Yale History

Conservation pioneer Paul B. Sears battled “serious consequences due to public ignorance.”

Once, the bulldog was supposed to strike fear into the hearts of Yale’s opponents. As a new Handsome Dan grows into the title, his job is to be dangerously cute.

From one Class of ’17 to another.

Shirley Graham Du Bois ’40DRA was a composer, playwright, activist, biographer, and more.

The secret Compromise of 1877.

A committee has developed principles to guide decisions on renaming.