| 2000 | Kurt Schmoke, BA 1971, appointed to the Yale Corporation in 1989, became first African-American Senior Fellow of the Yale Corporation. |
| 2000-2001 | Yale Tercentennial celebrated. Yale announced $1 billion investment in science and medicine. |
| Apr 2 2001 | Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies announced. |
| Jul 1 2002 | Maya Lin term as an Alumni Fellow of the Yale Corporation began--first artist to serve on the Yale Corporation and the first Asian American woman trustee in Yale's history. |
| May 21 2003 | Bombing at Law School. |
| 2003 | Art Gallery renovation began. |
| Dec 2004 | Professional students and graduate students in languages, the humanities, and the social sciences agreed to form a union. |
| Oct 10 2005 | Daniel L. Malone Engineering Center dedicated; designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates. |
| Apr 26 2006 | President Hu Jintao of China visited Yale. |
| Sep 30 2006 | Yale Tomorrow, a five-year $3 billion campaign launched. Campaign later increased to $3.5 billion, with $3.881 billion raised. |
| 2007 | School of Management revamped curriculum. |
| Jun 13 2007 | Yale announced the purchase of the 20-building, 136-acre research campus straddling West Haven and Orange, Connecticut, vacated by Bayer HealthCare. Acquisition completed in September. Facility renamed West Campus. |
| Jul 2007 | Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg filmed scenes on campus and in New Haven for the next Indiana Jones movie. |
| Oct 19 2007 | Bass Library, formerly Cross Campus Library, opened after a one-year renovation program. Renamed for donors Anne T. and Robert M. Bass ’71. |
| Jun 7 2008 | Yale announced the Corporation's authorization to build two new residential colleges near the base of Science Hill. |
| Nov 8 2008 | Rudolph Hall, formerly the Art & Architecture Building, dedicated. Renovation designed by Charles Gwathmey. |
| Nov 8 2008 | Newly constructed Jeffrey Loria Center for the History of Art dedicated. Designed by Charles Gwathmey. |
| 2008 | Yale announced the decision to create School of Engineering and Applied Science. |
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