Yeh College Explained

Yeh College
Type:Residential college
University:Princeton University
Shield:Princeton Yeh College CoA.svg
Established:2022
Sister College:New College West
Head:Yair Mintzker
Undergraduates:around 500[1]
Coordinates:40.3424°N -74.6547°W
Homepage: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. 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. New College West houses students displaced by the demolition of First College, which is to be replaced with Hobson College in 2026.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eisgruber . Christopher . State of the University 2020 . Princeton University . Princeton University . 28 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Advancement Communications . Major gift from Jaimie and James Yeh ’87 names residential college and supports undergraduate expansion . Princeton University . Princeton University . 11 May 2022 . yeh.
  3. Web site: New Residential Colleges, including Perelman College . Princeton University Facilities . Princeton University . 28 June 2020.
  4. Web site: Strauss . Eric . Perelman gift to fund new residential college at Princeton . ROI-NJ . ROI-NJ . 28 June 2020.
  5. Web site: 2021-11-01. Home Page Construction at Princeton. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101154145/https://construction.princeton.edu/. dead. 2021-11-01. 2021-11-01.