Yale Physics welcomes history-making class of incoming graduate students
May 3, 2021
Yale Physics is pleased to welcome 35 new graduate students, including 18 women, 17 men, and 7 students from underrepresented minorities (URM) to our department. This includes 12 international students from 6 countries. This class has already started making history with the highest percentage of women and URM students of any incoming Yale Physics class.
Stacey Watts, graduate registrar for the department, said “This is the most diverse class we’ve ever had in terms of who applied, were offered, and accepted. The incoming class will be 51% female and 20% URM.”
Simon Mochrie, professor of physics and of applied physics and the Director of Graduate Admissions (DGA) for the Yale Department of Physics said, “The Yale Physics Department is excited and proud to welcome a graduate class with a majority of women for the first time ever and a record percentage of URMs. This historic outcome refle