Ariadna Khafizova '04 was born in the former Soviet Union. Prior to coming to Yale College she attended a school at the foot of the Himalayas in northern India.

Silhouette of German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, contained in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library's Collection of German Literature. This is one of the oldest special collections at Yale, and contains first editions and other rare literary texts in German from approximately 1600 through the mid-20th century, with scattered holdings of earlier authors.

Signe Kant (left) from the National Library of Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia, is shown during her four months fellowship with the Slavic and East European Collection at Yale. The Slavic and East European Fellowship, has been funded since 2000 by Dr. Kristaps Keggi, a Yale alumnus (B.A. 1955 and M.D. 1959) and a Connecticut orthopaedic surgeon whose family has roots in the Baltic region.