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Fifty years ago tonight, Richard Nixon announced that he would resign as president of the United States. At noon the next day, Gerald R. Ford... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 7 2024 08:00pm
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As we watch sixteen Yale students and alumni compete for nine different countries in this year's Olympic rowing events in Paris, we thought about a... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 1 2024 04:00am
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We've heard it from Yale College alums more times than we can count: “the class notes are the first things I turn to in the magazine.” It's probably... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 25 2024 12:00am
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In June, Yale filed a notice of intent to demolish Helen Hadley Hall, the 65-year-old Temple Street dormitory originally built to house women... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 18 2024 12:00am
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Our June 12, 1931, cover featured a Yale College tradition: the Fence Oration. Over the decades, strictly observed student customs had developed... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 10 2024 11:05pm
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Happy Pride Month! In February 1984, the Yale Alumni Magazine published a simple half-page ad purchased by the relatively new group Yale Gay... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 26 2024 03:26am
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The Graves-Gilman House at 37 Hillhouse is currently being renovated to provide office and meeting space for the linguistics department, the... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 24 2024 06:40am |
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From December 1937: Just relaxing in their suite in coat and tie, as one does. Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 20 2024 04:55am
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Forty years ago, in our June 1984 issue, we reported on a visit to campus by actor Vincent Price ’33 for a Film Study Center retrospective of... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 13 2024 12:00am
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When alumni these days get a class baseball cap or t-shirt on arrival at their reunions, it's a vestige of what was once a parade of elaborate class... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 29 2024 08:00pm
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This cover of our magazine is almost 100 years old, but the scene it depicts is much older: a photo of the Old Campus from 1864 that would have... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2024 12:00am
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There is a significant overlap between Yale alumni and crossword-puzzle aficionados, and apparently that's nothing new. In our January 16, 1925... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 8 2024 10:45pm
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An ad in our March 13, 1936, issue featured some state-of-the-art data processing technology. Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 1 2024 05:11am
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When the Linonia and Brothers Reading Room reopened last week, visitors noticed a new addition above the room's fireplace. It's a reproduction of... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 25 2024 10:55am
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Yesterday we showed you a scene from Tuesday's reopening of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Here's a shot of the lecture hall in the original... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 27 2024 08:00pm
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The only building visible in both these views of Chapel Street—one taken in the 1870s, the other yesterday morning—is Street Hall... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 21 2024 06:20am
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Dedicated in 1915, Yale's Civil War memorial makes no mention of slavery and honors equally Union and Confederate students, faculty, and alumni who... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 27 2024 10:00pm
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One hundred years ago, in 1924, the Sterling Hall of Medicine opened on Cedar Street, bringing the medical school into proximity with its teaching... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 21 2024 05:00pm
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On Friday, an exhibition about Yale's involvement with slavery opened at the New Haven Museum. Organized by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 18 2024 11:58pm
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When the first picture was taken, around 1912, this path had no official name; students called it Grub Street since it led to Commons, where they... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 7 2024 11:44pm
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