campus, the university has announced.
In October of 1701, Connecticut's governor and representatives assembled in New Haven to pass "An Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate School," the institution that became Yale.
The anniversary programming is one of several developments highlighted in the university's latest news roundup. The Yale School of Nursing has launched two new direct-entry degree programs, an expansion the university says will help address a critical workforce need by preparing qualified nurses to enter the field faster.
"As the demand for nurses continues to grow, we must find thoughtful new ways to welcome talented people into the profession," said YSN Dean Azita Emami.
Elsewhere at Yale, a new exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art, "The Landscape Reimagined," explores how the celebrated British artist John Constable reshaped landscape painting through his innovative open-air works, which the university says radically transformed the trajectory of European landscape painting.
Yale Pathways to Science, which facilitates free, hands-on STEM experiences on campus for local public-school students, welcomed its newest cohort at an orientation held in Woolsey Hall.
The university also highlighted recent research coverage in the media, including a Yale study finding that two-thirds of dementia patients were not aware they had the condition or chose not to report it, and research indicating about 25% of all NFL players develop CTE.
Upcoming campus events include a Poynter Fellowship in Journalism talk with podcaster and journalist Kara Swisher on how AI is affecting the job market, and a lecture titled "Can the U.N. Still Make Peace?" with Thant Myint-U of the United Nations Foundation.