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On Monday, the Old Campus was a 19,000-seat outdoor theater for commencement. Tomorrow, it will be home to the Class of 1998’s 25th reunion. A... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 24 2023 02:28pm
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Actor Paul Giamatti ’89, ’94MFA, has no doubt heard his share of Yale honorary degree citations, some of them delivered by his father, the... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2023 03:02pm
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Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen ’71PhD was on campus yesterday to celebrate the opening of the Tobin Center for Economic Policy.... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 4 2023 09:13am
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Twenty-five years ago this month, William F. Buckley Jr. ’50 appeared on our cover in a photo taken at the Elizabethan Club. The accompanying... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 8 2022 08:00am
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New Haven is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Donald Grant Mitchell this year. Today's mysteries: what is Mitchell known for, and... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 26 2022 08:00am
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Sculptor Claes Oldenburg ’50 died on Monday at age 93. Known around the world for his “colossal monuments,” he is best remembered at... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 20 2022 08:06am
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Time for another reunion weekend—round 2 of 3! Welcome back, Classes of 1960, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1995, 2012, and 2017! Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 2 2022 08:05am
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It’s reunion weekend, round one! Welcome to the Class of 1997—and 1952, 1957, 1967, 1970, 1992, 2002, 2007, and the senior reunion. Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 27 2022 08:00am
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As the first of three reunion weekends gets under way, here’s a glimpse of Yale reunions 100 years ago. In those days, returning classes wore... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 26 2022 08:25am
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Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, known for Central Park (pictured), Boston’s Emerald Necklace, and so much more, was born 200 years... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 26 2022 09:47am
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Yung Wing, Class of 1854, was born on this date in 1828. Yung was the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university. His statue... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2021 08:01am
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On this day in 1776, Nathan Hale, Class of 1773, was executed by the British for espionage in New York. Tradition holds that his last words were... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 22 2021 07:56am
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On display in Paul Rudolph Hall through December 10, “Rooms: Yale School of Architecture Graduate Women Alums, 1942–” features... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 21 2021 08:00am
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Up through January 9 at the Yale University Art Gallery: On the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale. The exhibition features nearly 80 women... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 17 2021 08:26am
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Today is the birthday of Edward Bouchet (1852–1918), a New Haven–born physicist who graduated from Yale College in 1874 and earned his... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 15 2021 08:05am
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One of the things we’ll miss about in-person reunions this year is the mingling of alumni across the generations. New Yorker cartoonist... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 27 2021 08:03am
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Yale’s baseball stadium, known for its first 94 years simply as Yale Field, has been renamed to honor former US president George H. W. Bush... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 4 2021 08:41am
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Forty years ago, on May 6, 1981, the design of Maya Lin ’81, ’86MArch, was revealed to be the winner of the competition for the Vietnam... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 29 2021 08:22am
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Today is the birthday of Grace Murray Hopper ’34PhD (1906–1992), mathematician, computer pioneer, rear admiral, and—since... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 9 2020 08:41am
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We’ve been tracking Yale alums in elected office for a long time. This spread featuring alumni governors and members of Congress was published... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 5 2020 08:00am
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