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  • Throwback Thursday: sentinel

    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

  • The Black songwriters behind "Boola"

    This Black History Month, let's not forget that two African American men wrote the song that was altered slightly to become "Boola Boola." Bob Cole... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 9 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: wunderkind

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: Fort Yale

    After World War II, veterans came back in droves—often with wives and children—to enroll at Yale. They were greeted by a familiar site:... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2023 03:40pm

  • Throwback Thursday: a good idea at the time

    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

  • Mystery Monday: vaneglorious

    What two figures from Yale history are perched on the campus skyline in this weather vane? And where on campus is it? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 7 2022 08:00am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Memories of Minerva

    We’re looking into the long and complicated history of the statue of Minerva that presides over the fourth-floor architecture studios in Paul... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 4 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: duck and cover

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: sensitive content warning

    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 | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Throwback Thursday: movable feast

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: funny on their feet

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: dressing the part

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: football in wartime

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: deleted street

    Our September 23, 1927, issue included this photo noting the conversion of Library Street to “a placid and delightful lawn.” Ninety-five... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 1 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: unchanging

    Scenes of first-year move-in from our October 1975 cover. It doesn't look much different from this past Sunday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 25 2022 09:39am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Mystery Monday: a stable government

    Today’s mystery: where on campus can you find this inscription, and thus the historic birthplace of New Haven’s government? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 12 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: shorts subject

    In 1942, Yale was getting onto its wartime footing, which among other things meant starting the new academic year in the heat of July. When freshmen... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 18 2022 08:30am

  • Throwback Thursday: first team

    This fall, Yale celebrates the 150th anniversary of its first football game—a 3–0 victory over Columbia in New Haven on November 16... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 11 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: working remotely

    Summertime doesn’t typically get a lot of documentation in an alumni magazine, but this cover from July 1955 fits the bill. That’s... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 4 2022 08:00am