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  • In the beginning, there was Harvard

    In 1747, Yale president Thomas Clap wrote the first history of the college. A Harvard graduate, Clap began by describing the founding of his alma... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 3 2025 03:50am

  • Now and then: gimme shelter

    Back in our October 1985 issue, we featured a pavilion in East Rock Park designed and built by Yale students as part of the School of Architecture's... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 2 2025 05:07am

  • Coffee to go

    Our social media calendar tells us it's International Coffee Day. We saw these revelers celebrating at the Jitter Bus, which has been keeping Yalies... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 30 2025 09:01am

  • Long run

    Happy 100th to the David Geffen School of Drama! The school, which began in 1925 as a department of the School of Fine Arts, threw a party for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 30 2025 04:58am

  • Mystery Monday: up in the air

    Scan the campus skyline of your memory and see if you can recall where this Georgian cupola is located.  Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 29 2025 05:37am

  • Woven wonders

    The Yale University Art Gallery has the largest collection of Indonesian textiles in the Western Hemisphere, and you can see more than 100 examples in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 26 2025 05:23am

  • Autumn leaves

    In the first week of fall, the campus is still more green than not, but the turning has begun.   Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 25 2025 05:34am

  • Getting across

    Between classes, you have to join the crowd if you want to cross Elm Street at High.  Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 24 2025 11:41am

  • Dog stars

    Two of Yale's top dogs took a moment to lie in the grass yesterday in the midst of a celebration on the Yale Health Center lawn. The guest of honor... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 23 2025 01:04am

  • Mystery Monday: We're fans of these vaults

    We think this might be a tough one—not because it doesn't look familiar, but because it looks like a lot of ceilings at Yale. This is one a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 22 2025 05:55am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Canine couture

    Spotted at the Yale Bookstore: an insouciant bipedal bulldog. Crew Dog is a clothing venture founded in 2023 by rowers Constantine Polychronopoulos... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 19 2025 05:46am

  • Throwback Thursday: walking the walk

    A hundred years ago, on our October 23, 1925, cover, we featured students walking between classes on Hillhouse Avenue. The view is not that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 18 2025 01:29am

  • Coming into view

    As the demolition of Helen Hadley Hall nears completion, the building at 17 Hillhouse is now visible from Temple Street. Formerly home to Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 17 2025 05:28am

  • It's a breeze

    It may be fall on the academic calendar, but it's still summer in New Haven. Students in JE are employing the college's sustainable passive cooling... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 16 2025 05:57am

  • One for the record abook

    Friday was New Haven's annual Apizza Feast, with more than a dozen of the Elm City's storied pizzerias selling slices on the New Haven Green. But... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 15 2025 12:00am

  • What immortal hand or eye?

    On display through November 30 at the Center for British Art: William Blake: Burning Bright, an exhibition featuring work from the center's own... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 12 2025 06:39am

  • Throwback Thursday: going my way?

    Our April 1956 cover featured a critical means of student communication in the corridor of Yale Station: the ride board. Alums, do you have any road... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 11 2025 05:36am

  • If a tree falls in the courtyard . . .

    A sad day in Berkeley College: On Monday, workers took down a large oak tree in the college's south court. The tree was deemed unsafe after a large... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 10 2025 08:44am

  • Retail politics

    Today is election day in New Haven. Outside the New Haven Free Public Library, Norah Laughter ’26 and Elias Theodore ’27 and their... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 9 2025 07:40am