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April 2018

  • Take a walk

    Yale has submitted a plan to the city of New Haven to convert three blocks of streets into pedestrian walkways, much like Rose Walk in front of... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 27 2018 08:40am

  • Stellar view

    Another dispatch from spring: the garden behind 46 Hillhouse, now home to the astronomy department. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 26 2018 09:00am

  • Fake news!

    You probably don't want to see gray, rainy New Haven this morning, so we’re offering instead this shot of the Branford College courtyard on... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 25 2018 08:58am

  • Open house

    Hundreds of high school seniors converged on campus yesterday for Bulldog Days, where Yale will try to close the deal with admitted students. Alums... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 24 2018 08:46am

  • By George

    Today is St. George’s Day, when the English celebrate their patron saint. A carving of St. George and the dragon—on the side of Branford... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 23 2018 08:28am

  • Long time coming

    This year, it feels like we’ve really earned a spate of “outside weather.” Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 19 2018 08:23am

  • Golden days

    The forsythia is in bloom on Hillhouse Avenue, making the walk to and from Science Hill a little brighter. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 18 2018 08:34am

  • Poster boy

    For several years, Yale has adorned its shuttle buses with a stock photo of a bulldog. We’re happy to see that they've been replacing these with... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 17 2018 08:09am

  • Emerging

    Another dispatch from a late-arriving spring—this time from the beautiful courtyard of Vanderbilt Hall. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 16 2018 08:32am

  • First-years

    Daffodils in the walkway between Pauli Murray and Benjamin Franklin Colleges see their first spring. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 13 2018 10:48am

  • Throwback Thursday: rethinking Commons in 1969

    Nearly 50 years before Yale launched a plan to transform Commons into a student center, architecture student Peter Hoyt ’70MArch had the same... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 12 2018 10:22am

  • Better call Sol

    Seven Sol Lewitt wall drawings are on display at the Yale University Art Gallery through January 27. Yale owns a large number of the late conceptual... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 11 2018 10:29am

  • The coolest month

    April is a time to take your sketch pad outside, as Robert Storr’s Basic Drawing class demonstrated on the Green yesterday—even if you... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 10 2018 08:59am

  • Spring struggle

    This is a tough year to be a daffodil in New Haven. Come on guys, you can do it! Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 9 2018 10:53am

  • Allegiances

    Some residents of Berkeley College are flying an assortment of flags—representing the United States, Ukraine, and New York City. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 6 2018 10:16am

  • Dam good

    What’s this stone carving on the side of Benjamin Franklin College all about? The fact that it faces the Farmington Canal Greenway is a clue:... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 5 2018 09:02am

  • Mist opportunity

    Today on “The Many Moods of April”: fog. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 4 2018 10:29am

  • Musical queue

    Besides accommodating Yale’s largest indoor concerts, lectures, and ceremonies, Woolsey Hall is also the longtime home of the New Haven... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 3 2018 10:25am