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  • 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

  • Rare fortitude

    Congratulations to the more than three thousand newly minted Yale alumni whose degrees were conferred yesterday via a video message from President... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2020 08:11am

  • Happy few

    Yale’s online commencement kicks off at 11 AM Eastern time, but a small band of Yalies couldn’t bear the idea that there wouldn’t... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2020 10:18am

  • Capping it all off

    We spied a graduation photo shoot on Cross Campus yesterday afternoon. Congratulations to all of this year’s graduates, whose degrees will be... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 15 2020 07:55am

  • Year of the woman

    When Yale awarded Gloria Steinem—“feminist and firebrand, icon and iconoclast,” above—an honorary degree today, she was one... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 20 2019 02:56pm

  • The stage is set

    The dais is up for Yale’s 318th commencement next Monday. Still to come: 15,000 folding chairs. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 14 2019 09:01am

  • Quick change

    Yesterday on Old Campus: 15,000 folding chairs. Today: one big tent. Alums, are you ready for reunions? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2018 10:10am

  • Bubbling over with pride

    Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates from the School of Nursing broke out the bubbles to celebrate Commencement today. Besides the 3,000-odd... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 21 2018 02:33pm | Ico comments 3 comments

  • Setting the scene

    The chairs are in place, and we’re almost ready for commencement on Monday. Alums, what’s your favorite memory from commencement at Yale? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2018 08:48am

  • Calm before the storm

    On Monday, the Old Campus will host 15,000 people for Yale’s 317th commencement. Yesterday afternoon, it was just a nice spot for a game of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 15 2018 09:00am

  • Thowback Thursday: Class Day during wartime

    From our January 1943 issue, 75 years ago. Students at Yale during World War II graduated on an accelerated schedule, which meant the Class of 1943... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 25 2018 02:07pm

  • By the numbers

    Yale’s Class of 2017 is now out the door and carved into Yale history. Each Yale College graduating class plants a sprig of ivy on campus and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2017 09:10am

  • Congrats, Class of 2017!

    Around 3,000 people are receiving degrees from Yale this morning at the university’s 316th commencement. The traditional procession was... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2017 11:05am

  • Testing . . .

    Class Day cochairs Joana Andoh '17 and Larry Milstein '17 rehearsed their introduction of Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein ’95 this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2017 10:36am

  • Raising the roof

    3,627 graduates and their families are grateful that the rain held off until today. Now, the Old Campus gets ready for reunions. Read on
    Mark Branch ’86 | May 24 2016 10:50am

  • Commencement Number 315

    Yale’s 315th commencement gets under way in an hour! This year’s honorary degree recipients are: Canadian Supreme Court justice Rosalie... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2016 09:14am

  • Set in stone

    As they reach Phelps Gate in the commencement procession on Monday, graduates will see their class year immortalized. Since the 1850s, each Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2016 11:58am

  • Feast day

    Ah, senior week . . . these soon-to-be graduates were enjoying a lunch of lobster and champagne in front of Sterling Memorial Library yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2016 08:41am