Family Weekend

2009 Schedule of Events

Friday, October 9

Campus Tours

10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Tours of the campus will be offered in English for visiting parents and families. The tours are free and no pre-registration is required. Come to the Visitor Center, 149 Elm St., five minutes prior to the start of the scheduled tour.

Yale University Health Services Open House

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
An opportunity for parents and families to learn about health services available to Yale students. Tours of the Yale University Health Services building will be available. Refreshments will be served. 17 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 445

Sterling Memorial Library Events

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Treasures of the Slavic Reading Room, hosted by Tatjana Lorkovic, Curator of the Slavic and East European Collections. The prized possessions of the Slavic Reading Room will be displayed and the staff will describe them to the visitors. Please meet opposite the Circulation Desk near the guard station and the group will proceed to the 4th floor reading room together. For more information call 203-432-1861. Limit 20 people.

5:30 p.m.
Take a private, pre-dinner tour of the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library located in the newly-renovated Rudolph Hall and Loria Center at York and Chapel Streets. Weather -permitting, the tour will end on the roof of the former A&A Building where the view of the campus at dusk is quite lovely. The tour will be hosted by Allen Townsend, Director of the Arts Library. For more information call 203-432 8600. Haas Family Arts Library, 180 York Street. Please meet in the foyer of the Arts Library. Limit 20 people.

Self Guided Tours of Sterling Memorial Library

Available throughout the weekend, whenever the Library is open. Self-tour guide brochures can be picked up at the 120 High Street entrance of Sterling Memorial Library. Visitors are guided through the history and founding of Yale's largest and most central Library. The tour encompasses some of the splendid reading rooms and highlights many architectural features such as the characteristic stone carvings and stained glass. Several exhibits including materials from Yale's collections will also be on display throughout the Library.

Lunch

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch in the residential colleges. Commons Dining Room welcomes the Morse College community.

Yale Art Gallery

12:00 p.m.
Furniture Study Tour: Curators from the Department of American Decorative Arts lead this guided tour.

3:00 p.m.
Angles on Art: "Looking into the Future: Art Transcending Time." Theme-based tour led by undergraduate gallery guide Elena Goldblatt, BK '10.

1111 Chapel Street. Please meet in the Jan and Frederick Mayer lobby.

Center for Language Study (CLS) Open House

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Learn how the study of other languages and cultures can benefit any major. Attend a panel discussion to hear how language study has supported and enhanced the academic and career goals of current students. Ask faculty members and CLS staff about language programs. Lunch will be served. 370 Temple Street. More information about language study for undergraduates can be found at www.cls.yale.edu/undergrad.

Peabody Museum

12:30 p.m.
“The Most Famous of Beginnings”: The Columbian Encounter, Exchange and Conquest. Yale Professor of History and American Studies Ned Blackhawk will discuss the Columbian Exchange—the widespread transformation of global ecosystems after 1492 caused by the movement of plants, animals, people, diseases and ideas between the Old and New World—and its central influence in the making of the modern world. Peabody Museum Auditorium. For more information on programs and exhibitions, please visit the Peabody Museum Web site or call 203-432-5050.

Faculty Lectures

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
"Fractal geometry: growing pictures and finding patterns" by Michael Frame, Adjunct Professor of Mathematics. Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, Room 317

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
“Lincoln as Educator" by Steven B. Smith, Alfred Cowles Professor of Government and Professor of Philosophy. Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, Room 102

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
“Interactive strategies for teaching cell biology: Today's topic--molecular motors and human diseases” by Mark Mooseker, Ross Granville Harrison Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Dev Biology. Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, Room 101

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
"Paradoxes of Liberation in Revolutionary Cuba: Women, Blacks and the Limits of Fidelismo, 1960-1990" by Lillian Guerra, Assistant Professor of History. Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, Room 102

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
“Nonfiction Writing and Close Reading for Craft” by Fred Strebeigh, Senior Lecturer in English & the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, Room 101

Panel Discussion

4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
"Yale College Life," moderated by Marichal Gentry, Associate Dean of Yale College and Dean of Student Affairs. Panelists to be announced. There will be an opportunity for parents to ask questions. Sudler Hall (William L. Harkness Hall, Room 201).

Chaplain’s Office

A wide variety of religious and spiritual observances and activities spanning numerous faith traditions will take place during Family Weekend. Please check the Chaplain’s Office website for the most up to date schedule.

Dinner

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Dinner in the residential colleges. The Morse College community is invited to enjoy dinner in any residential college. Ezra Stiles dining hall will be open from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Slifka Center Events

6:45 p.m.
Sabbath dinner at Slifka Center's Kosher Kitchen at Yale–Heyman Commons. Family-style dining featuring free-range kosher chicken, sweet and savory kugels, and much more. $15 for parents and guests. Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, 80 Wall Street. Reservations appreciated; please call 203-432-1134. Parents and families are also invited to attend a performance by Magevet, Yale's Jewish, Hebrew, and Israeli a cappella singing group, at 8:30 p.m. at Slifka Center.

Athletics

7:00 p.m.
Yale-Dartmouth women's soccer. Reese Stadium.

7:00 p.m.
Yale-Princeton volleyball. John J. Lee Amphitheatre.

Saturday, October 10

Breakfast

7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast will be served in Calhoun and Ezra Stiles Colleges only.

Faculty Panel Discussion

10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
"Education in Yale College." Panel moderated by Dean of Yale College, Mary Miller with faculty guests. There will be an opportunity for parents to ask questions. Sudler Hall (William L. Harkness Hall, Room 201).

Special Campus Tours

10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Tours in English.

11:00 a.m.
Architecture Tour of the Yale Campus, New!
This is a 2-hour tour of Yale's beautiful architecture.

For all tours come to the Visitor Center, 149 Elm St., five minutes prior to the start of the scheduled tour.

12:00 p.m.
Tours of the campus will be offered in Spanish, Chinese and Korean for visiting parents and families. The tours are free and no pre-registration is required.

Brunch

11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Brunch in the residential colleges. The Morse College community is invited to enjoy brunch in any of the residential colleges.

Panel Discussion

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
"Yalies Abroad," sponsored by the Center for International Experience, Yale Summer Session, the Office of Fellowship Programs, Study Abroad, and Undergraduate Career Services. Learn about the experiences of Yale students who have ventured abroad to work, study, and pursue independent research and volunteer projects, both during the summer and during term time. SSS 114

Peabody Museum

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Disease Detectives and Solving the Puzzle: Lyme Disease, West Nile Virus & You on display. Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Avenue. For more information on programs and exhibitions, please visit the Peabody Museum Web site or call 203-432-5050.

12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Highlights of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Tours begin in the Museum's main lobby and move through the exhibition halls, stopping at some of the Museum's most exciting and popular displays. Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave. Please meet in the lobby.

Sterling Memorial Library Events

10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
A tour of Sterling Memorial Library’s stained glass windows with Chief Research Archivist, Judith Schiff. Please meet opposite the Circulation Desk near the guard station. Limit 25 people. For more information call 203-432-8600. Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High Street.

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Manuscripts and Archives welcomes Family Weekend visitors in the department's Cowles Research Center and Reading Room, Sterling Memorial Library. On display will be selected items from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, including minutes from the 1701 meeting of the founding ministers of Yale as well as the 1774 laws of the college. Also of interest will be the patent for Eli Whitney's cotton gin, a letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe regarding slavery, Secretary of War Henry Stimson's diary entries regarding the dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945, and correspondence concerning the awarding of an honorary degree to Martin Luther King, Jr. by Yale University in 1963. Manuscripts and Archives is located just inside the Wall Street entrance of Sterling Memorial Library. For more information call 203-432 8600.

Self Guided Tours of Sterling Memorial Library

Available throughout the weekend, whenever the Library is open. Self-tour guide brochures can be picked up at the 120 High Street entrance of Sterling Memorial Library. Visitors are guided through the history and founding of Yale's largest and most central Library. The tour encompasses some of the splendid reading rooms and highlights many architectural features such as the characteristic stone carvings and stained glass. Several exhibits including materials from Yale's collections will also be on display throughout the Library.

Athletics

12:00 p.m.
Yale-Dartmouth football. Yale Bowl. Family members of Yale students receive free tickets to the Yale-Dartmouth Football game on October 10.  Contact the Athletics Ticket Office at 203-432-1400 to request tickets.  Parking and hospitality options also available for purchase.  All requests must be received at least 5 days prior to game-day.

4:00 p.m.
Yale-Penn volleyball. John J. Lee Amphitheatre.

4:30 p.m.
Yale-Dartmouth men's soccer. Reese Stadium.

Yale Art Gallery

1:30 p.m.
Tour highlights of the collection with undergraduate Gallery Guides.

2:30 p.m.
Reception for Yale students and their families, with welcoming remarks by Jock Reynolds, the Henry J. Heinz II Director.

3:00 p.m.
Tour of special exhibition Continuous Present led by Jennifer Gross, the Seymour H. Knox, Jr., Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.

3:00 p.m.
Angles on Art tour: The Pull of Experiment: Postwar American Printmaking led by Gallery Guide Susan Morrow, ES ‘ll.

1111 Chapel Street. Please meet in the Jan and Frederick Mayer Lobby for all activities.

Tours and Pizza at the Yale Farm

3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Visit the Yale Farm and learn about the Sustainable Food Project. Following the tour, enjoy pizza from the Yale Farm's outdoor wood-burning oven. Yale Farm, Edwards Street between Prospect and Whitney. If you have questions, you may contact Hannah Burnett, 203.752.8296

Recital

2:30 p.m.
"Classically Black," featuring harp, cello, violin, piano, and operatic voice performances by African American students who are advanced recitalists. Sudler Hall (William L. Harkness Hall, Room 201). For more information, please call 203-432-4132 or e-mail pamela.george@yale.edu. Free admission.

Receptions

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Masters' receptions for parents in the residential colleges. The Morse College reception will be held in the New Residence Hall (Swing Dorm), 100 Tower Parkway.

Buffet Dinner

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The Harvest Buffet Dinner will be served in the residential colleges. Guests of Morse College are invited to enjoy dinner in any of the residential colleges.

Slifka Center Events

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Celebrate Simchat Torah at Yale! Services, Song and Dance, Food at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, 80 Wall Street.

Concert

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Family Weekend Gala Concert, featuring the Yale Glee Club, Jeffrey Douma, Music Director; the Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director; and the Yale Symphony Orchestra, Toshiyuki Shimada, Music Director. Woolsey Hall, corner of Grove and College Streets. Free admission.

Sunday, October 11

Breakfast

7:00 p.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast will be served in Calhoun and Ezra Stiles Colleges only

Slifka Center Open House and Brunch

10:00 a.m - 2:30 p.m.
Slifka Center and the Yale Jewish Parents Association welcome guests to The Original Bagel Brunch in Heyman Commons, Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, 80 Wall Street.

Peabody Museum

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Disease Detectives and Solving the Puzzle: Lyme Disease, West Nile Virus & You on display. Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Avenue. For more information on programs and exhibitions, please visit the Peabody Museum Website or call 203-432-5050.

12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Highlights of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Tours begin in the Museum's main lobby and move through the exhibition halls, stopping at some of the Museum's most exciting and popular displays. Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave. Please meet in the lobby.

Family Weekend Brunch

11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Brunch in the residential colleges. The Morse College community is invited to enjoy brunch in any of the residential colleges.

Athletics

1:00 p.m.
Yale-Dean College junior varsity football. Clint Frank Field.

2:00 p.m.
Yale-UConn field hockey. Johnson Family Field.

Yale Art Gallery

1:00 p.m.
Family Program: "Stories and Art." Yale students and Gallery staff relate folktales and myths from across the globe to works of art in the Gallery’s collection. All ages are welcome, and drawing materials will be provided for older children.

1:30 p.m.
Docent-led masterpiece tour.

3:00 p.m.
Angles on Art: "Understanding Humans through Animals in Art." Theme-based tour led by undergraduate gallery guide Rachel Corbin, ES '11.

4:30 p.m.
Angles on Art: "The Art of Absence." Theme-based tour led by undergraduate gallery guide Michelle Ho, BK ‘11.

1111 Chapel Street. Please meet in the Jan and Frederick Mayer lobby.

Close of events

5:30 p.m.
Family Weekend officially ends.