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With morning sunlight streaming through the tall windows of Sprague Hall and a brass ensemble playing a rousing fanfare, President Peter Salovey and Graduate School Dean Lynn Cooley warmly welcomed Yale’s 580 newest graduate students to campus.
“The faculty and staff of the Graduate School will do everything they can to support you in your Yale career and help you launch your career after graduation,” said Salovey, himself a graduate of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a former dean of the school.
The diverse group of students attended 299 different colleges and universities and hail from 43 countries, including 109 students from China and 24 from India. While 429 of the students are enrolled in doctoral programs, 151 will pursue a master’s degree. Noting that there were students from every continent except Antarctica, Salovey joked that he would speak to the Admissions Office about that omission.