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  • 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

  • Throwback Thursday: arrival of the lipstick

    In our June 1969 issue, we documented the arrival of Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, by the late Claes Oldenburg ’50, in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 21 2022 10:10am

  • Throwback Thursday: endings

    Around this time 85 years ago, we featured a reunion meal in Commons on our cover—the last issue published under the name “Yale Alumni... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 7 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: a rowing tradition

    The men's heavyweight crew swept the Crimson last Saturday at the 155th edition of the Yale-Harvard Regatta at New London. The 1897 crew, seen here... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 16 2022 09:49am

  • Throwback Thursday: class clowns

    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

  • Throwback Thursday: Class Day 1947

    Seventy-five years ago—as seen here on our July 1947 cover—Yale College was still holding its Class Day ceremonies in the courtyard of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2022 08:20am

  • Throwback Thursday: goodbye, chefs

    Fifty years ago, in our June 1972 issue, we noted the departure of the Culinary Institute of America from Yale’s neighborhood. The CIA... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 12 2022 08:12am

  • Olmsted’s 200th

    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

  • Mystery Monday: procession

    The International Room in Sterling Memorial Library was once the Yale Memorabilia room, and its shelves are decorated with scenes of extracurricular... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 18 2022 08:00am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Throwback Thursday: moving off

    Fifty years ago, in our March 1972 issue, we wrote about the trend toward off-campus living among undergrads, including the unidentified students in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 17 2022 08:47am

  • Throwback Thursday: long-running

    We featured James Bundy ’95MFA on our March 2002 cover, when he was just starting out as dean of what is now the David Geffen School of Drama.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 10 2022 08:17am

  • Throwback thursday: a little club soda will get that right out

    From our February 5, 1902, issue: when Commons was still a white-tablecloth joint. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: boards of education

    Forty-five years ago, our February 1977 issue included a photo essay on campus bulletin boards. Who remembers the ride board in Yale Station? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 17 2022 07:57am

  • Throwback Thursday: Yale on china

    In October 1932, our forerunner the Yale Alumni Weekly published this ad for Wedgwood plates featuring Yale scenes—$18 a dozen. You can... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2022 08:30am

  • Throwback Thursday: defensive mode

    We’re keenly aware of the adjustments and disruptions to Yale life that the pandemic has caused, but imagine living on a campus that was... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2022 08:08am

  • Throwback Thursday: seventies style?

    What did student style look like 50 years ago? Don’t take our February 1972 “what-to-wear-where guide for the college student” too... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 13 2022 08:08am

  • Throwback Thursday: riveted

    What captured the attention of these Yale men on our cover nearly 60 years ago? A note inside the issue explains that it was a talk by Senator Barry... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 6 2022 09:24am

  • Throwback Thursday: holiday dinner

    This weekend, the traditional first-year holiday dinner returns to Commons after several years at 150 York Street. There will actually be two... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 2 2021 08:00am | Ico comments 2 comments