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Twenty-five years ago this month, Hillary Clinton ’73JD and George W. Bush ’68 addressed graduates on successive days. Clinton, who had... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 13 2026 04:00pm
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at 84, visited Yale and New Haven several times over his decades as an activist and political candidate.... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 17 2026 03:31pm
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Today is election day in New Haven. Outside the New Haven Free Public Library, Norah Laughter ’26 and Elias Theodore ’27 and their... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 9 2025 07:40am
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Back in December 1968, we profiled a Yale junior who, on the tail end of the folk music boom, styled himself as a conservative folksinger. "I sing... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 19 2025 10:49pm
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A biography of William F. Buckley Jr. ’50 by Sam Tanenhaus ’78MA was published earlier this month, a few months before what would have... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 26 2025 05:13am
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Our October 1964 issue reported a political shift among Yale students: a "significant majority" of the incoming Class of 1968 considered themselves... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 9 2024 08:39pm
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Today is Constitution Day, the 237th anniversary of the signing of the US Constitution by the delegates who crafted it. On Sunday, the Beinecke... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 17 2024 06:07am
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Fifty years ago tonight, Richard Nixon announced that he would resign as president of the United States. At noon the next day, Gerald R. Ford... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 7 2024 08:00pm
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After a large pro-Palestine rally on the Green yesterday, members of the group Occupy Yale lined the perimeter of Cross Campus with tents to create... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 29 2024 09:15am
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Protesters calling for Yale to divest from military weapons manufacturers blocked the intersection of Grove and College Streets from about 8 a.m. to... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 23 2024 04:57am
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Last Friday at lunchtime, we found Lily Ates ’25 and Ben Crnovrsanin ’25 braving the cold on Cross Campus on behalf of Yale Votes, a... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 1 2023 09:34am
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Fifty years ago this month, we published an essay by Yale psychology professor Irving Janis about "groupthink,” a compulsion by... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 19 2023 08:00am
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The New Haven Free Public Library was one of three places where on-campus students voted yesterday. Meanwhile, two Yale alumni were reelected as... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 9 2022 08:04am
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Sixty years ago this week, America was embroiled in the Cuban Missile Crisis. As this clip from the Yale Daily News suggests, the events... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 27 2022 08:00am
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Orientation for first-year law students began yesterday, and the Law School made a gateway of balloons to welcome them. Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 16 2022 08:00am
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On view at the Beinecke Library through July 17: the library's copy of the rare Dunlap broadside, the first printing of the Declaration of... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 30 2022 08:00am
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Yale’s 321st commencement today looked a lot closer to normal than in the previous two years. Among the ten honorary degrees was a posthumous... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2022 01:20pm
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What captured the attention of these Yale men on our cover nearly 60 years ago? A note inside the issue explains that it was a talk by Senator Barry... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 6 2022 09:24am
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Thirty-five years ago this spring, student activists built a shanty town on Beinecke Plaza as a protest against Yale’s investments in South... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 6 2021 09:39am
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Happy Presidents Day! In 1962, John F. Kennedy became the 11th US president to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Yale. In all, 14... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 15 2021 08:38am
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