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  • Throwback Thursday: Eli vs. Eli

    Back in our May/June 2004 issue, we memorialized that year's presidential election—which featured two Yale College grads and fellow Skull and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 16 2020 08:50am

  • Wish you were here

    It’s a beautiful day in New Haven, and we’re really missing the big reunion tent that ought to be on Old Campus right now. We hope to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2020 08:40am

  • Throwback Thursday: Class of ’15

    This weekend, the Yale Class of 2015 was supposed to have its first reunion. This page from our June 1980 issue features the Class of 1915 at its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 28 2020 08:00am

  • Not-so-living color

    Artist James Prosek ’97, who made his name while still an undergrad for his paintings of trout, has a new exhibition at the Art Gallery through... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 19 2020 02:50pm

  • Shelf improvement

    So many books, so little time. . . . Alums, what book did you read at Yale that changed the way you see the world? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 4 2020 01:36pm

  • A classy library

    Today, we’re told, is Library Shelfie Day, so here’s a shot of a couple of shelves in the magazine’s own library. These class... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 22 2020 08:37am

  • Another alum in the mayor’s office

    New Haven will have a new mayor in January. Former alder Justin Elicker ’10MEM, ’10MBA (shown here at his victory party at a Jocelyn... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 6 2019 07:28am

  • Yale and the Revolution: spymaster

    America’s Independence Day falls this week, so all week we’ll be talking about Yale people and places that were part of the American... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 1 2019 10:20am

  • Party with the dinosaurs

    The Peabody Museum welcomed all—including a good number of Yale reuniongoers—with free admission at its Community Day on Saturday.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 3 2019 08:34am

  • Fifty is nifty

    The Class of 1969 is arriving in Davenport College for its 50-year reunion. Also gathering this week: Classes of ’64, ’74, ’79... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 31 2019 01:09pm

  • A memorial

    On this Memorial Day, we remember Theodore Winthrop, Class of 1848, the first Union officer killed in the Civil War. A New Haven native who is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 27 2019 07:20am

  • Forecast

    Reunion planners can rest easy on at least one count: it doesn’t look like there will be any rain for this reunion weekend. It’s not too... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 24 2019 10:02am

  • The big top

    Yale is ready to welcome its first wave of 2019 reuniongoers this weekend! Besides the Class of 1994, which will fill this tent on the Old Campus... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2019 01:44pm

  • Russians occupy Woolsey Hall

    Alumni of the Yale Russian Chorus applauded their founding conductor, Denis Mickiewicz ’57MusB, ’67PhD (center), as they passed a bottle... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 15 2018 08:46am

  • Celebrating a Yale Nobelist

    Most Nobel Prize contenders are on high alert this time of year for the fabled early-morning call from Stockholm. But at a press conference... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 9 2018 07:55am

  • The man, the sandwich, the sauce

    What’s a Wenzel? If you went to Yale in this century, you are likely to know. A Wenzel is a particular kind of sandwich with a fried chicken... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 21 2018 11:20am

  • Let’s do it again

    The second weekend of reunions is here. Welcome to the Classes of ’58, ’63, ’68, ’73, ’78, ’08, and ’13! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 1 2018 10:11am

  • Memorial Day

    Today we remember 1,020 Yale alumni whose names are carved in the marble of Memorial Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 28 2018 09:25am

  • Come chill with your class

    It’ll be sunny and into the 80s today and tomorrow as the first wave of Yale College reunions gets under way. But we can confirm that there is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 25 2018 10:45am