The Residential Colleges Have Joined the Next Generation Network!

The NGN program has reached another monumental milestone — the completion of all 14 of Yale’s residential college network migrations. That’s right: from Timothy Dwight to Benjamin Franklin, every Buttery, game room, and book-lined common room is now running at next-generation speed. 

Migrating the residential colleges was no small feat. Each college is a world of its own, with unique architecture, culture, and quirks (some even have their own towers or secret tunnels!). Coordinating these migrations required careful planning — balancing move-in and move-out periods, alumni reunions, Yale Summer Sessions, and renovation schedules. Like a perfectly timed Harkness Tower chime, every migration had to hit just the right note. 

Over the course of just three summers (2023-2025), the team brought 14 diverse colleges onto a single, modern network: the digital equivalent of orchestrating a grand symphony across 14 stages, bringing each college’s unique rhythm, architecture, and community into harmony. This achievement keeps the overall program on track for its Summer 2026 scheduled completion. 

Thanks to this work, students, faculty, and staff now have access to a modern network infrastructure offering faster speeds, stronger security, and greater reliability across every college. Whether streaming a lecture, collaborating on research, or video calling home, the upgraded network keeps the Yale community connected — wherever campus life leads. 

The NGN team takes great pride in modernizing the network within these beloved spaces — future-proofing Yale’s campus to support the next generation of thinkers, creators, and leaders.  

Faster, more secure, and more resilient: that’s the Yale connection, upgraded.