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  • Throwback Thursday: moving off

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: long-running

    We featured James Bundy ’95MFA on our March 2002 cover, when he was just starting out as dean of what is now the David Geffen School of Drama.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 10 2022 08:17am

  • Throwback Thursday: checkup

    Forty years ago, we noted the rise of the nurse practitioner on our March 1982 cover, featuring Lois Sadler ’79MSN and a young patient. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 3 2022 08:14am

  • Throwback thursday: a little club soda will get that right out

    From our February 5, 1902, issue: when Commons was still a white-tablecloth joint. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: boards of education

    Forty-five years ago, our February 1977 issue included a photo essay on campus bulletin boards. Who remembers the ride board in Yale Station? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 17 2022 07:57am

  • Throwback Thursday: on track

    Sixty-five years ago this month, we featured a familiar aspect of Yale life on our cover: waiting for the train to New York at Union Station. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 10 2022 08:23am

  • Throwback Thursday: Yale on china

    In October 1932, our forerunner the Yale Alumni Weekly published this ad for Wedgwood plates featuring Yale scenes—$18 a dozen. You can... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2022 08:30am

  • Throwback Thursday: defensive mode

    We’re keenly aware of the adjustments and disruptions to Yale life that the pandemic has caused, but imagine living on a campus that was... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2022 08:08am

  • Throwback Thursday: seventies style?

    What did student style look like 50 years ago? Don’t take our February 1972 “what-to-wear-where guide for the college student” too... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 13 2022 08:08am

  • Throwback Thursday: riveted

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: holiday dinner

    This weekend, the traditional first-year holiday dinner returns to Commons after several years at 150 York Street. There will actually be two... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 2 2021 08:00am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Throwback Thursday: Cozza’s last stand

    Twenty-five years ago, we marked the retirement of Carm Cozza, head coach of the Yale football team from 1965 through 1996, with a cover story.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 21 2021 08:05am

  • Throwback Thursday: celebrating 300

    Twenty years ago this month, Yale completed the celebration of its 300th anniversary with a show at the Yale Bowl featuring a peculiar roster of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 14 2021 09:37am

  • Throwback Thursday: big entrance

    It’s hard to imagine Yale without Phelps Gate, but Elis had to make a less grand arrival until Phelps Hall and its posh portal were built.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 7 2021 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: sweet memories

    A new grab-and-go food spot in the Schwarzman Center has replaced Durfee’s, the campus convenience store in Durfee Hall. But some of us... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 30 2021 08:27am

  • Throwback Thursday: precious stones

    One hundred years ago in October, ox carts brought three millstones to campus to adorn the brand new Harkness Memorial Quadrangle. They came from... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 23 2021 08:09am

  • Throwback Thursday: changes at Commons

    One hundred years ago this month, we reported on changes in Yale’s then-20-year-old Commons dining hall. Although “it is the same hall... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 9 2021 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: bladderball's heyday

    Fifty years ago this fall, we reported on the 1971 bladderball game, calling it “one of the most durable of Yale institutions.” But it... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 2 2021 07:51am

  • Throwback Thursday: freshmen al fresco

    Twenty-five years ago this month, President Richard Levin ’74PhD welcomed first-year students to Yale at what was then called the Freshman... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 5 2021 08:05am