features

Going around in circles

Volvelles are those little paper wheels that help organize information. Yale has hundreds of them.

By Peggy Kalb Ico comments 4 comments

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How science came to Yale

Benjamin Silliman, a young lawyer, traveled to Philadelphia in 1802 with a few mineral specimens in a candle box. It was Yale’s first step on the path to becoming a university.

By Richard Conniff

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Déjà vu

Yale’s newest residential colleges will be modeled on their forebears.

By Mark Alden Branch Ico comments 7 comments

From the Editor

Cellos and jokes

At 93, Aldo Parisot is Yale’s longest-serving—and perhaps most entertaining—professor.

By Kathrin Lassila Ico comments 1 comment

Letters to the Editor

Meeting the neighbors

Readers talk back about Chinese grandparents, climate change, and more.

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Where They Are Now

History for everyone

Edward Ayers ’80PhD is making history popular, on campus and on the radio.

By Mark Alden Branch

Scene on Campus

Bookies

Binding books from scratch in the Silliman basement.

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New Haven

Stitching a downtown back together

The site of the late Coliseum will soon look very different.

By John Dillon

Old Yale

The invention of the Alumni Fund

The oldest annual giving program in America was launched in 1890.

By Judith Schiff

Sporting Life

A night in the limelight

Yale wins the second Rivalry on Ice at Madison Square Garden.

By Evan Frondorf

Last Look

Celebrity harpsichord?

A valuable instrument, altered to hint at a connection to Voltaire.

Q&A: Peter Salovey

Reducing debt (for students)

Explaining a $200 million fund-raising drive for financial aid.

By Kathrin Lassila