Yeh College
Residential college
Princeton University
New College East near completion in 2022
Coordinates40°20′33″N 74°39′17″W / 40.342411°N 74.654673°W / 40.342411; -74.654673
Established2022
Sister collegeNew College West
HeadYair Mintzker
Undergraduatesaround 500[1]
Websitehttps://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 2026.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "New Residential Colleges, including Perelman College". Princeton University Facilities. Princeton University. 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.
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