Firstgen 07

features

First.

As Yale seeks out more students whose parents didn’t graduate from college, students and alumni talk about the challenges that come with that pioneering role.
By Melinda Beck

In the magazine

Light & Verity

A Nobel Prize for counting the cost of carbon
William Nordhaus ’63 is the newest laureate in economics.
Doonesbury’s beginnings, half a century ago Pitch perfect: the graduate years View all Light & Verity

From the Editor

Mark Alden Branch ’86
Thoughts on Yale in the #MeToo era
Your daily dose of Yale “Shoulder to the wheel” View all From the Editor

Sporting Life

“A certain expectation of excellence”
Vicky Chun, the first woman to oversee Yale sports, has high standards.
Old Campus Olympian Spring sports highlights: two national titles View all Sporting Life

Topics  

Science & Health

Should charity begin at home?
Why we don’t value altruism in a mate.
Big ideas “We wouldn’t have known if we hadn’t looked.” View all Science & Health

Yale History

Yale and the Great War
World War I—and its end 100 years ago—upended life at the university.
“The greatest mind in American history” The forgotten antiwar movement View all Yale History

Campus

A home base at the fields
The Carol Roberts Field House is the first Yale building built exclusively to support women’s sports.
The new college try A place of one’s own at Yale View all Campus