Yale History

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.

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

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

Remembering Elga Wasserman ’76JD, who led coeducation in the college.

William Thaw ’15 was one of the founding members of the famed Lafayette Escadrille.

Forty years ago, a committee led by C. Vann Woodward created a lofty statement about free expression. But there was some pragmatic politics behind its creation.