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  • 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 25 2021 08:23am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 22 2021 09:13am

  • 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 19 2021 08:13am

  • 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2021 08:13am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Six feet over

    Sage Boy always stays more than six feet away from everybody. But you can’t be too careful. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 7 2021 08:16am

  • 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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 5 2021 07:59am

  • Mystery Monday: a trio from Yale’s past

    Some of the stone carvings on the new residential colleges refer to deep cuts from campus history. Does anyone know who is depicted in this relief... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2021 08:00am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Goodbye, 2020

    Happy holidays to all who are celebrating! We’ll see you in 2021. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 23 2020 08:08am

  • Corraled

    As a three-year renovation and expansion of the Peabody Museum begins, the torosaurus outside the museum has been fenced in. But frankly, we... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 22 2020 08:06am

  • Mystery Monday: snowy sculpture

    This piece by an American artist used to be in the Art Gallery’s sculpture garden, but now it's outside Street Hall facing Chapel Street. Who... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2020 07:54am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • A-door-able

    Another view of yesterday’s snowstorm: the doors of Strathcona Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 18 2020 08:13am

  • Strong start

    Our first snowstorm of the season dropped about eight inches on the campus last night. That’s more than New Haven's total snowfall for last... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 17 2020 09:25am