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February 2016

  • Through the bars

    It’s chilly but sunny, a nice morning to view the Old Campus through the Whitman Gate. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 26 2016 08:39am

  • Throwback Thursday: hoops of yesteryear

    That’s John Weber ’53 taking a shot against Fordham on the cover of our January 1952 issue. In more recent basketball news, this... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 25 2016 09:22am

  • Wet Wednesday

    One could grouse about the rain on a day like this, but in February, we’re mostly grateful that it isn’t snow. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 24 2016 10:09am

  • Whale of a team

    Ingalls Rink is “the world’s most beautiful hockey rink,” according to Wired magazine. Right now, it’s also home to the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 23 2016 09:27am

  • Hidden GEM

    Every morning as we walk down the alley between McClellan Hall and Linsly-Chittenden Hall on the Old Campus, we're greeted with a smile by this... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 22 2016 10:07am

  • Lest we forget

    Before it was retrofitted into Branford and Saybrook College, Yale’s Memorial Quadrangle (1917) was the prototype for a new campus... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 19 2016 08:17am

  • It might as well be spring

    Red Sox pitchers and catchers report to spring training today, an annual milestone that always makes us remember the late Yale president, baseball... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 18 2016 08:20am

  • Dusky brutalism

    To those of you with an abiding enmity for Paul Rudolph Hall (née the Art and Architecture Building): isn't it kind of nice when bathed in... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 17 2016 10:16am

  • A little thaw

    The good news is that the temperature is above freezing. The bad news? Puddles. Lots of puddles. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 16 2016 10:58am

  • 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
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 15 2016 09:13am

  • The path to Payne

    It’s one of Yale’s most photographed views: the gothic tower of Payne Whitney Gymnasium framed by the eccentric peanut-brittle walls of... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 12 2016 09:25am

  • Throwback Thursday: now THAT was a snowstorm!

    When younger students remark on the ankle-deep snow covering the campus right now, seniors can say “that’s nothing. When I was your... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 11 2016 10:09am

  • Settled in

    There’s nothing like a cozy college library on a winter’s night. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 10 2016 10:22am

  • Winter, continued

    We’re just going to keep posting snowy campus pictures for a while, if that’s okay. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 9 2016 10:37am

  • Ivory tower

    Another snowy day in New Haven today, though this picture is from Friday, when a strong north wind made the wet snow stick to... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 8 2016 09:03am

  • Snow time

    Yale woke up to snow this morning—three inches as of 9 o'clock. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 5 2016 10:18am

  • Throwback Thursday: ultimate’s origins

    Forty years ago, in our February 1976 issue, John Tierney ’76 enlightened our readers on the rise of ultimate frisbee at Yale, reporting on... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 4 2016 08:36am

  • Hello, February

    The campus was greeted this morning with one of those quintessential steel-gray February New Haven skies. That’s why they invented Feb Club.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 3 2016 10:36am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/2306-hello-february?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 1 comment</a></span>

  • Kitchen prep

    If you squint and use your imagination, you can see the future dining hall of North College in the center of this photo. The new residential... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 2 2016 10:28am