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July 2016

  • Showers for flowers

    The flowers—and the people—on Rose Walk are happy to see some rain this morning. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 29 2016 08:58am

  • The room where it happened

    Tonight, Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73JD will accept her party’s nomination for president of the United States—the first woman and... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 28 2016 08:53am

  • Web maintenance

    Conservator Natalie Karas spent a few days recently working on Alexander Liberman’s Lightweb on the Morse-Stiles walkway. Karas cleaned... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 27 2016 08:51am

  • Grand opening

    Somewhere on campus there may be a more beautiful pair of doors than these at the entrance to Strathcona Hall, but we can’t think of any... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 26 2016 08:36am

  • Time for a spa day

    The Anchor is back! A year and a half after the beloved College Street bar closed, it has been resurrected by New York restaurateur Karl Franz... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 25 2016 08:52am

  • Popping up everywhere

    Twice a week in July, students from the Morse Summer Music Academy play “pop-up concerts” in several spots on campus and downtown. The... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 22 2016 08:45am

  • Remembrance of things past

    On a traffic signal box on Chapel Street, a photo mural reflects what once was across the street: Osborn Hall, the Yale classroom building that was... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 21 2016 08:44am

  • Mini-meadow

    With careful framing, this urban meadow on campus looks positively bucolic. But just to the left is the Peabody Museum parking lot, and just on the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 20 2016 09:04am

  • Mending wall

    One of this summer’s campus projects is rebuilding the walls of the moat outside Branford College. Each stone is numbered before it is removed... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 19 2016 08:53am

  • Pilgrimage

    Every now and then we look up as we’re heading into Payne Whitney Gymnasium, and suddenly our plan to spend 30 minutes on a treadmill seems... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 18 2016 08:51am

  • The new college try

    Prospect Street between Trumbull and Sachem is closed for three weeks to accommodate construction of the new residential colleges. (That’s one... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 15 2016 08:55am

  • Art on the move

    Spotted on College Street this week: a car covered in chalkboard paint, with chalk at the ready, offering “heART therapy” for passersby... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 14 2016 09:09am

  • Observation

    A young student takes notes at the Art Gallery. The painting is It’s the Time of the Mind in the Middle of the Day by William T. Williams... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 13 2016 08:37am

  • Good read

    Summer is a good time to pick up a book, like this guy hanging out by the entrance to Davenport College. For recommended reading, see book reviews... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 12 2016 08:59am

  • Not-so-manic Monday

    It’s a quiet and beautiful Monday morning on Cross Campus. Find a bench and sit a spell. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 11 2016 05:12am

  • Cornucopia

    Every Friday in the summer, you can count on finding fresh fruits and vegetables for sale outside Commons. Yale Dining has hosted its Uncommon... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 8 2016 05:54am

  • Ring cycle

    Summer on the Old Campus means the return of high school students here for Explo—and the return of quidditch. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 7 2016 04:51am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/2420-ring-cycle?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 1 comment</a></span>

  • Print lives

    As more and more academic resources go digital, Sterling Memorial Library still has a reminder of how it all started. This Albion hand press, built... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 6 2016 04:57am

  • Gibbs is coming down

    After years of false starts, Yale is preparing to build a new science building. This time, the plan is to demolish the 61-year-old Gibbs... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 5 2016 05:25am