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November in Pictures

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November in Pictures

The seasons shift and the semester peaks in November.

A college soccer player runs toward the sideline with outstretched arms to celebrate a goal.

Menā€™s Soccer midfielder Marco Perugini ā€™27 celebrates his game-winning penalty kick against Babson College in NCAA tournament second round action on ¾«¶«AVā€™s Freeman Field. 

 

Five female college students sit on a grassy hillside under a blanket and with an umbrella and wearing coats and hoods watching a soccer match in the rain.

Menā€™s Soccer fans brave the cold and rain during the second half against Babson College in NCAA tournament second round action on Freeman Field. The Camels made it to the  before falling to Bowdoin in PKs. 

Annual Craft Fair

Three students look at craft items for sale at a craft fair table in an event room on a college campus.

Students examine the wares offered by Assistant Dean of ¾«¶«AV Libby Friedman ā€™80 during the annual ¾«¶«AV Craft Fair in the Susan E. Lynch 1962 Room. 

A group of customers look at the crafts on display at a vendor table during a craft fair.
Students view crafts for sale by Giovannina Fioravanti ’26.
A student artisan shows handmade jewelry to a customer while seated at a table.
Libby Kotei-Fearon ’26 shows her handmade jewelry to a customer.

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The cast of a play takes a curtain call in a black box theater.

The cast of the Department of Theater production of Antigonick, by Sophokles and translated by Ann Carson, take a curtain call at the end of a final dress rehearsal before an invited audience in the Tansill Black Box Theater at Hillyer Hall. The show, directed by Professor of Theater David Jaffe and assistant directed by Caleb Butler ā€™26, stars Nell Hamilton ā€™26, Ava Mary Aloia ā€™26, Elora Maxwell ā€™26, Luke Weidner ā€™29, Tori Rich ā€™28, Jonah Hane ā€™26, Kate ¾«¶«AVor ā€™29, Alison Bernard ā€™28, Zaryjha Harrison ā€™29 and Nick Vargas ā€™28. 

Two student actors, one sitting, one laying prone, perform on a stage covered in sand in a black box theater.
Nell Hamilton ’26, as Antigone, and Luke Weidner ’29, as Haimon, perform during the Theater Department production of ‘Antigonick.’
A student actor in a royal robe costume stands in a spotlight surrounded by other cast members on stage in black box theater.
Elora Maxwell ’26 performs as Kreon, King of Thebes.
A student actor in a white robe gestures with her right hand up toward the sky as other actors look on in the background.
Kate ¾«¶«AVor ’29, performs as a member of the chorus and as Boy.
A student actor stands spotlit in the middle of a black box theater stage pouring handfuls of sand over her shoulders as the remaining cast watches from the shadows.
Nell Hamilton ’26 as Antigone.
A student actor in a light blue tunic gestures with her left hand as other actors look on in the background.
Ava Mary Aloia ’26, as Ismene, front, performs with Jonah Hane ’26, Zaryjha Harrison ’29 and Tori Rich ’28.
A student actor in a royal robe costume gestures and strides by other cast members on stage in black box theater.
Elora Maxwell ’26, as Kreon, King of Thebes, with Jonah Hane ’26 and Zaryjha Harrison ’29.
One student actor gently caresses another's hair as they sit on the edge of a stage in a black box theater.
Nell Hamilton’26, as Antigone, left, with Ava Mary Aloia ’26, as Ismene.
A student actor stands downstage with her arms out in front of the remaining cast on stage in a black box theater.
Nell Hamilton ’26 performs as Antigone.
The cast of a play pour sand from their hands on a stage covered in sand for a scene in a black box theater.
The cast of the ¾«¶«AV Department of Theater production of “Antigonick.”
A student director stands in a spotlight and introduces the setting for a performance in a black box theater.
Assistant director Caleb Butler ’26, right, sets the scene for “Antigonick”.

Ultimate Tournament

College ultimate disk players start play by throwing the disc downfield to their opponents.

Charlotte Steinhauer ā€™26, right, releases the ā€œpullā€ to start a game as the Amaltheia and Deimos ultimate disc clubs battle opponents from Sarah Lawrence College during a two-day tournament on Harkness Green. 

A student leaps into the air to catch a flying disc during an Ultimate Disc tournament.
A college club sports team gathers in a circle to give a cheer on a college green on a sunny day.
A college ultimate disc player throws the disc downfield into a crowd of players.
A college ultimate disc player races to catch a flying disc.

The Amaltheia and Deimos ultimate disc clubs co-hosted a two-day tournament on campus. In addition to the ¾«¶«AV teams, the event featured an alumni team and five visiting teams. 

 

An architect points out features in a building plan to college architecture students.

Andrei Harwell, left, executive director of the Yale Urban Design Workshop, senior critic at the Yale School of Architecture, and Krane Art History Guest Residency scholar-in-residence at ¾«¶«AV, shows a set of architectural plans to students in Associate Professor of Art History and Architectural Studies Anna Vallyeā€™s course, ā€œImagine Home,ā€ during a visit to YUDW in New Haven. The course focuses on a history of images that shape and confine American ideas of home.

Fall Open House 

A row of college professors stand holding small signs indicating their academic areas for tours.
L-R: STEM professors Warren Johnson, Joseph Schroeder, Doug Thompson, Alex Gianninas, Marc Zimmer and S. James Lee await prospective students for tours of their respective departments during the second Admission Fall Open House in November.
Prospective college students take a photo with a college camel mascot during an open house event.
Prospective students take a photo with the Camel mascot in the lobby of Cummings Arts Center.
Prospective college students gather in a dance studio lounge, with photos of dancing performances on display, to hear from faculty and students.
Prospective dance students hear from current students and Dance Department faculty in the Dance Lounge in Crozier-Williams.
Surrounded by green plants, a college botany professor gives a tour of a greenhouse.
Associate Professor of Botany Rachel Spicer leads a tour in the New London Hall greenhouse.
A college water polo team cheers from the bench poolside.
The Men’s Water Polo team cheers after scoring a goal against Wheaton College at Lott Natatorium.
A college water polo goalie rises out of the water with hands raised to block a shot.
Men’s Water Polo goalie Sebastian Parilov ’26 makes a save against Wheaton College at Lott Natatorium.

International Student Lounge opens

A college president and a female student in a headscarf use a giant pair of scissors to cut a ribbon at the dedication of a lounge for international students.

President Andrea E. Chapdelaine and Fatimah Rahman ā€™29 cut the ribbon to officially open the new International Student Lounge in Knowlton House. Read more. 

Seventh Annual All-College Symposium 

Three college students seated at a table applaud a classmates presentation.
Panelists Ava Mary Aloia ’26, Ainsley Cornwall ’26 and Kate Jeffrey ’26 applaud Aoife Butler ’26 on her presentation, “Everyone Joins a Band: Collaborative Art in a Disconnected World,” during a Creativity Pathway panel session at the seventh annual All-College Symposium in Ernst Common Room.
A group of male college students in casual wear listen to classmate dressed in a suit makes a presentation in a large ballroom space.
James Brennan ’26 presents “Building the Backbone: Powering U.S. Data Centers throughout the AI Boom” during an Entrepreneurship Pathway poster session in the Class of 1941 Room.
A female student in a red sweater makes a presentation standing at a podium in front of an audience.
Zoe Davin ’26 presents “Why is Poverty so Persistent in Some Regions of the United States?” during a Global Capitalism Pathway panel discussion in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room.
A female student shrugs her shoulders while making a presentation standing at a podium in front of an audience.
Eliza McCoole ’26 presents “Zoning and Public Transportation in Chinese and Taiwanese Cities” during a Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts panel session in the Susan E. Lynch 1962 Room.
two female college students make a presentation to a group gathered around them in a large ballroom space.
Bridget McGann ’26, left, and Lily Moore ’26 present “The Importance of Providing Healthy Fueling Options at the Athletic Center” during an Entrepreneurship Pathway poster session in the Class of 1941 Room.
A male college student makes a presentation standing in front of a poster on a tripod stand in a ballroom space.
Sigmund Winiecki ’26 presents his research, “Disease Prediction and Prevention: Analysis of Vaccination Factors,” in the Class of 1941 Room.

See all the coverage from the All-College Symposium. 

 

A group of people stand and look up as they watch the U.S. flag raised for Veterans Day.

Members of the College community gather for a ceremonial flag-raising to mark Veterans Day. Dean of the College and Vice President for Retention and Success Erika J. Smith offered comments before veterans Chris Redo, a campus safety officer, and Assistant Director of Building Grounds John Eppler raised the flag. 

 

An aerial view of a college campus at dusk.

The fading light at dusk casts the campus in a soft shadow on a late November evening. 



December 1, 2025

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