Magazine

Chris Buck

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Yale's next steps

On the eve of her inauguration, we talked to President Maurie McInnis '96PhD about Yale’s future.

features

The Restoration

British art is back at Yale—with a wider lens.
By Robin Cembalest ’82

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The go-to guy for CEOs

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld helps leaders learn from their peers.
By Debra Spark ’84

Light & Verity

Feds fuel financial uncertainty

The university braces for a cut in research funding and an endowment tax increase.
By Mark Alden Branch ’86

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Reforesting the Elm City

The Urban Resources Initiative is planting thousands of trees to make New Haven a cooler city.
By Cathy Shufro
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Light & Verity

New leader for poor little lambs
For the first time, a woman will direct the Whiffenpoofs.
Yelp for Yalies Undergrad wins the publishing game View all Light & Verity

Scene on Campus

En garde!
Fencing isn’t like the sword fights you see in the movies—but it still looks pretty cool sometimes.
Good vibrations A night at the museum View all Scene on Campus

Findings

Shot through the intergalactic heart
A grad student finds a galaxy with a distinctive look.
Bacteria that breaks barriers When the vaccine is the problem View all Findings

Last Look

Spring forward
Cherry blossom time at Vanderbilt Hall.
Let the sunshine in Taking to the water View all Last Look

Milestones

A love affair with books 
John Donatich is stepping down after 22 years at Yale University Press.
Lifelong learner After 44 years, an autism pioneer steps down View all Milestones

Arts & Culture

A connection to Cuba on Old Campus
A professor saw a familiar word on a memorial gate—and wanted to know more.
Reviews: May/June 2025 Royal rocks View all Arts & Culture

President's Letter

Inaugural remarks
Shaping Yale's future Building bridges to support our students View all President's Letter

Sporting Life

Return to March Madness
No upset this time, but the men's basketball team made its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in eight seasons.
Postseason potential Fall sports highlights View all Sporting Life

From the Editor

Reminiscence, a farewell, and gratitude
Kathrin Day Lassila '81 is retiring after 21 years as editor of the Yale Alumni Magazine.
A Black American poet gets his due For the love of his city View all From the Editor

New Haven

Saying goodbye to Margaret Holloway
A drama school alum who became known as the "Shakespeare Lady."
Banner years A place to live with HIV and AIDS View all New Haven

Old Yale

Man with a mission
The millionaire student who built a shelter for the down-and-out.
Early bloomer Partez! View all Old Yale

Where They Are Now

Out fishing
The "Audubon of trout," twelve books later.
Lisa Sanders is on the case Culinary quest View all Where They Are Now

Scene on Campus

Heading out on FOOT
On First-year Outdoor Orientation Trips, the bonding starts even before they leave New Haven.
How (not) to grow a garden Biking away View all Scene on Campus

Light & Verity

The Peabody ponders perception
An exhibit explores how our brains process the world around us.
Using the institutional voice Yale’s first post-affirmative-action class View all Light & Verity

Web Extra

Yale strawberry shortcake
An alum remembered the dining hall dessert fondly, so his family recreated it for his 93rd birthday.
When Yale buildings speak
 The green fields of the mind View all Web Extra

Student Life

A generation in crisis The shanties on the plaza Old friend

Arts & Culture

Rudolph, reconsidered American studies Persuasive art

Sports

Pain and courage: reorienting a life World class Firepower

Science & Health

Introduction: solutions for a planet in peril Communing with creation The ancient past: new and improved

Faculty & Staff

Reshaping the story History lessons Poetry that shakes your heart

Yale History

Another country Yale, slavery, and its aftermaths Megaphone Mark, the SDS Scuffle Band, and the birth of Doonesbury

Politics & Law

"Wreak yourself upon the world" The future of voting "The years that we've lost"

International

Eyeing the future, grappling with the past Wanderer Neither here nor there