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  • Thowback Thursday: Class Day during wartime

    From our January 1943 issue, 75 years ago. Students at Yale during World War II graduated on an accelerated schedule, which meant the Class of 1943... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 25 2018 02:07pm

  • By the numbers

    Yale’s Class of 2017 is now out the door and carved into Yale history. Each Yale College graduating class plants a sprig of ivy on campus and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2017 09:10am

  • Congrats, Class of 2017!

    Around 3,000 people are receiving degrees from Yale this morning at the university’s 316th commencement. The traditional procession was... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2017 11:05am

  • Testing . . .

    Class Day cochairs Joana Andoh '17 and Larry Milstein '17 rehearsed their introduction of Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein ’95 this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2017 10:36am

  • Raising the roof

    3,627 graduates and their families are grateful that the rain held off until today. Now, the Old Campus gets ready for reunions. Read on
    Mark Branch ’86 | May 24 2016 10:50am

  • Commencement Number 315

    Yale’s 315th commencement gets under way in an hour! This year’s honorary degree recipients are: Canadian Supreme Court justice Rosalie... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2016 09:14am

  • Set in stone

    As they reach Phelps Gate in the commencement procession on Monday, graduates will see their class year immortalized. Since the 1850s, each Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2016 11:58am

  • Feast day

    Ah, senior week . . . these soon-to-be graduates were enjoying a lunch of lobster and champagne in front of Sterling Memorial Library yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2016 08:41am

  • Getting ready

    The stage is set for Commencement this weekend. Now it’s just a matter of putting out 15,000 folding chairs and we’ll be ready to go. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 17 2016 08:54am

  • Let the moving commence

    Once the degree is in hand, the only thing left to do is empty out the dorm room and fill up the SUV. So long, Class of 2015! Come back soon.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2015 08:36am

  • Cap and gown—and kilt

    The scene on Cross Campus, where graduates queue up for the march to the Old Campus for Commencement, gets more colorful every year. The Divinity School... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2015 02:06pm