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January 2021

  • New semester, same pandemic

    Yesterday and today are move-in days for Yale College students for the spring semester. To accommodate social distancing, most first-years will be... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 29 2021 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: cold as Hale

    Seventy-five years ago, we featured a snow-covered Nathan Hale on our cover. You can still count on us today for all your snowy campus photo needs. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 28 2021 09:17am

  • Frosted lipstick

    New Haven has a thin blanket of snow this morning—enough to decorate the campus without causing a lot of trouble. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 27 2021 10:14am

  • Hallowed ground

    Today we learned that, 125 years ago, Yale’s now-iconic statue of Theodore Dwight Woolsey was originally going to sit in front of Durfee Hall.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 26 2021 08:06am

  • Mystery Monday: roofline

    Today’s mystery requires looking up: what well-preserved campus building’s cornice and dormers are shown here? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 25 2021 08:23am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3553-mystery-monday-roofline?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Breaking news

    The digital age has made Yale Station’s yards of bulletin boards a tad less relevant than they once were. But we were nonetheless startled... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 22 2021 09:13am

  • Throwback Thursday: haberdasher’s lament

    Fifty years ago, in our February 1971 issue, we reported on the hard times facing the traditional campus purveyors of men’s wear in an age of blue... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 21 2021 01:33pm | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3551-throwback-thursday-haberdasher-s-lament?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 1 comment</a></span>

  • The campus waits

    It’s an unusually quiet January without students on campus. Move-in for the spring term begins a week from tomorrow. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 20 2021 08:36am

  • Calculated effort

    New year, new construction project: scaffolding has gone up around the base of Kline Tower as it is renovated to be home for the departments of... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 19 2021 08:13am

  • Class fom Hell

    It’s not every day that our Daily Snap is a screenshot, but this grab from the online course catalog was too good to pass up: note the course... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 15 2021 08:00am

  • Moving in

    We spotted moving vans and boxes outside the newly renovated Humanities Quadrangle—formerly the Hall of Graduate Studies. But while the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 14 2021 08:30am

  • One piece at a time

    Who doesn’t enjoy a good puzzle on a cold January day? When this wall outside Saybrook College was disassembled for restoration, the stones... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 13 2021 08:53am

  • Where do we start?

    As the Yale Daily News reported this weekend, the university has decided to house first-year students in their residential colleges next fall... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 12 2021 07:55am

  • Mystery Monday: on the fence

    This ornamental detail on a Yale fence is in bloom year-round. Does anyone know where it is? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 11 2021 08:13am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3544-mystery-monday-on-the-fence?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Six feet over

    Sage Boy always stays more than six feet away from everybody. But you can’t be too careful. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 8 2021 07:56am

  • Dogpile

    We were going to report these pups for violating the social-distancing rules, but it turns out they’ve been quarantining together for months.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 7 2021 08:16am

  • Hang in there

    The second wave of coronavirus infections continues to plague Connecticut, but there is hope: more than 2 percent of the state's citizens have now... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 6 2021 08:18am

  • The way up

    At long last, the relandscaping of Sachem’s Wood is complete; green lawns and curvaceous paths, ramps, and stairs will greet denizens of... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 5 2021 07:59am