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Hewitt University Quadrangle, commonly known as Beinecke Plaza, is a plaza at the center of the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]

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  1. 49 relations: Alexander Calder, Apartheid, Arthur Twining Hadley, Battle of Cambrai (1917), Battle of Château-Thierry (1918), Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of Saint-Mihiel, Battle of the Somme, Beaux-Arts architecture, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Carrère and Hastings, Cenotaph, Claes Oldenburg, Connecticut, Donato Bramante, Ernest M. Skinner, Federation of Hospital and University Employees, Gordon Bunshaft, Hillhouse Avenue, Howells & Stokes, Humanities Quadrangle, Isamu Noguchi, List of presidents of Yale University, Meuse–Argonne offensive, Morse College, New Haven, Connecticut, New York City, Newberry Memorial Organ, Old Campus, Princeton Architectural Press, Residential colleges of Yale University, Rizzoli Libri, San Pietro in Montorio, Second Battle of the Marne, Sheffield Scientific School, South Africa, Soweto, Sterling Law Building, Thomas Hastings (architect), Timothy Dwight V, Timothy Woodbridge, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, World War I, Yale College, Yale Corporation, Yale Daily News, Yale University, Yale University Press, 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses.

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder (July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures.

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Apartheid

Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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Arthur Twining Hadley

Arthur Twining Hadley (April 23, 1856 – March 6, 1930) was an American economist who served as President of Yale University from 1899 to 1921.

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Battle of Cambrai (1917)

The Battle of Cambrai (Battle of Cambrai, 1917, First Battle of Cambrai and Schlacht von Cambrai) was a British attack in the First World War, followed by the biggest German counter-attack against the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) since 1914.

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Battle of Château-Thierry (1918)

The Battle of Château-Thierry was fought on July 1, 1918 and was one of the first actions of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) under General John J. Pershing.

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Battle of Passchendaele

The Third Battle of Ypres (Dritte Flandernschlacht; Troisième Bataille des Flandres; Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire.

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Battle of Saint-Mihiel

The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a major World War I battle fought from 12–15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) and 110,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions.

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Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme; Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.

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Beaux-Arts architecture

Beaux-Arts architecture was the academic architectural style taught at the in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century.

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Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of the Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Carrère and Hastings

Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère (November 9, 1858 – March 1, 1911) and Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929), was an American architecture firm specializing in Beaux-Arts architecture.

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Cenotaph

A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere.

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Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg (January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor best known for his public art installations, typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Donato Bramante

Donato Bramante (1444 – 11 April 1514), born as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio and also known as Bramante Lazzari, was an Italian architect and painter.

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Ernest M. Skinner

Ernest Martin Skinner (January 15, 1866 – November 26/27, 1960) was an American pipe organ builder.

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Federation of Hospital and University Employees

The Federation of Hospital And University Employees is a coalition of labor unions in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, which represents thousands of workers at Yale University and Yale New Haven Hospital. Hewitt Quadrangle and Federation of Hospital and University Employees are Yale University.

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Gordon Bunshaft

Gordon Bunshaft (May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990) was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century.

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Hillhouse Avenue

Hillhouse Avenue is a street in New Haven, Connecticut, famous for its many nineteenth century mansions, including the president's house at Yale University. Hewitt Quadrangle and Hillhouse Avenue are Yale University.

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Howells & Stokes

Howells & Stokes was an American architectural firm founded in 1897 by John Mead Howells and Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes.

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Humanities Quadrangle

The Humanities Quadrangle (HQ), originally the Hall of Graduate Studies (HGS), is an academic quadrangle at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Isamu Noguchi

was an American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward.

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List of presidents of Yale University

Yale University was founded in 1701 as a school for Congregationalist ministers.

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Meuse–Argonne offensive

The Meuse–Argonne offensive (also known as the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive, the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front.

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Morse College

Morse College is one of the fourteen residential colleges at Yale University, built in 1961 and designed by Eero Saarinen.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newberry Memorial Organ

The Newberry Memorial Organ is among the largest and most notable symphonic organs in the world. Hewitt Quadrangle and Newberry Memorial Organ are Yale University.

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Old Campus

The Old Campus is the oldest area of the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Princeton Architectural Press

Princeton Architectural Press (now PA Press) is a division of Chronicle Books.

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Residential colleges of Yale University

Yale University has a system of fourteen residential colleges with which all Yale undergraduate students and many faculty are affiliated. Hewitt Quadrangle and residential colleges of Yale University are Yale University.

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Rizzoli Libri

Rizzoli Libri, formerly Rizzoli Libri S.p.A. and RCS Libri S.p.A. is an Italian book publisher and a division of Mondadori Libri, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.

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San Pietro in Montorio

San Pietro in Montorio (English: "Saint Peter on the Golden Mountain") is a church in Rome, Italy, which includes in its courtyard the Tempietto, a small commemorative martyrium ('martyry') built by Donato Bramante.

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Second Battle of the Marne

The Second Battle of the Marne (Seconde Bataille de la Marne; 15 – 18 July 1918) was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during the First World War.

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Sheffield Scientific School

Sheffield Scientific School was founded in 1847 as a school of Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, for instruction in science and engineering.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Soweto

Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south.

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Sterling Law Building

Sterling Law Building houses the Yale Law School.

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Thomas Hastings (architect)

Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929) was an American architect,and a partner in the firm of Carrère and Hastings (active 1885–1929).

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Timothy Dwight V

Timothy Dwight V (November 16, 1828 – May 26, 1916) was an American academic, educator, Congregational minister, and President of Yale University (1886–1898).

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Timothy Woodbridge

Timothy Woodbridge (February 27, 1709 – May 10, 1774)Mitchell, p. 32.

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936 – 2 April 2018), also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist, convicted kidnapper, politician, and the second wife of Nelson Mandela.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Yale College

Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University.

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Yale Corporation

The Yale Corporation, officially The President and Fellows of Yale College, is the governing body of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Hewitt Quadrangle and Yale Corporation are Yale University.

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Yale Daily News

The Yale Daily News is an independent student newspaper published by Yale University students in New Haven, Connecticut, since January 28, 1878.

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Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Yale University Press

Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University. Hewitt Quadrangle and Yale University Press are Yale University.

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2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses

Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses started in 2023 and escalated in April 2024, spreading in the United States and other countries, as part of wider Israel–Hamas war protests.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewitt_Quadrangle

Also known as Beinecke Plaza.