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June 2022

  • Chill with Dan

    Just two more days left in Pride month, and the Office of LGBTQ Resources is pulling out all the stops today. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 29 2022 02:02pm

  • More exercise on the way to the gym

    A sure sign of summer: after reunions are over, construction fences pop up all over campus. The Payne Whitney Gym shortcut known affectionately as... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 28 2022 09:18am

  • Mystery Monday: low clearance

    Today’s mystery: where did we find these figures, and what do you recommend for what is sure to be their aching backs? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 27 2022 08:21am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3915-mystery-monday-low-clearance?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • The man behind the parks

    This year, New Haven is celebrating the bicentennial of the birth of Donald Grant Mitchell, Yale Class of 1841, a best-selling author and landscape... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 24 2022 08:00am

  • Look up

    There’s a lot to look at in the new Hanke Exhibition Gallery in the nave of Sterling Memorial Library. But the view upward is pretty great... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 22 2022 08:00am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3913-look-up?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 1 comment</a></span>

  • Growth time

    Summer may be a little quieter than the rest of the year on most of the campus, but it’s peak season at Yale Farm on Edwards Street. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 21 2022 08:00am

  • The OG mascot

    On National Mascot Day, we salute Handsome Dan XIX, the king of the castle and the proud heir to the oldest mascot tradition in American sports. Bow... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 17 2022 12:45pm

  • Throwback Thursday: a rowing tradition

    The men's heavyweight crew swept the Crimson last Saturday at the 155th edition of the Yale-Harvard Regatta at New London. The 1897 crew, seen here... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 16 2022 09:49am

  • Made in the shade

    One of the joys of summer at Yale is this weeping beech tree, whose branches form a shady green room. Find it in Farnam Memorial Gardens on Prospect... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 15 2022 09:15am

  • Look around

    Now that the last round of reunions is over, most of the people we saw on Cross Campus yesterday were tourists. It was a beautiful day to experience... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 14 2022 09:07am

  • Mystery Monday: going up?

    This week’s mystery: where on campus can you find these elaborate elevator doors? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 13 2022 09:09am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3907-mystery-monday-going-up?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Yale-ish

    We’re a little too busy to take a picture of the campus today, so we thought we’d try out that AI image generator everyone's talking... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 10 2022 09:41am

  • Street view

    Our sidewalk superintendent reports that that the new building for the Tobin Center for Economic Policy is coming along nicely on Trumbull Street. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 9 2022 08:37am

  • Tech support, 1931 style

    It’s National Typewriter Day: the device was patented on this day in 1868. Some of us are old enough to remember the struggle depicted in this... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 23 2022 08:00am

  • Back on the block

    It’s been more than nine years since men's clothier J. Press had to vacate its historic York Street location after the weight of a record... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 8 2022 08:42am

  • The medicine of the soul

    There were plenty of doctors in the house at Harkness Auditorium Friday night as the Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra played its first concert since... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 7 2022 08:23am

  • Mystery Monday: let us rejoyce

    Today’s mystery: where on campus did we find this carving? Extra credit if you can tell us who is depicted in the relief and/or the source of... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 6 2022 09:02am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3901-mystery-monday-let-us-rejoyce?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Glazed

    We have been informed that today is National Doughnut Day. This is all we got. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 3 2022 08:04am

  • Let's do it again

    Time for another reunion weekend—round 2 of 3! Welcome back, Classes of 1960, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1995, 2012, and 2017! Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 2 2022 08:05am