2025 In-Person Open House Agenda

All visitors will be staying at the New Haven Hotel, 229 George St. New Haven, CT 06510.
Hotel check-in begins 3pm Thursday, April 4th and check-out is Saturday, April 6th at 11am.

(Optional) Thursday, April 10, 2025, 4pm - 10pm Eastern Time

4:00pm - 5:30pm Informal Meetings with Faculty and Graduate Students
(arranged by students and/or faculty)
5:30pm - 6:00pm Break
6:00pm - 8:30pm Informal Dinner with Graduate Students at Barcelona Wine Bar
155 Temple St. New Haven
8:45 pm - 10:00pm Board Games at the New Haven Hotel, hosted by Student Groups

Friday, April 11, 2025, 7am - 8pm Eastern Time

7:00am - 8:30am Continental Breakfast at hotel with Graduate Students
8:35am Shuttle from The New Haven Hotel to Sloane Physics Laboratory (SPL)
Meet in hotel lobby for pickup
8:50am - 9:00am Open House Check-in
SPL Lobby
9:00am - 9:40am Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
SPL 59
9:40am - 9:55am First-Year Office and Graduate Lounge Tour
SPL 3rd Floor
9:55am - 10:00am Travel to tour locations
10:00am - 10:45am Lab Tours with Research Groups
(Select your tour of interest)
  • Astrophysics - KT, 4th Fl
  • Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics - SPL/YSB
  • Condensed Matter Experiment - Becton
  • Nuclear, Particle, & Astro Experiment - Wright Lab
  • Quantum Information - Becton/YQI
10:45am - 10:55am Travel to meeting locations
10:55am - 11:45am Meetings with Faculty
(arranged by students and/or faculty using Faculty Availability Form)
11:50am - 12:00pm Regroup in SPL Lobby and walk to lunch location
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch with Faculty
Location TBA
1:15pm - 2:15pm

Break / Graduate Hosted Activities
Location TBA
2:25pm - 3:15pm

Lab Tours with Research Groups
(Select your tour of interest)

  • Biophysics - SPL/YSB
  • Condensed Matter Experiment - West Campus*
  • Nuclear, Particle, & Astro Experiment - Wright Lab
  • Nuclear & Particle Theory - SPL
  • Quantum Information - Becton/YQI

*Visitors taking the West Campus tour should gather in the KT Lobby by 2:15pm,
returning at 3:15pm.
3:25pm - 5:15pm Meetings with Faculty
(arranged by students and/or faculty using Faculty Availability Form)
5:15pm - 5:30pm

Break/Regroup
Kline Tower Lobby
5:30pm - 8:00pm Poster Session and Reception with Faculty and Graduate Students
Steep Cafe - 219 Prospect St.
8:00pm Return Shuttle to The New Haven Hotel
Pickup in Lot 22 behind YSB

Available break areas during tour and meeting times include
Becton 3rd Fl. Alcove, KT509, SPL 3rd Fl Lounge, WL Atrium, YQI Seminar Room, and YSB Break Room

Helpful Links:

Campus Maps
New Haven Things to Do
Reimbursement Information
Travel Guidelines