Limited student study and office space is available in all of our buildings. In Kroon Hall, the Knobloch Environment Center is meant for socializing, but students have also embraced it as a study space. The Ordway Learning Center on the ground floor also has ample quiet study space. Students working on the Ph.D. degree are given first priority for office space and are assigned by the Doctoral Program Office.
Student copy machines are located on the first and second floor of Kroon Hall, one on each floor of Sage Hall (including computer lab), as well as many other locations throughout the university. Instructions for setting up accounts are at each location and available in the Computing/IT section of MyYSE, as well as on the bulletin board outside Sage 38. Malfunctions should be reported to helpdesk.yse@yale.edu or 203-436-4444.
The official address of the School is Yale School of the Environment, 195 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511.
While mailboxes on the ground floor of Kroon Hall are provided for each student, the use of the School address for the receipt of personal correspondence and packages is discouraged. Mail is not forwarded during vacation or breaks. If you expect important mail and know you will be away, ask a resident friend to forward it. Do not use the School’s address for receiving valuable items as thefts have occurred in the past, and the School is not responsible for lost or stolen items. It is recommended that students purchase personal property insurance to cover the loss or theft of their property.
Do not use walls, furniture or doors for posting information or for leaving messages, as tape often damages the surfaces. There are bulletin boards in Kroon and Sage Halls for student use. Please see Andrés Fernández for other bulletin board use.
Pets of any variety (walking, flying, swimming, or slithering) may not be brought into any of the buildings at any time. Please clean up after your pet when necessary on YSE grounds.
Motorcycles are never to be brought inside any building. (Fire Marshall requirements dictate this. The danger is obvious.)
Bicycles should be left in the bicycle racks outside various buildings and may not be parked or stored inside any of the School buildings in halls, closets or locked against railings. Bicycles should always be locked and registered with campus police (there is an online form at www.yale.edu/police). Please report a suspected theft immediately to Yale Police at 203-432-4400 and notify Andrés Fernández.
Rollerblading and skateboarding are not allowed on YSE grounds or within any building
Students must secure permission from faculty members to operate in any laboratory. Equipment must not be transferred from one laboratory to another without specific permission; please contact facilities.yse@yale.edu if moving equipment.
School instruments and equipment should be handled intelligently and with respect. If you are not familiar with a piece of equipment, please do not use it until you receive appropriate instructions.
Report at once to the instructor in charge and to facilities.yse@yale.edu or 432-2099 all accidents and/or breakdowns involving school equipment. Damage to the building or equipment due to carelessness or negligence of a student will be charged to him or her.
The school has four vehicles available for School use:
The shuttle buses are not allowed to leave the state of Connecticut, and drivers must be 25 years of age or older.
These vehicles are used primarily by faculty members for class trips and research-related travel; students who wish to use them for individual research projects require permission of a faculty member. School vehicles are never to be used for personal purposes. Students needing a car for personal purposes may wish to obtain a Zip car account (https://to.yale.edu/zipcar)
Students and others who would like to drive School vehicles are required to have the following:
For all vehicles:
Additional items required to drive the van or shuttlebuses: