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March 2019

  • Temporary staff

    A new flagpole has sprung up on Cross Campus. It’s an interim replacement for the historic Ledyard Flagstaff in Hewitt Quadrangle, which has... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 29 2019 10:48am

  • Multimedia

    Now showing at the Art Gallery: a major work by Matthew Barney ’89 called Redoubt that includes a feature-length film, large sculptures... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 27 2019 10:12am

  • Musical morning

    There are school buses lining Hillhouse Avenue this morning, and schoolchildren filing in to Woolsey Hall. It must be time for the New Haven... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 26 2019 10:25am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3087-musical-morning?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 1 comment</a></span>

  • Back to work

    Much of Yale is returning to classes today after spring break, and the streets are full of students again. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 25 2019 10:01am

  • Extra layer

    For protection during a construction project, the tree trunks on Wall Street have donned suits of armor. Yale bought the two blocks of Wall between... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 22 2019 10:25am

  • Small screen, big game

    The action for Yale men’s basketball is in Jacksonville right now, but the game is on at Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Front desk employees Vernon... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 21 2019 01:08pm

  • Sky scraper

    Sculptor Robert Engman ’55MFA, who was teaching at Yale during the construction of the Art & Architecture Building (now Paul Rudolph Hall)... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 20 2019 02:24pm

  • Report from the Hill

    Progress on Science Hill: the new Yale Science Building, going up on the former site of Gibbs Laboratories, is now sporting a rooftop greenhouse... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 19 2019 10:41am

  • Hope springs up

    A little later than usual, these irises on High Street have finally made their appearance. Maybe spring will come after all. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 18 2019 10:10am

  • Building support

    When your home is a campus with hundreds of buildings, the home improvement projects never end. These workers outside Connecticut Hall are measuring... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 15 2019 10:46am

  • Haunted

    It’s quiet in classrooms like LC 102 while Yale is on spring break. We thought we sensed the spirits of students past there this morning... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 14 2019 10:13am

  • Aglow

    We caught Sterling Tower bathed in evening sun yesterday. Alums, what business—or pleasure—took you up into the tower of SSS? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 13 2019 08:44am

  • Not forgotten

    Osborn Hall (1889–1926), a short-lived classroom building at College and Chapel Streets, was never much loved—in part because it... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 12 2019 10:14am

  • Springish

    Spring break is aptly named, so far: as students and faculty take a break from classes, we’re seeing a bit of a thaw. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 11 2019 10:15am

  • Pioneer women

    It’s International Women’s Day! This portrait by Brenda Zlamany of the first women to earn PhDs at Yale—they graduated together in... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 8 2019 10:42am

  • Temple of sweat

    For the record, there is no truth to the campus legend about how Payne Whitney Gymnasium was designed to look like a church in order to fool a... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 7 2019 11:15am

  • Brain food

    New Haven bibliophiles have a new set of shelves to explore: Grey Matter Books, the second location of a used-book business based in Hadley... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 6 2019 08:49am

  • Pathbreaking

    We’re sharing another picture of yesterday’s snow, because, well, who doesn’t like pictures of snow? But we also wanted to note... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 5 2019 01:40pm

  • All downhill

    New Haven got a good six inches of snow overnight. It’s business as usual at Yale, but local public schools are closed. A few kids got an... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | March 4 2019 10:24am