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  • Where's the white stuff?

    It was a beautiful sunny day yesterday on Library Walk. But we have to note the relative absence of snow this season—only seven inches so far.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 18 2020 08:44am

  • Court TV

    There’s now a monitor at the entrance to the Brady Squash Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, so you can watch the play on 14 courts at once. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 17 2020 08:13am

  • Cupid on campus

    Happy Valentine’s Day! Alums, tell us your stories of romance at Yale. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 14 2020 08:03am

  • Lincoln memorial

    For Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, we found a tribute to the 16th president in Sterling Memorial Library. The image is based on Francis... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 12 2020 07:58am

  • Take one, leave one

    There are 15 million books in the Yale library—15,000,002 if you count Ezra Stiles College’s new Little Free Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 11 2020 09:54am

  • Say cheese

    Yesterday was National Pizza Day, but every day is pizza day in Pauli Murray College. Along with Morse, Stiles, and Franklin Colleges, Murray has a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 10 2020 10:03am

  • Partly sunny

    After a couple of damp, gray days, the sun made a cameo appearance on Cross Campus at lunchtime today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 7 2020 01:31pm

  • Tip of the whale

    What has four eyes and can hold 3,500 screaming hockey fans? Yeah, you know this one. The men’s hockey team is home at Ingalls Rink this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 6 2020 01:41pm

  • February: now with 29 days!

    The word of the day is . . . gray. It is looking very February out there, which means students and alumni alike are getting together for Feb Club... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 5 2020 12:59pm

  • Classic metal

    Yale’s tradition of elaborate wrought iron gates did not end with the celebrated Samuel Yellin. The new residential colleges feature several... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2020 06:49am

  • Greek to us

    These inspiring words are above the main entrance to the Sterling Hall of Medicine. Who can tell us what they mean? (We googled it, but we’re... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 31 2020 02:05pm

  • Midcentury Mansfield

    These days, Yale calls this housing complex the Mansfield Street Apartments. Who remembers what they were called when they were built (to the design... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 30 2020 08:34am

  • There will be blood

    Some Yalies will do anything do beat Harvard—including opening a vein. The American Red Cross at Yale is hoping to beat their Crimson... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 29 2020 08:12am

  • Over our heads

    It’s been more than five years since the restoration of the nave of Sterling Memorial Library, but we’re still dazzled by the colors in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2020 10:06am

  • Guiding principles

    Can you walk backwards effortlessly? Can you keep a straight face while relating campus legends of dubious veracity? Recruiters are out on Cross... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2020 02:35pm

  • Snowy Stiles

    The first significant snow of the semester came on Saturday. Tiana Wang ’20 captured the scene in Ezra Stiles College while it was still fresh. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 23 2020 08:24am

  • All about the Benjamin

    Happy 314th birthday to Benjamin Franklin, rendered here in a scholarly pose in his namesake Yale residential college. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2020 07:44am

  • Collect ’em all!

    Available at the Center for British Art's museum shop: a full set of the wives of Henry the Eighth. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 16 2020 12:37pm

  • Good shopping weather

    Today is the first sunny day of the new semester. Things are looking brighter for students as they shop classes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 15 2020 01:43pm