The Yale Scientific Magazine (YSM) is a scientific magazine published quarterly by undergraduate students from Yale University. It was founded at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale in 1894. Before 1927, it was originally called Yale Scientific Monthly or Yale Sheffield Monthly. As the first student magazine devoted to the sciences, it is the oldest collegiate science quarterly in the United States. Over 100 students are involved in various aspects of the magazine, including writing, editorial, production, art, multimedia, website, and business. It currently has more than 2,000 subscribers around the world. Article topics covered by Yale Scientific Magazine include disciplines in science, mathematics, and engineering, at Yale and beyond. The magazine presents and promotes achievements, knowledge, and activities in the sciences, medicine, and engineering at the University. History The Early Years: 1894–1912 In October 1894, the senior class of Yale’s Sheffield Scientific School (or the “Sheff”) published the first issue of the Yale Scientific Monthly. The Monthly was founded in response to “the rapid growth of the Scientific School, and the important position it was attaining in the affairs of the University", such that "the establishment of a representative undergraduate periodical in the institution would be consistent with the progress along other lines.” One of its main purposes was to be a comfortable medium in which Sheff students could develop their writing skills, something many Sheff graduates had complained to not have done in their undergraduate years. Senior members of the Sheffield Class of 1895 sought the advice of literary instructors, and certain Sheff faculty, and subsequently formed YSM. At its founding, the Yale Scientific Monthly was unique for the diverse range of subjects within the sciences it covered. Its first four articles were: “The Sheffield Scientific School,” a history; “Diameters of Stepped Pulleys”; “Something About Bacteria”, and “Some Landmarks in the Life of Chemistry.” The magazine’s policy was to publish both student and faculty articles. Yale undergraduates performed all editorial and managerial work. The cost of the first issue was $0.30, and a year’s subscription was $2.50. The magazine’s stated address was simply: “Yale Scientific Monthly, New Haven, Conn.” For 18 years, the Monthly was an opportunity for young scientists at the Sheffield Scientific School to act as journalists. In the process they kept the rest of the Yale community informed about important and interesting developments in all scientific departments at Yale, and in the general scientific community.