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  • Here comes the sun

    You have to get up pretty early to see it, but the rising sun is precisely aligned with Chapel Street this time of year. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2019 08:33am

  • Strumming on the old banjo

    Is that a banjo on the Cross Campus façade of Berkeley College? Indeed it is. Berkeley’s ornament features many totems of student life... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 16 2019 10:20am

  • Let’s go shopping

    A new semester begins today, which for Yale College students means it’s shopping period. Students typically choose most of their courses ahead... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2019 09:56am

  • All they survey

    From their quarters on the eighth floor of 2 Whitney Avenue, the people who work in Yale’s Office of Facilities have a sweeping view of the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2019 10:43am

  • Things are looking up

    It’s the season for remarkable skies, like this view we got yesterday on High Street. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 10 2019 08:04am

  • Something in the air

    On Old Campus yesterday afternoon, the atmosphere was as gothic as the architecture. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 9 2019 07:37am

  • Reorganizing

    For decades, Yale's library has been divided between the Library of Congress system and the university’s own method of classification (which the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2019 10:35am

  • Progress on the Hill

    The new Yale Science Building is not scheduled for completion until this fall. But the exterior is beginning to come together. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 7 2019 09:49am

  • Water like a stone

    The fountain on Maya Lin’s Women’s Table is turned off for the winter, but the basin at its center is full of water—and a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2019 10:37am

  • Groundbreaking

    A peek over the construction fence this morning reveals the work being done on Hewitt Quadrangle to create the new Schwarzman Center. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 3 2019 10:22am

  • Baseline

    Good morning and happy new year! This is what 2019 looks like so far. We’ll keep you posted. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 2 2019 09:07am

  • Soggy solstice

    Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain? It's wet and gray in New Haven on the first day of winter, which also happens to be the last day of work... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2018 02:38pm

  • Inside Commons

    Part of the Grove Street façade of Commons has been peeled back to its brick innards in the renovation project to create the Schwarzman... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2018 11:48am

  • Carrot or stick?

    We’re not sure whether this message from Yale Health is a promise of self-improvement (“better you!”) or a warning (“you... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 18 2018 01:14pm

  • The first taste is free

    Just in time for finals, Dunkin’ Donuts was offering free samples of espresso outside Payne Whitney Gym on Friday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 17 2018 09:00am

  • Merry Christmoose

    A few Old Campus dorms have lights up for the holidays—the Ezra Stiles first-years in Lawrance Hall have fashioned the annual moose head in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 14 2018 08:36am

  • Illuminating

    As we approach the shortest day of the year, the trip home from work gives us a nighttime view of the campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 13 2018 01:43pm

  • Hitting the books

    Reading period is here! Time to find a spot in the stacks. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 11 2018 09:52am

  • Works on paper

    The lobby of the Yale Art Gallery was packed on Friday for the Odds and Ends Art Book Fair. Small independent publishers and artist alumni of Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 10 2018 09:57am