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April 2026

  • Tail end

    It's Bulldog Days, and we found prospective students lined up on Old Campus yesterday to get their pictures taken with the giant inflatable bulldog.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 21 2026 05:57am

  • Mystery Monday: hog tied

    We recently noticed this trussed pig hiding in plain sight after overlooking it for years. Any idea where it is?  Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 20 2026 05:34am

  • Garden party

    If you're coming back for a reunion this year and haven't been on campus in a while, you may be surprised to find two campus landmarks in the Art... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 17 2026 12:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: down by the riverside

    Twenty-five years ago, we featured the new Gilder Boathouse on our April 2001 cover. Designed by Turner Brooks ’65, ’70MArch, the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 15 2026 07:09am

  • Match day

    Good luck getting across Beinecke Plaza today without meeting one of the army of volunteers staffing the athletic department's Mandi Schwartz Marrow... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 15 2026 09:19am

  • Weeping for joy

    We know we've shown you these weeping cherries in bloom in Branford College before, but we try to limit it to once a year.  Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 14 2026 01:31am

  • Mystery Monday: athletes in action

    Today's mystery: Where on campus can you find these bronze basketball players? Extra credit if you can tell us the story behind the sculpture. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 13 2026 04:55am

  • Perennial pleasure

    It's cherry blossom time again in the courtyard of Vanderbilt Hall.  Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 10 2026 05:08am

  • Throwback Thursday: British invasion

    Seventy-five years ago, on April 14, 1951, several thousand spectators gathered on the shores of the Housatonic to watch the Yale crew compete... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 8 2026 08:00pm

  • Light and shadow

    Students working in the studio at Tsai CITY this morning had a choice of sun or shade. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 8 2026 08:18am

  • April in TD

    Spring is coming along nicely in Timothy Dwight College, where the magnolia tree is in bloom.  Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 7 2026 05:44am

  • Mystery Monday: who made it?

    Today's mystery isn't where we found this sculpture—many of you will recognize the location as the Art Gallery sculpture garden—but who... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 6 2026 09:18am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/4804-mystery-monday-who-made-it?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Throwback Thursday: timeless turtle

    Our April 23, 1926 cover featured the fossilized skeleton of an Archelon—an ancient sea turtle—on display at the Peabody Museum, which... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 1 2026 07:33am