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Happy Presidents Day! In 1962, John F. Kennedy became the 11th US president to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Yale. In all, 14... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 15 2021 08:38am
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Our February 1961 cover, designed by Norman Ives ’52MFA, commemorated the centennial of the Yale Glee Club. Any Glee Club alums out there? Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 11 2021 08:01am
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Seventy-five years ago, we featured a snow-covered Nathan Hale on our cover. You can still count on us today for all your snowy campus photo needs. Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 28 2021 09:17am
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Fifty years ago, in our February 1971 issue, we reported on the hard times facing the traditional campus purveyors of men’s wear in an age of blue... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 21 2021 01:33pm |
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Back in 1890, football was part of Thanksgiving at Yale, as seen in Frederic Remington’s painting (from the Yale Art Gallery) of that... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 25 2020 06:30am
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We’ve been told that this sculpture near the campus was made from pieces of Yale’s old printing press at 149 York Street. Can anyone... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 23 2020 08:10am |
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Back in 1895, the Alumni Weekly was big on sports, but we did not neglect the fine arts. Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 12 2020 07:56am
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A hundred years ago this fall, Harkness Tower was inching skyward, as this December 1920 cover photo shows. Note the warning sign in English and... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 29 2020 07:51am
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Today’s mystery concerns this carving in Sterling Memorial Library’s International Room: what Yale tradition is depicted here? And... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 26 2020 08:45am |
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Missing Yale football this season? Here's a page from our archives featuring the team from 125 years ago. The 1895 squad finished 13–0–2... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 22 2020 08:27am
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All over campus this semester, Yale has put up tents to give students more places to safely congregate during the pandemic. But this photo from our... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 8 2020 08:06am
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It was 319 years ago today that the Colony of Connecticut granted ten ministers a charter to erect a school “wherein Youth may be instructed... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 9 2020 08:06am
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Fifty years ago, author and outgoing Pierson College master John Hersey ’36 published a book called Letter to the Alumni, a... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 1 2020 08:08am
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One hundred years ago today, we featured Wrexham Tower, part of Yale’s new Memorial Quadrangle, on our cover. The quadrangle, which now... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 24 2020 08:10am
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Fifty years ago this week, in 1970, students arriving on campus for the fall semester were greeted with a 64-page pamphlet called Sex and the Yale... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 17 2020 07:55am |
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Saturday is VJ Day, the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II. As the wartime version of the Yale Daily News... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 13 2020 07:53am
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Happy 241st birthday (tomorrow) to Benjamin Silliman, Sr., a noted chemist and Yale’s first science professor. His statue, sculpted by... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 7 2020 08:13am
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Few of us remember seeing Hillhouse Avenue lined with majestic elm trees; the last of them died in 1972 after decades of struggle with Dutch elm... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 31 2020 08:42am
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Twenty-five years ago this week, more than 3,000 athletes and coaches from 141 nations came to New Haven for the Special Olympics World Summer... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 9 2020 08:00am
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When you watch the film version of Hamilton tonight, keep an eye out for Samuel Seabury, Yale Class of 1748. He’s the guy in the Anglican... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 3 2020 08:00am
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