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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
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2023 08:00am
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On our May 1963 cover, we paid tribute to Yale president A. Whitney Griswold ’29, ’33PhD, who died of cancer at age 56, sixty years ago yesterday.... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 20 2023 08:00am |
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When we think of Yale's Poynter Fellowship, we think of White House correspondents and managing editors. But 50 years ago, Poynter invited the staff of... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 6 2023 08:00am
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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
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 23 2023 08:00am
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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
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 16 2023 12:12pm
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Today's mystery: what member of the Class of 1714 is memorialized above the door to the Branford head of college house? And what did he and some... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 6 2023 08:00am |
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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
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2023 08:00am
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This Black History Month, let's not forget that two African American men wrote the song that was altered slightly to become "Boola Boola." Bob Cole... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 9 2023 08:00am
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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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After World War II, veterans came back in droves—often with wives and children—to enroll at Yale. They were greeted by a familiar site:... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2023 03:40pm
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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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What two figures from Yale history are perched on the campus skyline in this weather vane? And where on campus is it? Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 7 2022 08:00am |
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We’re looking into the long and complicated history of the statue of Minerva that presides over the fourth-floor architecture studios in Paul... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 4 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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