Notes from Woodbridge Hall Archive: 2018

President Salovey regularly shares his reflections and reports on his activities in this message to the Yale community.

November 19, 2018

Cheering on the Bulldogs on Saturday, along with thousands of other Yalies, was an experience I will never forget. The Harvard-Yale Football Game...

November 12, 2018

Members of the Yale community have served in every major conflict since the American Revolution. This afternoon we will honor them—students,...

October 22, 2018

Global research universities nurture ideas that change the world. At Yale, our faculty and students seek answers to complex questions, pursuing...

September 10, 2018

“We encounter each other in words,” wrote the poet Elizabeth Alexander ’84. This week, we will encounter many words and the people who use them so...

August 27, 2018

Welcome to the start of another academic year! On Saturday, Dean Marvin Chun and I greeted the Yale College Class of 2022, Eli Whitney students,...

August 14, 2018

When I was in college, summer was never a vacation but instead a time to find a job and add to my “college fund.” Although my summer employment...

July 23, 2018

When I was a child, my brother, sister, friends, and I would sometimes visit my father at work. Standing in his laboratory at Bell Labs,...

July 16, 2018

I love to play and listen to music year-round, but there is something especially exciting about music in the summer. Some of my fondest memories...

July 2, 2018

On July 4, 1776, members of the Second Continental Congress gathered in Philadelphia and announced the independence of the thirteen American...

June 18, 2018

Last week Yale celebrated Staff Appreciation Day. With festivities on Old Campus, including food, live music, and more, it was an opportunity to...

June 11, 2018

Summer is a unique time on a university campus. Here at Yale, the pace of life slows but does not stop, and it can be easier to enjoy everything...

June 4, 2018

The academic year may be over, but members of the Yale men’s heavyweight crew team were hard at work yesterday. On Sunday, the men’s eight bested...