On Saturday, August 18th, 30 Yalies gathered to tour the NS Savannah, one of the last remaining pieces of evidence of President Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace project. This project sought to show people that nuclear power could be used for more than war. As a result, the beautiful NS Savannah toured the world and gave […]

This past Saturday, May 11th, four Yale alumni and one alumni daughter – Jeff Gray, Rene Parent (a veteran of the legendary 2018 tree-planting DoS beside Herring Run), Lisa Spadone, Shannon Marshall, and her daughter Eleanor – turned out to assist the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy (GVC) in planting a mixed collection of trees – oaks, […]

Alumna Lynne Durbin hosted over a dozen admitted students and their families this past week. We did our best to convey what attending Yale and meeting amazing other Yalies has meant to us. A huge thanks to Lynne for hosting, and good luck to all those potential students facing big decisions!

We were lucky enough to have a visit from the Baker’s Dozen last week, as one of their freshman members is a local! As if a performance by the oldest Yale a cappella group wasn’t enough reason to celebrate, they also had a special guest performance by the Gilman School a cappella group. A huge […]

Yalies from both Maryland and DC seized the opportunity to see an ancient Greek tragedy, The Oresteia, in its final performance by The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. This rare opportunity to see The Oresteia was also a moment of deja vu for many in the audience who had read The Oresteia during Directed Studies many years […]