When we featured Commons on our cover in 1927, we reported reassuringly that "the dining hall is today a pronounced success, and is under the... Read on
On our April 10, 1942, cover, we featured the second unit of Naval aviators organized from among Yale students to fly in World War II. They carried... Read on
Once upon a time, there was a department store called the Yale Co-op. And there was no World Wide Web. So once a year, the Co-op put a catalog in... Read on
A hundred years ago this month, we featured a new venture of the Yale University Press: a series of films based on its Chronicles of America history... Read on
Twenty years ago, in our September/October 2003 issue, we pulled back the curtain on the ersatz Yale built on a Burbank soundstage for the TV show... Read on
Our August 1932 issue offered a roundup of the remarkable spate of new construction on campus. Here's Trumbull College under way. The residential... Read on
With the Class of 2027 arriving soon, we looked back to our October 1973 issue and found this shot of members of the Class of 1977 enjoying their... Read on
Twenty years ago this month, our Summer 2003 issue appeared with author Tom Wolfe ’57PhD on the cover. When we asked some famous alums to tell... Read on
125 years ago this month, we showed off the expansion plans for the Peabody Museum. The museum had completed the first stage of the building (at far... Read on
Summer was anything but quiet at Yale in July 1943, when more than 7,000 students were on campus in both civilian and military programs. This photo... Read on
Fifty years ago, after the city of New Haven blocked Yale from building two new residential colleges, the university scrambled to find other... Read on
In honor of Pride Month, a look back at our July/August 2009 cover. Inside was a set of reminiscences and articles about LGBTQ life at Yale. We got... Read on
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
In our April 1998 issue, we reported on the appearance of a gnome in the Davenport College courtyard. Twenty-five years later, the gnome is still... Read on
In 1957, Yale tore down the 125-year-old Sheffield House, a historically important Italianate building on lower Hillhouse Avenue, to make room for a... Read on
It looks like a still from Dr. Strangelove, but this photo from our February 1963 issue shows physics professor D. Allan Bromley with a model... Read on
Alums of a certain age will tell you that back in their day, the gates of the residential colleges were open day and night. It's true, but they... Read on
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