What is Yale University?
{{Infobox university |name = Yale University |latin_name = |image = Harkness Tower.jpg |caption = Harkness Tower at Yale |motto = {{lang|he|אורים ותמים}} ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]])<br />Lux et veritas ([[Latin]]) |mottoeng = Light and truth |established = 1701 |type = [[Private university|Private]] |endowment = [[United States dollar|US $]]25.4 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]]<ref>{{cite news | title = Investment Return of 21.9% Brings Yale Endowment Value to $19.4 Billion | newspaper = Yale Daily Bulletin| date = September 28, 2010 | url = http://dailybulletin.yale.edu/article.aspx?id=8925 | accessdate = September 28, 2010}}</ref> |president = [[Peter Salovey]] |faculty = 3,619<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/about/facts.html |title=Yale Facts &#124; Yale |publisher=Yale.edu |accessdate=2009-09-16}}</ref> |students = 11,593 |undergrad = 5,275 |postgrad = 6,318 |city = [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]] |state = [[Connecticut]] |country = [[United States|U.S.A.]] |campus = [[Urban area|Urban]], {{convert|837|acre|ha}} including Yale Golf Course |athletics =[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Division I (FCS Football) [[Ivy League]] |former_names =''Collegiate School'' (1701-1718)<br/>''Yale College'' (1718-1887) |colors = {{color box|#0F4D92}} [[Yale Blue]]<ref>[http://www.yale.edu/printer/identity/yaleblue.html Yale University - Identity Guidelines]</ref> since 1894; prior color, green |nickname = [[Bulldog]]s, Elis, Yalies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/03_02/fictional.html|title=The Ten Greatest Yalies Who Never Were|date =February 2003|accessdate=February 26, 2006|publisher=Yale Alumni Magazine|author=Mark Alden Branch}} </ref> |mascot = [[Handsome Dan]] |affiliations = [[Ivy League]]<br />[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]<br />[[International Alliance of Research Universities|IARU]] |website = [http://www.yale.edu/ yale.edu] }} [[File:Charter for Collegiate School later Yale College 1701.jpg|thumb|right|290px|[[Charter]] creating Collegiat