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June 2023

  • Throwback Thursday: accommodations

    Fifty years ago, after the city of New Haven blocked Yale from building two new residential colleges, the university scrambled to find other... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 29 2023 10:02am

  • A score for biomedical engineering

    Happy birthday to the biomedical engineering department! Hope there's cake. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 28 2023 09:32am

  • Portrait of a changemaker

    A portrait of Elga Wasserman ’76JD (1924–2014), who as a Yale administrator oversaw the introduction of women to Yale College in 1969, was... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 27 2023 08:00am

  • Night lights

    As part of New Haven's International Festival of Arts and Ideas, artist Stewart Smith ’08MFA created an interactive artwork called Beneath... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 26 2023 08:44am

  • Yale Fence 2.0

    Lots of blue fencing on the Old Campus this summer, as Farnam, Lawrance, Welch, and Vanderbilt Halls are undergoing renovations. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 23 2023 12:18pm

  • Throwback Thursday: cover story

    In honor of Pride Month, a look back at our July/August 2009 cover. Inside was a set of reminiscences and articles about LGBTQ life at Yale. We got... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 22 2023 08:00am

  • Made glorious

    "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?” Happy midsummer to all who celebrate! Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 21 2023 01:26pm

  • Beech vacation

    Tomorrow marks the first day of summer. As things heat up, you can always find some shade under the weeping beech tree in Farnam Memorial Gardens. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 20 2023 09:00am

  • And on your left . . .

    ’Tis the season for campus tours. We counted four tour groups within sight of Sterling Memorial Library yesterday afternoon. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 15 2023 03:30pm

  • Growing admiration

    If you haven't been to the Marsh Botanical Garden lately, it's worth a trip. The renovation and restoration of the exterior gardens is coming along... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 15 2023 01:04pm

  • A banner day

    “Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 14 2023 08:00am

  • Inanimate alum

    Did Sage Boy finally graduate? Hope he's going to stick around and do a fellowship or something. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 13 2023 07:46am

  • Washday

    We captured this image of the aftermath of reunions last Wednesday: a pile of linens from the Old Campus bound for the laundry. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 12 2023 08:49am

  • Clearing up

    It’s nice to see a bit of blue sky today. The air quality index is 52 right now—a big improvement over the hazy triple digits of the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 9 2023 01:33pm

  • From a distant fire

    The campus was bathed in an eerie orange haze yesterday due to smoke from wildfires in Canada. The Connecticut Department of Energy &... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 8 2023 08:00am

  • Summer jobs

    You can count on it: as soon as the reunion tents come down, the fences go up for summer construction projects. On Wall Street, Yale is converting... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 7 2023 08:00am

  • A Nutmeg native

    It's the time of year when mountain laurel—Connecticut’s state flower—is in bloom. We found this specimen in Sterling... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 6 2023 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: shinrin yoku (look it up)

    You don't have to leave campus to bask in the dappled shade of a forest. Where at Yale can you find this pocket-sized forest garden? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 5 2023 08:59am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/4146-mystery-monday-shinrin-yoku-look-it-up?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Let's do it again

    It's reunion weekend #2! The Class of 1973 is checking in at Dwight Hall on Old Campus for their 50th, and the classes of 1968, 1978, 1983, 2013... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | June 2 2023 07:57am