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  • Hero’s welcome

    When Dink Stover, the protagonist of the 1911 novel Stover at Yale, arrived on campus for his freshman year, he passed through Phelps Gate... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 24 2018 10:02am

  • Another year begins

    Today is move-in day for returning Yale College students; first-years arrive on Friday. Alums, any advice for students to make this a good year? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 22 2018 10:00am

  • Gotta go around

    When students return this week, they’ll find themselves deprived of one of Yale’s grandest shortcuts. The path through Memorial Hall is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 20 2018 08:27am

  • Climb every mountain

    What you’re seeing here is excavation work on Science Hill related to the construction of Yale’s new science building. The rumor that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 16 2018 09:02am

  • Change of scenery

    Last week we showed you Alexander Calder’s sculpture Gallows and Lollipops being disassembled on Beinecke Plaza. Now the mobile has been... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 14 2018 08:10am

  • Pennies from heaven

    Undeterred by a little rain, a new class of MBA students at the School of Management gathered in the courtyard of Evans Hall this morning for the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 13 2018 10:07am

  • Cooling off

    Sterling Memorial Library is always a popular stop on summer campus tours, especially now that it is air-conditioned. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 10 2018 08:32am

  • Hot sound

    With temperatures pushing 90 yesterday, these guys picked a tough way to earn some cash on Chapel Street. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 9 2018 08:15am

  • High church

    Whenever we see that the door to Dwight Chapel is open, we always make a point to duck inside for a moment, trying to imagine how this space looked... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 8 2018 10:34am

  • Yard work

    When students return to Branford College at the end of the month, they’ll find a brand new lawn in the main courtyard. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 7 2018 10:21am

  • On the move

    Art handlers were on Beinecke Plaza this morning disassembling Alexander Calder’s sculpture Gallows and Lollipops. Amy Doyel of the Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 6 2018 10:42am

  • It begins

    Parts of Hewitt Quadrangle—aka Beinecke Plaza—are being cordoned off for construction of the Schwarzman Center, the transformation of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2018 08:59am

  • New view

    One can get a new perspective on New Haven’s Broadway from the second floor of the new L. L. Bean store on Elm Street. The store, which... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 1 2018 10:28am

  • Before the big dig

    The humidity has broken, and it’s a nice morning to sit in the Hall of Graduate Studies courtyard while there’s still time: HGS will... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 18 2018 09:13am

  • It’s only natural

    Now in bloom outside the Peabody Museum: purple coneflowers—or echinacea purpurea, as they might call them at the Peabody. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 17 2018 10:11am

  • Stage door

    Since 1966, Yale Repertory Theatre has introduced hundreds of important plays, many of which have gone on to Broadway. What Yale Rep productions... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 16 2018 09:01am

  • Making progress

    Here’s a progress shot of Yale’s new science building, slated for completion in the fall of 2019. In the foreground, the Science Hill... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 13 2018 10:30am

  • Occupy Chapel Street

    A group called GoNewHavenGo took over two parking spaces on Chapel Street yesterday to promote car-free living in New Haven. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 12 2018 09:37am

  • Between the lions

    High school students gather in the courtyard of Lanman-Wright Hall for another day of Explo at Yale, an independent academic program that takes over... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 11 2018 08:57am