Yeh College

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Yeh College
Residential college
Princeton University
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New College East near completion in 2022
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Coordinates 40°20′33″N74°39′17″W / 40.342411°N 74.654673°W / 40.342411; -74.654673
Established2022
Sister college New College West
Head Yair Mintzker
Undergraduatesaround 500 [1]
Website https://yehcollege.princeton.edu

Yeh College [2] (provisionally known as New College East until 2022, and Residential College 7 until 2021) is the seventh residential college at Princeton University. It opened at the beginning of the academic year in September 2022. [1] The construction of Yeh College increased the undergraduate student body population by 10 percent, or 500 students. It aims to be LEED Gold certified. [3] Deborah Berke Partners are the architects of the new buildings. [4] A sister college, tentatively titled New College West, was built adjacent to Yeh College, and shares the same dining facility. [3] New College West houses students displaced by the demolition of First College, which is to be replaced with Hobson College in 2027. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Eisgruber, Christopher. "State of the University 2020". Princeton University. Princeton University. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. Advancement Communications. "Major gift from Jaimie and James Yeh '87 names residential college and supports undergraduate expansion". Princeton University. Princeton University. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 "New Residential Colleges, including Perelman College". Princeton University Facilities. Princeton University. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. Strauss, Eric. "Perelman gift to fund new residential college at Princeton". ROI-NJ. ROI-NJ. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  5. "Home Page | Construction at Princeton". 2021-11-01. Archived from the original on 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2021-11-01.