Notes from Woodbridge Hall (2013-2019)

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

July 6, 2015

What does a university president do for a summer break? I can’t speak for my Ivy League peers, but for me, the real start of the season is...

June 15, 2015

As the Yale campus switches gears for the summer—and before we rush headlong into planning for the new academic year—I invite you to join me...

June 1, 2015

The two Yale reunion weekends each spring are a whirlwind of the best kind...

May 18, 2015

What a Commencement weekend it has been—with the main event still to come! Yale...

May 4, 2015

As we charge toward the end of the spring semester, this is the season for special occasions here on campus (not to mention some serious hay fever...

April 20, 2015

As we celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of Earth Day this week, our students, alumni, faculty, and staff will be attending special programs at...

April 6, 2015

In the past week, spring has arrived in New Haven at last. All that remains of winter’s snow are a few patches here and there. (Fun fact: the pen...

March 23, 2015

Happy spring—and welcome back to those of you just returning from the mid-semester recess. I trust March, which indeed came in like a lion, will...

February 23, 2015

Last week I wrote to you about New Haven’s many arts and humanities organizations. Now, I have art of the edible variety on my mind: tomorrow...

February 16, 2015

Last Monday, Marta and I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with Mayor Toni Harp and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro as they hosted a “...

February 9, 2015

A few weeks ago, I traveled to Switzerland for the World Economic...

January 19, 2015

As we honor Martin Luther King, Jr., I am reminded of a quote often attributed to him: “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a...