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  • 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

  • Olmsted’s 200th

    Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, known for Central Park (pictured), Boston’s Emerald Necklace, and so much more, was born 200 years... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 26 2022 09:47am

  • Mystery Monday: procession

    The International Room in Sterling Memorial Library was once the Yale Memorabilia room, and its shelves are decorated with scenes of extracurricular... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 18 2022 08:00am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • 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: 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: 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: old-school football

    As Team 148 prepares to play Harvard at the Bowl on Saturday, here’s a look at Team 23 from 1896. The team finished with a 13–1 record... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 18 2021 08:00am

  • The first from China

    Yung Wing, Class of 1854, was born on this date in 1828. Yung was the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university. His statue... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2021 08:01am

  • Throwback Thursday: war is over

    Our November 15, 1918, cover featured men from the Yale Students’ Army Training Corps parading on November 11 on the Green, where “a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 11 2021 08:00am

  • 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