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A hundred years ago, the Yale Alumni Weekly brought the news that Robert Maynard Hutchins ’21 was the new secretary of the university at... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 2 2023 02:34pm
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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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Nearly 20 years ago, in our April 2003 issue, we published this photo of striking Yale workers, including graduate teaching assistants seeking to... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2023 08:00am
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The Game returns to Harvard Stadium on Saturday for the first time since 2016. Forty years ago this week on the same field, MIT pulled off its... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2022 08:00am
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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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Seventy-five years ago—as seen in our November 1947 issue—advertisers weren’t above using scare tactics to promote their... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 20 2022 08:00am |
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A classic tailgate picnic, seen on a football program from 1956. It’ll be a beautiful day for tailgating and football on Saturday, when the... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 13 2022 08:00am
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Twenty-five years ago, in our December 1997 issue, we documented the rise of improv groups on campus—a phenomenon apparently new enough to... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 29 2022 08:50am
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Once upon a time, there was a Yale Co-op. And mail order. This ad, accompanied by an order form, was in our October 1975 issue. Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 22 2022 08:00am
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Yale starts its 150th anniversary football season this Saturday at Holy Cross. Eighty years ago, as seen on our November 1942 cover, football... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 15 2022 08:12am
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Our September 23, 1927, issue included this photo noting the conversion of Library Street to “a placid and delightful lawn.” Ninety-five... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 1 2022 08:00am
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Scenes of first-year move-in from our October 1975 cover. It doesn't look much different from this past Sunday. Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 25 2022 09:39am |
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In 1942, Yale was getting onto its wartime footing, which among other things meant starting the new academic year in the heat of July. When freshmen... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 18 2022 08:30am
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This fall, Yale celebrates the 150th anniversary of its first football game—a 3–0 victory over Columbia in New Haven on November 16... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 11 2022 08:00am
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Summertime doesn’t typically get a lot of documentation in an alumni magazine, but this cover from July 1955 fits the bill. That’s... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 4 2022 08:00am
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Fifteen years ago, in our July/August issue, we captured the replacement of the Cross Campus lawn after the renovation of the library... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 14 2022 08:00am
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Around this time 85 years ago, we featured a reunion meal in Commons on our cover—the last issue published under the name “Yale Alumni... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 7 2022 08:00am
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Seventy-five years ago—as seen here on our July 1947 cover—Yale College was still holding its Class Day ceremonies in the courtyard of... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2022 08:20am
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Fifty years ago, in our June 1972 issue, we noted the departure of the Culinary Institute of America from Yale’s neighborhood. The CIA... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 12 2022 08:12am
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Fifty years ago, in our March 1972 issue, we wrote about the trend toward off-campus living among undergrads, including the unidentified students in... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 17 2022 08:47am
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