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125 years ago this month, we showed off the expansion plans for the Peabody Museum. The museum had completed the first stage of the building (at far... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 13 2023 08:00am
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Summer was anything but quiet at Yale in July 1943, when more than 7,000 students were on campus in both civilian and military programs. This photo... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 6 2023 08:00am
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Fifty years ago, after the city of New Haven blocked Yale from building two new residential colleges, the university scrambled to find other... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 29 2023 10:02am
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In honor of Pride Month, a look back at our July/August 2009 cover. Inside was a set of reminiscences and articles about LGBTQ life at Yale. We got... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 22 2023 08:00am
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The list of this year's honorary degree recipients is a closely guarded secret until commencement on Monday. One hundred years ago, Yale awarded... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2023 08:00am
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In our April 1998 issue, we reported on the appearance of a gnome in the Davenport College courtyard. Twenty-five years later, the gnome is still... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 13 2023 08:00am
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In 1957, Yale tore down the 125-year-old Sheffield House, a historically important Italianate building on lower Hillhouse Avenue, to make room for a... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 23 2023 08:00am
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It looks like a still from Dr. Strangelove, but this photo from our February 1963 issue shows physics professor D. Allan Bromley with a model... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 16 2023 12:12pm
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Alums of a certain age will tell you that back in their day, the gates of the residential colleges were open day and night. It's true, but they... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2023 08:00am
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Aside from a dusting back in December, New Haven hasn't yet had a snowstorm this winter. Ten years ago this month we had a doozy: Winter Storm Nemo... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2023 08:00am
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A hundred years ago, the Yale Alumni Weekly brought the news that Robert Maynard Hutchins ’21 was the new secretary of the university at... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 2 2023 02:34pm
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Fifty years ago this month, we published an essay by Yale psychology professor Irving Janis about "groupthink,” a compulsion by... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 19 2023 08:00am
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Nearly 20 years ago, in our April 2003 issue, we published this photo of striking Yale workers, including graduate teaching assistants seeking to... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2023 08:00am
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The Game returns to Harvard Stadium on Saturday for the first time since 2016. Forty years ago this week on the same field, MIT pulled off its... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2022 08:00am
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Sixty years ago this week, America was embroiled in the Cuban Missile Crisis. As this clip from the Yale Daily News suggests, the events... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 27 2022 08:00am
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Seventy-five years ago—as seen in our November 1947 issue—advertisers weren’t above using scare tactics to promote their... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 20 2022 08:00am |
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A classic tailgate picnic, seen on a football program from 1956. It’ll be a beautiful day for tailgating and football on Saturday, when the... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 13 2022 08:00am
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Twenty-five years ago, in our December 1997 issue, we documented the rise of improv groups on campus—a phenomenon apparently new enough to... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 29 2022 08:50am
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Once upon a time, there was a Yale Co-op. And mail order. This ad, accompanied by an order form, was in our October 1975 issue. Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 22 2022 08:00am
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Yale starts its 150th anniversary football season this Saturday at Holy Cross. Eighty years ago, as seen on our November 1942 cover, football... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 15 2022 08:12am
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