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  • Mystery Monday: seal of approval

    The open book from Yale's seal, which features the Hebrew words Urim v’Thummim, appears frequently in Yale's architecture. Do you know... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2025 10:00pm

  • Stationary bikes

    It's not ideal weather for bicycling these days. We've had another inch or two of snow since we took this photo in Branford's Linonia Court... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 12 2025 03:44pm

  • Chill

    It's not quite Noguchi, but really any sculpture looks great with the Beinecke as a backdrop. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 11 2025 03:09am

  • Cloud server

    We walked straight into a Magritte painting on Hewitt Quadrangle the other day. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 7 2025 04:12am

  • Winter white

    Hillhouse Avenue always looks good in snow. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 5 2025 03:40am

  • Camouflage

    Dog? What dog? We don't see any dog. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2025 10:34pm

  • Mystery Monday: get out your handkerchief

    “For God, for Country, and for Yale” is officially nothing more than a song lyric, but it has served as an unofficial motto for the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 2 2025 10:46pm | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Did Pigpen do this?

    Most of last week's snow has melted by now, but the world's dirtiest snowball is still on view on Old Campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 30 2025 07:25am

  • Harkness's little brother

    Bass Tower, which rises from the corner of Pauli Murray College, is 190 feet tall—26 deferential feet shorter than Harkness Tower. We got this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 29 2025 04:23am

  • Before sunset

    Yesterday around quitting time, we caught the winter sun bathing Harkness Tower in golden light. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 28 2025 03:46am

  • Mystery Monday: points of light

    This one will be familiar to alums who remembered to look up on their way to class. Anyone know where we spotted this ornate chandelier? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2025 08:48am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Big dig

    We'd like to say that the new buildings of the Upper Science Hill Complex are going up, but so far they're mostly going down. Excavation work has... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2025 04:12am

  • Staying warm

    With temperatures in the teens yesterday, Steep café on Science Hill was a good place to get comfortable with a hot cup of coffee or tea. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 22 2025 03:42am

  • Little friend

    We got just a couple of inches of snow over the weekend, enough for someone to make a diminutive snowman on an Old Campus bench. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 21 2025 03:28am

  • Throwback Thursday: what might have been

    125 years ago this month, in our January 31, 1900, edition, we revealed plans for Yale's Bicentennial buildings—Commons, Woolsey Hall... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 15 2025 10:00pm

  • Mystery Monday: eyes up

    The building should be familiar to many of you, but the perspective is a little unusual. Where on campus are we? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 13 2025 04:13am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • It's all in how you see it

    On view at the Peabody Museum: Mind/Matter: The Neuroscience of Perception, Attention, and Memory, the museum's first temporary exhibit since... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 10 2025 04:31am

  • Throwback Thursday: before Sterling

    From an April 1925 issue of the Yale Alumni Weekly, a glimpse of some of the buildings that were demolished to make room for Sterling Memorial... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2025 11:50pm

  • A classic interior

    When the sun is streaming through the windows on a frigid winter day, the sculpture hall at the Yale University Art Gallery is one of our favorite... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2025 08:34am