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Chris Buck

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The fifteenth college

Covid dealt a blow to Yale's residential college system. Can it recover? 
By Zachary Groz ’24

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Still life

Neurophysiologist Elena Gracheva uncovers the secrets of how animals emerge, healthy, from the deathlike torpor of hibernation. 
By Randi Hutter Epstein ’90MD

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Let's dance

More than fifty years after first arriving at Yale, these pioneering women have found each other and their rhythms on Zoom.
By Shelley Fisher Fishkin ’71, ’77PhD
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Lifelong learning 

How does a comedy writer cope with a series of tragedies? In this case, by taking 23 Yale courses online.
By Christopher Lloyd ’82

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Worth the wait

Decades after dorm life, love blossomed for these four couples . . . with a little help from Yale. 
By Carol Hymowitz

Light & Verity

Feds investigate Yale admissions practices
News of negotiations prompts strong reactions. 
Putting downtown back together Homegrown hero View all Light & Verity

Scene on Campus

Just keep swimming
A bird's-eye view of Yalies in the water.
Commencement 1926 Greener greens View all Scene on Campus

Findings

One conspiracy theory put to rest
In the case of the Medici, the mosquito did it. 
The road to climate change Tracking the clues to long Covid View all Findings

Last Look

Playtime
In the Div School's back yard, a place for dogs to run free.
Bells are ringing Respite  View all Last Look

Milestones

A lifetime in American arts
Pat Kane ’87PhD had the eyes--and the hands--of a connoisseur.
Dramatic return Building on strength View all Milestones

Arts & Culture

Object Lesson: If these walls could talk
An 18th-century Connecticut parlor, reconstructed in the Art Gallery.
Reviews: September/October 2026 Object Lesson: An American Taj View all Arts & Culture

Q&A: Maurie McInnis

For Humanity
Trust in higher education  Elm and ivy View all Q&A: Maurie McInnis

Sporting Life

Spring highlights: facing the nation
NCAA appearances for lacrosse, tennis, and baseball teams.
Winter highlights Fall sports: football shines in postseason View all Sporting Life

From the Editor

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Come together City on a hill View all From the Editor

New Haven

Saying goodbye to Margaret Holloway
A drama school alum who became known as the "Shakespeare Lady."
Banner years A place to live with HIV and AIDS View all New Haven

Old Yale

Forgotten founder
No one was more important to Yale's beginnings than James Pierpont.
America's baby picture Serial signer View all Old Yale

Where They Are Now

TikTok's "Gen Z Historian"
Kahlil Greene '21 was headed for a job in consulting. Then he became a social media star.
The soul of the puppet History on ice View all Where They Are Now

Scene on Campus

Yalies who lunch
Commons is still the place to be for the midday repast.
It takes a village  Apizza party   View all Scene on Campus

Light & Verity

Faculty report considers decline in trust
A committee offers a wide range of recommendations, from the general to the specific.
Yale journalists celebrate their launching pad Graduate School will limit enrollment View all Light & Verity

Web Extra

Yale strawberry shortcake
An alum remembered the dining hall dessert fondly, so his family recreated it for his 93rd birthday.
When Yale buildings speak
 The green fields of the mind View all Web Extra

Alumni

Movement Garry Trudeau is still learning  Good karma

Faculty & Staff

Talking shop Big man on campus In the wild

Arts & Culture

Living faith Crewdson country The Restoration

Yale History

A fatal duel between Yale students Mark Twain's adventures at Yale The shanties on the plaza

Money & Business

Reading the room The go-to guy for CEOs Negotiating without being a jerk

Student Life

I, chatbot A generation in crisis Old friend

Science & Health

Engineering matter(s) Laser lighthouse Introduction: solutions for a planet in peril

New Haven

Cakes and kindness Reforesting the Elm City The night the Stones played Toad's