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  • Revenge of the Brontosaurus

    “The Brontosaurus is baaack,” Professor Jacques Gauthier proclaims. And Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History has it. You might remember... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | April 8 2015 01:55pm

  • A $25 million gift—and a new name for the HGS tower

    Yale’s skyline is dominated by buildings named Sterling, Harkness, Kline, and Whitney—honoring people who gave money to the university in the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 25 2015 11:32am

  • After 125 years, living Yalies help first Chinese American lawyer win admission to the bar

    Hong Yen Chang, Yale Class of 1883, accomplished a great deal before his death in 1926. Now he has one more achievement to his name: posthumous admission to... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | March 19 2015 05:28pm | Ico comments 2 comments

  • By reason of insanity

    Ketema Ross came to Yale with a dream of changing the world as a civil rights lawyer. But during his first year as a law student, Ross lost his faith in the law as a tool for... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | March 18 2015 10:40am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • A tough end for basketball; hope alive for hockey

    You might have known that this basketball season, marked by last-second wins and losses and a two-month-long title race with Harvard, would come down to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 14 2015 09:31pm

  • This weekend, we settle all family business

    Is a Godfather reference in the headline a little over the top for a few sporting events with Harvard? Sorry, but there is a lot at stake in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2015 12:33pm | Ico comments 4 comments

  • Heartbreak in Hanover

    Except for a brief moment just before halftime, Yale led Dartmouth for the entire game in their men’s basketball matchup tonight. Until the end.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 7 2015 09:33pm

  • Bulldogs win! One game away from NCAA Tournament

    The Harvard Crimson dealt the men’s basketball team a heartbreaker four weeks ago at Yale’s John J. Lee Amphitheater. Tonight in Cambridge... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 6 2015 10:25pm

  • Isn’t it Romantic?

    Frequent visitors to the Yale Center for British Art may be surprised to see some of its signature paintings—George Stubbs’s Lion Attacking a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 6 2015 02:40pm

  • Police report clears officer who stopped student at gunpoint (updated 3/5)

    An internal Yale Police Department investigation has cleared an officer who drew his gun while stopping a student on Cross Campus in January, saying he... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | March 4 2015 03:05pm

  • It’s Yale vs. Harvard for March Madness bid

    The last time the Yale men’s basketball team played in the NCAA tournament, a postage stamp cost 4 cents, a gallon of gas cost 25 cents, and The... Read on
    Eric Stern ’15 | March 3 2015 10:22am

  • Colleges compete for culinary kudos

    Commons looked like the set of Top Chef last night as undergrads from Yale’s 12 residential colleges competed in the annual Final Cut student... Read on
    Jane Darby Menton ’15 | February 25 2015 04:35pm

  • Alumna among Windham Campbell winners

    A Yale alumna is among this year’s recipients of the Windham Campbell Literature Prizes. Jackie Sibblies Drury ’03 was one of the nine writers... Read on
    Jane Darby Menton ’15 | February 24 2015 01:47pm

  • A cut above

    Most people stroll into CitySeed’s Indoor Winter Market—a farmers’ market held in the lobby of New Haven’s Metropolitan Business... Read on
    Eric Stern ’15 | February 23 2015 09:53am | Ico comments 3 comments

  • With Siren dating app, Susie Lee revives art of flirting online

    Susie Lee ’94 graduated from Yale with a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. Now she is an artist, and her latest project is an app that... Read on
    Anya Grenier ’15 | February 18 2015 12:22pm

  • Hail to the chiefs

    It’s Presidents Day, you say? We've had a few things to say about US presidents over the past few years. • In May/June 2011, biographer... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2015 09:09am

  • Love is in the air

    Scientists may not have found the formula for a love potion just yet, but at Yale’s Center for Engineering Innovation and Design (CEID), located... Read on
    Eric Stern ’15 | February 13 2015 04:37pm

  • Its future in doubt, NELC rallies support

    Yale’s department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC)—stellar by some accounts but troubled according to others—may be on... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | February 10 2015 04:49pm

  • Yale at the Grammys

    You have to scroll down a bit past Sam Smith and Beck to find the Yale alumni on the list of this year’s Grammy award winners, but they’re a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 9 2015 11:02am