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  • Throwback Thursday: sensitive content warning

    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 | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Throwback Thursday: movable feast

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: funny on their feet

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: dressing the part

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: football in wartime

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: deleted street

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: unchanging

    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 | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Throwback Thursday: shorts subject

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: first team

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: working remotely

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: rolling out the green carpet

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: endings

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: Class Day 1947

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: goodbye, chefs

    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

  • 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