On Friday, October 6, President Peter Salovey ’86 Ph.D. led members of the Yale community in celebration of a milestone—the dedication of Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray colleges.
A video tour and welcome featuring President Peter Salovey ‘86 Ph.D., Benjamin Franklin’s head of college, Charles Bailyn ‘81, and Pauli Murray’s head of college, Tina Lu.
With the addition of Benjamin Franklin College and Pauli Murray College in August 2017, Yale will expand its total undergraduate enrollment by approximately 15 percent to 6,200, enabling nearly 800 additional students to study at Yale every year.
President Peter Salovey and an assembly of university leaders, alumni benefactors, New Haven city officials, and project team members celebrated the construction now under way for two new residential colleges.
