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  • Legal avenue

    Just in time for the new semester, the conversion of Wall Street in front of the Sterling Law Building to a pedestrian walkway is now complete. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 27 2020 08:02am

  • A class apart

    For the first time since World War II—when the Old Campus housed Army trainees—there will be no first-year students on Yale’s... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 26 2020 07:47am

  • Welcome! Go to your room.

    Today is the second day of a week-long move-in process for Yale College students. Each student has a prearranged dropoff time, after which... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 25 2020 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: open-and-shut case

    This week’s mystery: where on campus can you find windows with these distinctive shutters? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 24 2020 08:17am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Role model

    Handsome Dan is helping teach the Yale community how to ride the shuttle in the time of coronavirus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 20 2020 08:40am

  • Respite

    It’s cool and rainy today—a nice break from the heat for those of us who can’t escape to the mountains in August. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 19 2020 01:48pm

  • Freewheeling

    As of this summer, there is now a skateboard park within rolling distance of campus. The assembly of ramps is in Scantlebury Park, near the Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 18 2020 08:02am

  • Mystery Monday: court is in session

    Today’s mystery: where on campus can you find these squash rackets carved in stone? Read on
    Mark Branch ’86 | August 17 2020 08:00am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Stories in glass

    Artist Barbara Earl Thomas has been commissioned to create new stained glass panes for the windows of the Grace Hopper College dining hall. The new... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 14 2020 07:39am

  • L'esprit de l'escalier

    Otherwise, how are we going to get good at it? Spotted in the hallway near the magazine’s office at 2 Whitney Avenue. Most Yale staff are... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 12 2020 09:04am

  • Mobile home

    Traffic was stopped on Trumbull Street Saturday morning as a house once owned by Benjamin Silliman was carried a block down the street to a new... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 11 2020 07:52am

  • Mystery Monday: a building remembered

    This week’s Mystery Monday poses two questions: where on campus can you find this stone carving, and what does it depict? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 10 2020 07:53am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • High way

    More progress in the conversion of campus streets to walkways: High Street between Wall and Grove is getting its turn. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 6 2020 08:55am

  • After the storm

    A broken tree branch was blocking York Square Place this morning outside Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Tropical Storm Isaias brought down trees all over... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 5 2020 09:11am

  • Mystery Monday: looking up

    Another Monday, another mystery: who can tell us where on campus this photo was taken? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 3 2020 07:58am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Pole watcher

    We spotted an old friend in Hewitt Quadrangle: the Ledyard Flagstaff, which was temporarily removed two years ago when construction of the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 30 2020 08:30am

  • Another mai tai, please

    The triangular plaza between Broadway and Elm Street—now being promoted as Broadway Island—is a good spot to relax and enjoy takeout... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 28 2020 08:46am

  • Mystery Monday: stone scholar

    This fellow is going all in on the studious look for his Zoom classes this fall. Can you tell us where on campus this carving can be found? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 27 2020 08:35am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Grab and go

    How to take a book out of the library in the age of Covid-19: request book online, wait for it to be quarantined for 36 hours, then go to Bass... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 24 2020 07:58am