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  • We do declare

    On display through next Wednesday at the Beinecke Library: one of 26 known copies of the Dunlap Broadside, the first printing of the Declaration of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 6 2018 10:16am

  • Judge for yourself

    One of the many legal-themed carvings on the Sterling Law Buildings—we’re not sure, but we’re guessing it’s Justice Stone. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 29 2018 01:10pm

  • Thomas, that was a real nice declaration

    Happy Independence Day, America! The Beinecke Library is showing off its first printing of the Declaration of Independence—one of 26 copies in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 4 2017 03:10pm

  • Campus reacts to immigration order

    More than a thousand people gathered on Cross Campus yesterday evening for what was called a candlelight vigil in support of immigrant and refugee... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 30 2017 08:20am

  • Message

    Regardless of their political beliefs, Yale students are not shy about expressing them. This message went up in the fourth- and fifth-floor... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2017 08:05am

  • Show of support

    While many in the Yale community went to Washington, New York City, and Hartford for women’s marches on Saturday, about 500 turned up on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 23 2017 08:35am

  • Rally for immigrants

    About 500 people rallied in front of Sterling Memorial Library, calling on Yale to become a “sanctuary campus” in response to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2016 09:00am

  • The day after

    More than 400 people—mostly students—packed Dwight Chapel yesterday afternoon to hear the a cappella group Shades of Yale (pictured) and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 10 2016 08:36am

  • The room where it happened

    Tonight, Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73JD will accept her party’s nomination for president of the United States—the first woman and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 28 2016 08:53am

  • Historic site

    Why are we offering a picture of the Law School Library on President’s Day? Because according to legend, it was the place where a future... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 15 2016 09:13am

  • Legal advice

    “Law is a living growth, not a changeless code.” The inscription above the Grove Street entrance to the Sterling Law Building offers... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 24 2015 08:39am

  • Time to choose

    Democrats in New Haven’s Yale-dominated First Ward go to the polls tomorrow to select their candidate for the city’s Board of Alders.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 15 2015 08:31am

  • Throwback Thursday: Dewey defeats Truman

    Our June 1950 issue filled alumni in on the many ways Yale students could “practice the art of public speaking.” This photo featured Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 11 2015 08:51am