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Why 154 Yale alumni paid $2,000 each, plus plane fare, to work for free in Ghana.

Is there a singular “Yale look”? Not anymore. But some students have a keen sense of personal style, whether it comes out in blue blazers or purple high-tops.

In 1894, when women could not yet vote, seven remarkable scholars became the first women to earn Yale PhDs.

It took 13 years, but Steve Bodow ’89 finally found a steady job. As head writer and now coproducer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he has nine Emmys to show for it.

A full-scale opera sung mostly by undergrads—and reviewed in the New York Times? This is not your average student production.

If you had to name just one, what’s the Yale course that will always stay with you? Here’s what Angela Bassett, Alan Dershowitz, David McCullough, and others had to say.