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Memories

Recollections of Yale, across the decades. Send your own memories to be considered for posting to yam@yale.edu, with subject line “For Memories.”

  • The recruiters are coming (Mar. 1995)

    For three years, they waxed rhapsodic about the virtues of a liberal arts education, shunned classes that carried so much as a whiff of... Read on
    Annie Murphy Paul ’95 | March 1 1995 07:47am

  • The undergrad as working stiff (Apr. 1998)

    In popular culture, a Yalie is often portrayed as an American relative of P. G. Wodehouse’s fictional Bertie Wooster, the affable, overprivileged... Read on
    Sandy Christopher ’99 | April 1 1998 07:33am

  • New Haven in the “off-season” (Oct. 1995)

    The three city blocks separating Pierson College from the house I shared this summer may seem a short distance geographically, but in every other way... Read on
    Noah Kotch ’97 | October 1 1995 08:07am

  • Love: the sixth course (Mar. 1993)

    In the spring of 1990, this young man became involved in his first Serious Relationship. He called his girlfriend from campus phones, and went with... Read on
    Alec Appelbaum ’93 | March 1 1993 03:41pm

  • Home, sweet New Haven (May 1993)

    Before I left home for Yale, one of my friends was giving me a very hard time about having to go to school in New Haven. Now, after a year and a half... Read on
    Alissa MacMillan ’95 | May 1 1993 04:33pm

  • A co-ed goes coed (Summer 1993)

    Most students attending college for the first time find it very different from high school; usually because it is bigger, more competitive, and more... Read on
    Annie Murphy Paul ’95 | July 1 1993 04:25pm

  • Getting cut, and liking it (Apr. 1993)

    Three years later, the words still ring in my ears: “Sorry, we won’t be needing you, but have fun playing intramurals.” As I... Read on
    Ben Hoskins ’93 | April 1 1993 03:16pm

  • Faith under pressure (Nov. 1993)

    In an art history class I took during my freshman year, the professor displayed a slide of one of Michelangelo’s famous frescoes on the ceiling of... Read on
    Annie Murphy Paul ’95 | November 1 1993 02:59pm

  • Commencement ’03 (Summer 2003)

    On the wettest May 26th ever recorded in New Haven, in a month made strange and memorable by a bomb, 1,346 Yale College seniors and 1,651 graduate and... Read on
    Darrell Hartman ’03 | July 1 2003 11:25am

  • Coffee with myself (May 2003)

    A senior faces a tough critic—herself four years ago. Coffee with myself May 2003 by Deborah Friedell ’03 Read on
    Deborah Friedell ’03 | May 1 2003 11:17am

  • Black tie optional (Apr. 2003)

    The truth about Yale’s naked parties. Black tie optional April 2003 by Darrell Hartman ’03 Read on
    Darrell Hartman ’03 | April 1 2003 10:12am

  • Finding my guitar (Dec. 2002)

    A freshman looks for her place. Finding my guitar December 2002 by Alexandra Galin ’06 Read on
    Alexandra Galin ’06 | December 1 2002 09:42am

  • Power summering (Oct. 2002)

    Making the most of summer. Power summering October 2002 by Darrell Hartman ’03 Read on
    Darrell Hartman ’03 | October 1 2002 10:29am

  • The Duke & I (Oct. 2002)

    Edward Kennedy Ellington was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1967. A Yale biologist tells how the Duke became Doc. The Duke & I October 2002 by... Read on
    Arthur W. Galston | October 1 2002 10:14am

  • Instant procrastination (Dec. 2001)

    Instant messaging is one more way not to get work done. Instant procrastination December 2001 by Elyssa Folk ’03 Read on
    Elyssa Folk ’03 | December 1 2001 08:50am

  • After the impact (Nov. 2001)

    After September 11, even a student can’t ignore the world. After the impact November 2001 by Colleen Kinder ’03 Read on
    Colleen Kinder ’03 | November 1 2001 08:43am

  • Midnight madness at the symphony (Oct. 2001)

    When it’s Halloween, Yalies haunt the Yale Symphony Orchestra. Midnight madness at the symphony October 2001 by Frances Brown ’02 Read on
    Frances Brown ’02 | October 1 2001 10:20am

  • Europe minus the Europeans (May 2001)

    Cell phones and Big Macs: Americans study abroad. Europe minus the Europeans May 2001 by Frances Brown ’02 Read on
    Frances Brown ’02 | May 1 2001 10:13am

  • Working the guinea pig circuit (Apr. 2001)

    A student guinea pig tells all. Working the guinea pig circuit April 2001 by Tatiana Jitkoff ’03 Read on
    Tatiana Jitkoff ’03 | April 1 2001 10:10am