MCDB Student Life

New Haven

New Haven is a vibrant, safe city almost midway between Boston and New York with excellent shopping, wonderful restaurants, and many cultural attractions that are within walking distance of campus.  New Haven is bordered on the east by East Rock Park, which has over 400 acres of hiking trails, fields, and the Mill River and on the south by the Long Island Sound, which has several beaches that are accessible by car or city bus.  It’s an easy ride by Metro-North train to New York City or by Amtrak to Boston or Maine. Union Station, near campus, is serviced by a free Yale shuttle.

MCDB laboratories

Research laboratories of primary MCDB faculty are located on Science Hill in the Kline Biology Tower (KBT), Osborn Memorial Laboratories (OML) and on West Campus.   Science Hill is conveniently located within walking distance to several residential areas and downtown New Haven.

Housing

Many graduate students live in the city’s residential neighborhoods or in the suburbs inland and along the shore.  The University has a limited amount of dormitory space available for single students as well as apartments for married students. The Yale Housing Department maintains a listing service for off-campus housing as well as a list of roommates who want to share accommodations.

Health Services

The University Health Services Center, located on Locke St, two blocks from “Science Hill,” provides a wide spectrum of health care services for all graduate students. The Graduate School will cover the full cost of single student hospitalization/specialty care coverage for eligible graduate students enrolled in Ph.D. programs.

Gym

The Payne Whitney Gym is located on the Yale University campus at 70 Tower Street, New Haven, CT. The gym, a nine story gothic style building, has 12 acres of indoor space housing numerous exercise rooms, dance studios, swimming pools, men’s and women’s locker rooms, saunas, a jogging track, free weight & pin-selector strength training equipment and a wide variety of cardio exercise equipment.  All Yale students are entitled to a free gym membership.