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href="/articles/5953-air-mail">Air mail</a> <a class="view_all_link" href="/magazine/departments/last_look">View all Last Look</a> </td> <td class='three_column_magazine_block'> <h3>Milestones</h3> <div id='images_mblock_0_6659'> <img class="" style="" id="thumb_mblock_0_6659_6025" src="/uploads/images/15000150/1739296432/where_edwards copy_700x388_0_54_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6659_5988" src="/uploads/images/14900149/1734421645/Fred Volkmar_700x388_0_18_206.jpeg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6659_5963" src="/uploads/images/14700147/1729278714/WEB Milestones_700x388_0_54_206.jpg" alt="" /> </div> <a group="mblock_0_6659" class="with_image_hover" article_id="6025" href="/articles/6025-lifelong-learner">Lifelong learner</a> <div class='deck'>Kem Edwards '49 made the most of his second Yale career.</div> <a group="mblock_0_6659" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5988" href="/articles/5988-after-44-years-an-autism-pioneer-steps-down">After 44 years, an autism pioneer steps down</a> <a group="mblock_0_6659" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5963" href="/articles/5963-gendler-stepping-down-as-fas-dean">Gendler stepping down as FAS dean</a> <a class="view_all_link" href="/magazine/departments/milestones">View all Milestones</a> </td> <td class='three_column_magazine_block'> <h3>Arts & Culture</h3> <div id='images_mblock_0_6660'> <img class="" style="" id="thumb_mblock_0_6660_6000" src="/uploads/images/15000150/1739295226/WEB ROCK_698x393_0_0_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6660_6027" src="/uploads/images/15000150/1740498488/MA25reviews_1919x1067_101_0_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6660_5973" src="/uploads/images/14800148/1734418533/OL_500x278_0_59_206.jpg" alt="" /> </div> <a group="mblock_0_6660" class="with_image_hover" article_id="6000" 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href="/magazine/departments/sports">View all Sporting Life</a> </td> <td class='three_column_magazine_block'> <h3>From the Editor</h3> <div id='images_mblock_0_6663'> <img class="" style="" id="thumb_mblock_0_6663_5952" src="/uploads/images/14700147/1729271292/1_3_672x373_0_32_206.JPG" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6663_5923" src="/uploads/images/14500145/1723650372/web_400x222_0_0_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6663_5904" src="/uploads/images/14400144/1718722029/ED Letter_700x388_0_0_206.jpg" alt="" /> </div> <a group="mblock_0_6663" class="with_image_hover" article_id="5952" href="/articles/5952-reminiscence-a-farewell-and-gratitude">Reminiscence, a farewell, and gratitude</a> <div class='deck'>Kathrin Day Lassila '81 is retiring after 21 years as editor of the Yale Alumni Magazine.</div> <a group="mblock_0_6663" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5923" href="/articles/5923-a-black-american-poet-gets-his-due">A Black American poet gets his due</a> <a group="mblock_0_6663" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5904" href="/articles/5904-for-the-love-of-his-city">For the love of his city</a> <a class="view_all_link" href="/magazine/departments/from_the_editor">View all From the Editor</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='divider' colspan='3'> <span></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='three_column_magazine_block'> <h3>New Haven</h3> <div id='images_mblock_0_6664'> <img class="" style="" id="thumb_mblock_0_6664_5191" src="/uploads/images/11000110/1598033107/thumbnail_Margaret Holloway 1977 (Perry Clennon)_950x527_0_222_206.jpeg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6664_5008" src="/uploads/images/10300103/1576182748/newhaven_SimeonJocelyn_645x358_0_51_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6664_4841" src="/uploads/images/9600096/1550165184/newhaven_leeway_645x358_0_24_206.jpg" alt="" /> </div> <a group="mblock_0_6664" class="with_image_hover" article_id="5191" href="/articles/5191-saying-goodbye-to-margaret-holloway">Saying goodbye to Margaret Holloway</a> <div class='deck'>A drama school alum who became known as the "Shakespeare Lady."</div> <a group="mblock_0_6664" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5008" href="/articles/5008-banner-years">Banner years</a> <a group="mblock_0_6664" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="4841" href="/articles/4841-leeway">A place to live with HIV and AIDS</a> <a class="view_all_link" href="/magazine/departments/new_haven">View all New Haven</a> </td> <td class='three_column_magazine_block'> <h3>Old Yale</h3> <div id='images_mblock_0_6665'> <img class="" style="" id="thumb_mblock_0_6665_6004" src="/uploads/images/15000150/1739294773/Hutchins_Berea copy_625x347_0_52_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6665_5965" src="/uploads/images/14700147/1729273747/1924crew_643x357_0_113_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6665_5934" src="/uploads/images/14500145/1723652574/web1_600x333_0_112_206.jpg" alt="" /> </div> <a group="mblock_0_6665" class="with_image_hover" article_id="6004" href="/articles/6004-early-bloomer">Early bloomer</a> <div class='deck'>Robert Maynard Hutchins's precocious Yale career.</div> <a group="mblock_0_6665" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5965" href="/articles/5965-partez">Partez!</a> <a group="mblock_0_6665" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5934" href="/articles/5934-fit-for-a-president">Fit for a president</a> <a class="view_all_link" href="/magazine/departments/old_yale">View all Old Yale</a> </td> <td class='three_column_magazine_block'> <h3>Where They Are Now</h3> <div id='images_mblock_0_6666'> <img class="" style="" id="thumb_mblock_0_6666_6020" src="/uploads/images/15000150/1739294581/This one_475x263_0_71_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6666_5992" src="/uploads/images/14900149/1734420303/LS_460x255_0_173_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6666_5969" src="/uploads/images/14700147/1729272147/WEB-GettyImages-2165585437 copy_500x278_0_31_206.jpg" alt="" /> </div> <a group="mblock_0_6666" class="with_image_hover" article_id="6020" href="/articles/6020-lisa-sanders-is-on-the-case">Lisa Sanders is on the case</a> <div class='deck'>The Yale doctor behind the New York Times "Diagnosis" column.</div> <a group="mblock_0_6666" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5992" href="/articles/5992-culinary-quest">Culinary quest</a> <a group="mblock_0_6666" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5969" href="/articles/5969-a-yalie-s-route-to-the-nfl">A Yalie's route to the NFL</a> <a class="view_all_link" href="/magazine/departments/where_they_are_now">View all Where They Are Now</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='divider' colspan='3'> <span></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='three_column_magazine_block'> <h3>Scene on Campus</h3> <div id='images_mblock_0_6667'> <img class="" style="" id="thumb_mblock_0_6667_5936" src="/uploads/images/14500145/1723650956/WEB_700x388_0_18_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6667_5886" src="/uploads/images/14400144/1718726373/YAM bike018_700x388_0_29_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6667_5840" src="/uploads/images/14100141/1707767264/WEB-Yale Kline Tower_int t copy_650x361_0_105_206.jpg" alt="" /> </div> <a group="mblock_0_6667" class="with_image_hover" article_id="5936" href="/articles/5936-how-not-to-grow-a-garden">How (not) to grow a garden</a> <div class='deck'>An experiment in a rooftop greenhouse on Science Hill.</div> <a group="mblock_0_6667" class="other_links 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institutional voice</a> <div class='deck'>A faculty committee weighs in on speaking out.</div> <a group="mblock_0_6668" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5960" href="/articles/5960-yales-first-post-affirmative-action-class">Yale’s first post-affirmative-action class</a> <a group="mblock_0_6668" class="other_links with_image_hover" article_id="5927" href="/articles/5927-big-plans-for-science-hill">Big plans for Science Hill</a> <a class="view_all_link" href="/magazine/departments/light_and_verity">View all Light & Verity</a> </td> <td class='three_column_magazine_block'> <h3>Web Extra</h3> <div id='images_mblock_0_6669'> <img class="" style="" id="thumb_mblock_0_6669_5885" src="/uploads/images/14400144/1718914236/2048px-2021-08-14_15_11_33_Strawberries_in_the_Franklin_Farm_section_of_Oak_Hill,_Fairfax_County,_Virginia_2048x1138_0_225_206.jpg" alt="" /> <img class="" style="display: none;" id="thumb_mblock_0_6669_5823" 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