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January 2016

  • Drink this cup

    When we snapped this picture on Wednesday, there weren’t many takers for the free hot chocolate being offered on Old Campus by Chi Alpha... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 29 2016 01:43pm

  • Throwback Thursday: going deep

    In our January 17, 1936, issue, we reported on legendary swimming coach Bob Kiphuth’s latest innovation. Over his 42 years as coach, Yale amassed... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 28 2016 08:53am

  • Button up your chain mail

    It’s possible that we’re a little punchy from all the time indoors, but we couldn’t help thinking this knight looks like... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 27 2016 08:45am

  • Laws and nature

    The weekend’s blanket of snow, as seen in the Law School courtyard. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 26 2016 08:59am

  • After the storm

    The great East Coast blizzard dropped 12.5 inches of snow on New Haven on Saturday. Some weekend events were postponed or canceled, but it’s... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 25 2016 10:06am

  • Illuminated

    Where else but at Yale do gymnasts practice their sport beneath Gothic rose windows? The gymnastics studio is located on the eighth floor of Payne... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 22 2016 10:39am

  • Throwback Thursday: experiments in living

    And you thought Garry Trudeau made all this up? Forty-five years ago, our January 1971 issue described for alumni the inner workings of a handful of... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 21 2016 08:54am

  • What comes around goes around

    One way to tell that students are back: full bike racks outside classroom buildings like William L. Harkness Hall. (They had to leave their... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 20 2016 10:11am

  • Taking the chill off

    Anybody remember walking up to Science Hill on a cold January morning? These days, there’s a café on the ground floor of Kline Biology... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 19 2016 10:15am

  • Legacy

    Today would be the first day back to classes for students, but since it’s Martin Luther King’s birthday, classes will wait till... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 18 2016 11:13am

  • Legal trouble

    On the Grove Street façade of the Sterling Law Buildings, a young man has fallen prey to demon rum, cards, and who knows what else? (We... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 15 2016 10:44am

  • LeWitt and wisdom

    Ever since conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) left Yale his wall drawings—actually instructions for drawings that can be carried out... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 14 2016 10:39am

  • A dusting

    The first snow of the season fell last night. New Haven is recovering. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 13 2016 11:20am

  • Frozen music

    Now rising: a new building that will connect Hendrie Hall (left) and Leigh Hall (right) to create the Adams Center for Musical Arts. The new and... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 12 2016 03:19pm

  • Gone fishing

    Miya’s Sushi has been around New Haven—first on Chapel Street, now on Howe—since 1982, and owner/chef Bun Lai has become... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 11 2016 02:15pm

  • Frozen assets

    The basin of water on the Women’s Table is frozen solid, but that hasn’t stopped people from tossing in a few coins. Wishing for... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 8 2016 10:28am

  • Seating available

    The reference room at Sterling Memorial Library isn’t quite empty today, but there is plenty of room if you want to come in and crack a... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 7 2016 02:00pm

  • Twilight

    On the back side of the winter solstice, the days are getting a little longer. There was this much light left yesterday at 5 o’clock outside... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 6 2016 01:19pm

  • For the ages

    He may not have been a model of good government, but the Roman emperor Caligula (12–41 CE) secured for himself a place in history—and in... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 5 2016 03:08pm