Also On Campus
Weekend 1
Check out these additional activities happening during the first reunion weekend!
Included in this schedule:
Payne Whitney Gym Access
Enjoy the Adrian C. Israel Fitness Center and other activities in Payne Whitney Gym. Visitors must wear their wristband, show their reunion nametag, and complete a release form at the front desk. For updates on hours and to book a squash court, please check the PWG website. (Hours subject to change.)
Gym Hours
Weekdays, 6 am – 8 pm
Saturday & Sunday, 10 am – 2 pm
Pool Hours
Friday, 11 am – 1 pm and 6 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, 12 - 2 pm
Payne Whitney Gym Tours
Pick up a self-guided tour at the front desk to check out one of the largest athletic facilities ever built.
70 Tower Parkway
Alcoholics Anonymous Reflections Meeting
Friday, 6 - 7pm & Sunday, 8 - 9 am
Dwight Hall Library, Old Campus, 67 High Street
“Blues Clues” Architectural Treasure Hunt
A self-guided tour at the Mead Visitor Center for families with children ages 6-11, with clues to fascinating architectural and sculptural details on campus. Available during the visitor center’s hours.
Friday, 9 am – 4 pm; Saturday, 11 am – 4 pm.
Mead Visitor Center, 149 Elm Street
Dwight Hall Reunion Community Service
Join reunion attendees of all ages in building personal care kits for distribution to members of the New Haven community experiencing homelessness or facing food insecurity. Alumni volunteers, family members, and friends may assemble kits, write a note of encouragement, or decorate a card. Drop in to advance public service in New Haven.
Further information: edward.nguyen@yale.edu or 203-432-1093.
Friday, 10 am – 4 pm; Saturday, 9 am – 2 pm
Dwight Hall Collaboration Room, 67 High Street, Old Campus
Humanities Quadrangle Tour (self-guided)
Designed by James Gamble Rogers, Yale College Class of 1889, in the collegiate Gothic style blended with Art Deco, this landmark facility was built in 1932 as the Hall of Graduate Studies. As a Yale senior, future architecture critic Paul Goldberger ’72 described the 209,000 square-foot structure as “jazz Gothic.” After more than 80 years of providing graduate student housing, classrooms, and faculty offices, Rogers’s iconic building underwent a comprehensive renovation starting in 2016 to create a home for the humanities at Yale. When the remodeled HQ opened in fall 2021, it gathered two-thirds of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences humanities departments and graduate programs in a building imagined for intellectual exchange.
Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street
Live Worth Living Gathering
An event for those interested in learning more about Yale’s “Life Worth Living” program, a global movement started at Yale in 2014, equipping students to explore enduring existential questions in pluralistic, intellectually challenging, and life-giving classroom environments. Refreshments and swag provided!
Friday, 3-4pm
Humanities Quadrangle, Room 107
How to Improve Intellectual Diversity at Yale
Join the Buckley Institute for a breakfast discussion featuring Prof. David Bromwich, Prof. Daniel Markovits, and John D. Sailer. RSVP required: isabelle@buckleyinstitute.com or (203) 745-0571.
Saturday, 8:30-10am
The Study at Yale, 1157 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University Art Gallery Resources for Families
Explore the galleries using our three self-guided family activities. These materials are designed to be used in the gallery spaces to help you look more closely at art and to enjoy your time together in the museum. Get Started, a booklet of museum activities for families; Self-Guided Architecture Activity, a guide to the Kahn building designed for kids ages 8-12; Felt and Yarn Kit, a take-home kit that includes felt, yarn, and a booklet to encourage young people to look closely at art and make their own artwork.
Friday, 10 am – 5 pm; Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm
1111 Chapel Street. Materials available at the Information Desk.
Yale Education Studies & Yale Alumni Educators Reception
All alumni and their guests are cordially invited to join us for refreshments at our offices. Connect with our faculty, staff, and fellow alumni who are passionate about education, and hear about the exciting things going on in our program!
Friday, 3-5pm
433 Temple Street, First Floor
Women's Walking Tour
Women at Yale: A Tour, walks participants through campus to teach the history of women’s contributions at Yale. The tour was made possible by a gift to the Women Faculty Forum from Nancy Alexander (TD 1979, MBA 1984) and Phillip Bernstein (TD 1979, M.Arch 1983). The tour is also cosponsored by the Yale Visitor Center and the Office of the Secretary.
https://wff.yale.edu/women-at-yale-a-walking-tour
Yale & Slavery Tour
One action the university took in response to the findings of the Yale and Slavery Research Project was to create a special-topic walking tour highlighting people, places, and moments in Yale’s history tied to slavery and its aftermath.
https://yaleandslavery.yale.edu/special-topic-tour-history-slavery
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 121 Wall Street
Thursday, 9 am – 7 pm; Friday, 9 am – 5 pm; Saturday, 9:30 am – 5 pm
The library will be open early for reunion attendees on Saturdays from 9:30-12.
Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, 180 York Street
Friday, 8:30 am – 5 pm; Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm
Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High Street
Friday, 8:30 am–5 pm; Saturday, 10 am–5 pm
Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street
Thursday, 10am-7pm; Friday/Saturday, 10am - 5pm; Sunday, 11am - 5pm
Various tours offered Thursday (4-4:45pm), Friday (2-3pm), & Saturday (11am-12pm & 3-4pm).
Specific family-friendly exhibits are also being offered:
Story Time, 10:30-11am
Early learners and their families, start your reunion weekend at the YCBA with stories that bring our exhibitions to life with imagination, wonder, and fun. Look at books that highlight themes and ideas from In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art. This engaging thirty-minute story time in our galleries features books that highlight themes and ideas in our exhibitions. Recommended for ages three to five years, but all are welcome!
Make Time! | Build a Palace, Saturday, 2-4pm
If you could build a palace, who or what would it be for? Make a model that rivals the palaces shown in our museum’s works of art. This program will be offered in both English and Spanish.
Yale Peabody Museum
The Yale Peabody Museum has reopened! See below for several opportunities for alumni and their guests to visit the museum, including multiple “reunion-only” events. Learn more about the museum at peabody.yale.edu.
Friday and Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm; Sunday, noon – 5 pm (please note that reunion checkout is 1pm)
170 Whitney Avenue
Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street
Thursday, 10 am–8 pm; Friday, 10 am–5 pm; Saturday & Sunday, 11 am–5 pm
Access the free Smartify app, where you can find the museum’s floor plan and other resources to help guide your visit. The Smartify mobile app, available as a free download from the App Store and Google Play, offers an engaging guide to the Gallery’s collection and architecture. Explore the museum either on-site or from home. Save and share your favorite works of art. In addition to the Gallery, you can experience hundreds of other museums with Smartify.
Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale/Yale Hillel, 80 Wall Street
Slifka Center welcomes all alumni! Please see the updated weekend schedule: SLIFKA REUNION SCHEDULE.
Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale provides support for alumni for Shabbat, including offering services and kosher communal meals at Slifka Center.
- Friday, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
- Kiddush & Candles
- All are welcome to stop by for an open house and building tours with Slifka Center staff, with light refreshments and candle lighting.
- Friday, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
- Orthodox Shabbat Services
- Reform and/or Egalitarian/Conservative services can take place with sufficient alumni interest. Please contact lynn.jackson@yale.edu if interested and for updates.
- Friday, 6:30 pm
- Family-style Shabbat Dinner
- Traditional Shabbat meal including challah and wine. Reservations are required and can be made in your reunion registration.
- Saturday, 9:30 - 11 am
- Bagel Brunch
- Join us at 10 am for a facilitated conversation about Jewish life and the status of antisemitism at Yale with Slifka Campus Rabbi Alex Ozar and Slifka Board members
Kosher meals (prepackaged and reheated) can be delivered to any meal served with your class. Please reserve before the special requests deadline when you register for your reunion.
The first reunion weekend also coincides with Shavuot. There will be two offerings available to alumni on Thursday, May 21st:
7 pm - Dessert Reception + Optional Boxed Dinners (dinners must be ordered in advance on the Slifka website)
8 pm - Learning with University Chaplain Maytal Saltiel
Jummah Prayer Services, Dwight Chapel, 67 High Street
Join Yale's Muslim leadership for the traditional Friday prayer service.
Friday, 1 - 2 pm
Saint Thomas More Chapel & Center at Yale, Saint Thomas More Chapel, 268 Park Street
All alumni are invited to join us for Mass followed by brunch in the Thomas E. Golden Jr. Center. Reconnect with friends, meet fellow alumni, and tour the newly renovated library and study areas in the Golden Center with Fr. Joe MacNeill, STM’s new Chaplain. Questions: Contact Robin McShane, Development Director at robin.mcshane@yale.edu.
Sunday | Mass, 10am | Brunch, 11:30am
University Church Worship, Battell Chapel, 400 College Street
Join Yale’s ecumenical Christian community for Sunday worship, which will include prayers for alumni who have died, and wonderful music and liturgy.
Sunday, 10:30 – 11:45 am