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  • Marking a milestone

    Commencement was nine days ago, but we're still seeing some cap-and-gown photo shoots on campus, like this trio on Cross Campus today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 31 2023 12:54pm

  • Throwback Thursday: rain, remembered

    This photo from our Summer 2003 issue captured that year's rainy commencement. The Class of 2003 is back for its 20th reunion this weekend; it looks... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 25 2023 03:51pm

  • Quick turnaround

    On Monday, the Old Campus was a 19,000-seat outdoor theater for commencement. Tomorrow, it will be home to the Class of 1998’s 25th reunion. A... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 24 2023 02:28pm

  • A global celebration

    Graduates from the Jackson School of Global Affairs celebrated the conferral of their degrees at commencement yesterday. This was Jackson's first... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2023 10:01am

  • Son of Yale

    Actor Paul Giamatti ’89, ’94MFA, has no doubt heard his share of Yale honorary degree citations, some of them delivered by his father, the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2023 03:02pm

  • Throwback Thursday: Doctor Wharton

    The list of this year's honorary degree recipients is a closely guarded secret until commencement on Monday. One hundred years ago, Yale awarded... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2023 08:00am

  • Coming soon

    The Old Campus was relatively peaceful yesterday morning, but by the end of the week, it'll be filled with a stage, several large video screens, and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 16 2023 08:00am

  • The little things

    The to-do list before commencement is longer than you might imagine. We found facilities employee Lee Mack touching up the lampposts on Cross Campus... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 9 2023 08:00am

  • The long way

    In keeping with custom, Monday’s commencement procession from Cross Campus to Old Campus wended its way onto the Green and around Center... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 25 2022 09:41am

  • Shutterbugs

    One of the best parts of being in the commencement procession is seeing family and friends of graduates along the route, jockeying for position to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 24 2022 08:30am

  • Family affair

    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

  • Rally 'round the flag

    You know it’s commencement/reunion season when the President’s House puts out the YALE banner. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2022 07:44am

  • Better late then never

    Yale welcomed back the Class of 2020—and, in some schools, the Class of 2021—for a procession and ceremony on Saturday to celebrate... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 16 2022 08:05am

  • Double the fun

    That familiar blue-and-white tent can mean only one thing: 2022 commencement is coming. Actually, it can mean two things. Before the Class of 2022... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 10 2022 08:04am

  • Four days in May

    Four straight days of commencement ceremonies begin today as the architecture and nursing schools celebrate their graduates. Find out more about the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 21 2021 08:42am

  • Throwback Thursday: postwar procession

    Who remembers Hewitt Quadrangle before the Beinecke Library was built? This image from our July 1946 cover shows the first peacetime commencement... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 20 2021 08:09am

  • What everyone is wearing this spring

    Graduating students have begun to acquire their caps and gowns for commencement this weekend. We spotted Danielle Harris ’21 posing for her... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2021 07:46am

  • Platform committee

    They’re literally setting the stage for Yale’s 320th commencement. It won’t be the usual pomp and circumstance, but... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 12 2021 08:49am

  • Throwback Thursday: commencement in a tumultuous time

    Fifty years ago this week, Yale celebrated its 269th commencement, just weeks after the campus and New Haven were gripped by the May Day protests.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 11 2020 09:31am