Yale College Family Weekend 2021

Welcome

On Family Weekend, Yale College welcomes families, friends, and members of the community to participate in dozens of cultural, academic, and social events. We look forward welcoming many of you in-person for Yale College Family Weekend 2024.
 
This year’s Family Weekend begins Friday, September 27, and ends Sunday, September 29, 2024.  Events are continually being added to the schedule.  Families are welcome to attend lectures in-person (or virtually where available) by some of our most distinguished faculty, panel discussions about life at Yale, varsity or intramural athletic games, campus tours, student group performances, and the Annual Family Weekend Concert production by the Yale Glee Club, Yale Bands, and Yale Symphony Orchestra, among many others.
 

Note: To ensure you are receiving communications to parents/families/guardians from the Yale College Dean’s Office - or emergency messages - please urge your child to update their records online, at sis.yale.edu.

We look forward to welcoming you to New Haven in September!

Visitor Arrival Welcome Table

9:00am to 4:00pm
Drop-in at the Yale Visitor Center located at 149 Elm St. to pick up your complimentary Yale Family Weekend keepsake, join a campus tour or have any of your questions...

UFO Physics

9:30am to 11:00am
Student Organization
The Yale Student UFO Society's opening keynote for 'More Things in Heaven and Earth': A UFO Teach-In at Yale. Dr. Kevin Knuth, Professor of Physics at the University at...

Yale Peabody Museum Open Hours

10:00am to 5:00pm
Student Life
The Yale Peabody Museum's exhibition galleries are open again after a four-year renovation and expansion completed in May 2024! One of the oldest and largest university-based...

Tour of Sterling Memorial Library for Family Weekend

11:00am to 12:00pm
Student Life
A one-hour walking tour of Yale's iconic central library, Sterling Memorial, for Family Weekend. Guests will learn about the history of the building, its architecture and...

Rare Science Books at the Sterling Memorial Library

12:00pm to 4:00pm
Student Life
On behalf of the Department of Physics, we are excited to invite Yale community members to visit the Sterling Memorial Library (location change from Beinecke due to capacity...

Tour of Sterling Memorial Library for Family Weekend

1:00pm to 2:00pm
Student Life
A one-hour walking tour of Yale's iconic central library, Sterling Memorial, for Family Weekend. Guests will learn about the history of the building, its architecture and...

Tour of Sterling Memorial Library for Family Weekend

2:00pm to 3:00pm
Student Life
A one-hour walking tour of Yale's iconic central library, Sterling Memorial, for Family Weekend. Guests will learn about the history of the building, its architecture and...

On Films. Protests, and the Environment in Latin America

2:00pm to 2:45pm
Key Event
Livestream Available
2024 recipient of the Yale College prize for teaching excellence by instructional faculty, Margherita Tortora (Senior Lector II in Spanish) will explore how...

Time Travel in the Yale Peabody Museum Mineral Galleries

3:00pm to 3:30pm
Student Life
Yale Peabody Museum's Collection Manager of Mineralogy...

Chasing the Higgs Boson and Curing Cancer

3:00pm to 3:45pm
Key Event
Livestream Available
2024 recipient of the Yale College pirze for teaching excellence in the natural sciences, Sarah Demers (Professor of Physics) will tell the story of the Higgs Boson...

“Why I Teach”, A Panel on Teaching and Education by Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis

4:00pm to 5:15pm
Key Event
Livestream Available
A panel moderated by Yale College Dean, Pericles Lewis featuring 2024 Yale College Teaching Prize faculty winners. Livestream: https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/...

Field Hockey vs. Penn

5:00pm to 7:00pm
Athletics
Livestream Available
Game: Yale Field Hockey vs. Penn Date: Fri. Sept. 27th Time: 5:00 pm Location: Johnson Field, 70 Central Avenue Parking: Adjacent to field or along Central Avenue (...

The Viola Question Presents: 2006

6:00pm to 7:00pm
Arts
Student Organization
Family and friends, come laugh at some comedy improv with the Viola Question and our new babies!

Film screening: RAMONA (Victoria Linares Villegas, 2023, Spanish with English subtitles)

7:00pm to 8:30pm
Arts
Student Life
Nearly one in five teenage girls in the Dominican Republic is a mother. This is the subject of the fictional drama that filmmaker Victoria Linares Villegas originally set out...

Bachata Social

7:00pm to 9:00pm
Student Organization
Join Casa de Bailes, La Unidad Latina, Yalies Fronterizos and Latina Women at Yale for Live Music, Refreshments and a Taste of Latinidad! We are proud to host NYC...

Parents Weekend Shabbat Dinner

7:30pm to 9:00pm
Student Life
This is the place to be! Enjoy a spirited Shabbat dinner with family and friends. Doors open at 7:00 pm, dining hall opens at 7:30 pm. Following dinner Magevet, Yale's only...

Just Add Water: Musical Improv Comedy Show

8:00pm to 9:00pm
Arts
Student Organization
A comedy show by Yale's best, worst, first, and only musical improv comedy troupe! Come see the debut of our brand new members! Tickets: https://cglink.me/2dA/r2277571

Whiffenpoofs and Whim n' Rhythm Family Weekend Concert

8:00pm to 10:30pm
Arts
Student Organization
Join the Whiffs and Whim of 2024 for their Fall debut! Enjoy an evening featuring more than a handful of smooth ballads, jazzy solos, and timeless classics. We can't wait to...

Jewish A Cappella Concert

9:00pm to 10:00pm
Student Life
Magevet, Yale's only Jewish a cappella singing group, will perform at 9:00 pm at Slifka Center. Learn more about Magevet here: https://www.magevet.org/