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May/Jun 2022

“My mother was a phonograph”

In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the first device that could record and play back sound. In the 1800s, a number of people had...

May/Jun 2022

Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition

In 1916, Yale celebrated the 200th anniversary of its removal from Saybrook to New Haven with a grand pageant at the Yale Bowl, reenacting scenes...

Jul/Aug 2022

A World War II vet gets his due

When Enoch O. (Woody) Woodhouse II arrived on the Yale campus in 1948, after serving with the now-legendary Tuskegee Airmen, he quickly felt...

Jan/Feb 2023

Greek drama

On June 25, 1975, for just a few minutes, Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and handicraft, soared high above the intersection of Chapel...

Nov/Dec 2023

Reviews: November/December 2023

Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern MediaDarrell Hartman ’03Viking...

Mar/Apr 2024

Reviews: March/April 2024

ChinwagPodcast by Paul Giamatti ’89, ’94MFA, and Stephen AsmaTreefort MediaReviewed by Mark Blankenship ’05MFAIt sounds like...

Jul/Aug 2025

Great escapes

Whether or not you still live on an academic calendar, summer somehow feels like a time to get away. Some of us do it literally, traveling to new...

Nov/Dec 2007

Arts & Culture

Object Lesson: The house that slaves builtby Edward Rugemer Edward Rugemer, assistant professor of history and African American studies, is the...

Nov/Dec 2007

The Questions That Matter

Richard C. Levin '74PhD is president of Yale University. This address was delivered September 1, 2007, in Woolsey Hall to the Yale College Class of...

May/Jun 2007

Four Yalies Who Rock

Jake Halpern '97 writes for the New Yorker, the Boston Globe, and the New Republic. His latest book is Fame Junkies. Dirty ProjectorsTo listen to...

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