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  • Too soon?

    A little dinosaur-mortality humor from the Peabody Museum. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 8 2016 08:41am

  • Our changing skyline

    The west tower of Pauli Murray College—which will be just a few feet shorter than Harkness Tower—is looking finished in the middle, but... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 5 2016 08:54am

  • What would Saarinen say?

    Spotted in the courtyard of Ezra Stiles College: some housing in a more traditional style. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 4 2016 08:35am

  • Ups and downs

    Besides the 4,000 or so works of art on display at the Yale University Art Gallery, the buildings themselves reward a closer look. This stairwell is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 3 2016 08:32am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Calhoun: still up for debate

    The visage of John C. Calhoun, Class of 1804, adorns an entryway to the residential college that is named for him. In the spring, Yale said that it... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2016 08:51am

  • Down under

    These days, the sunken court next to the Center for British Art houses a “farm-to-fork” wine bar and bistro called Harvest. But the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 1 2016 08:41am

  • Showers for flowers

    The flowers—and the people—on Rose Walk are happy to see some rain this morning. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 29 2016 08:58am

  • The room where it happened

    Tonight, Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73JD will accept her party’s nomination for president of the United States—the first woman and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 28 2016 08:53am

  • Web maintenance

    Conservator Natalie Karas spent a few days recently working on Alexander Liberman’s Lightweb on the Morse-Stiles walkway. Karas cleaned... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 27 2016 08:51am

  • Grand opening

    Somewhere on campus there may be a more beautiful pair of doors than these at the entrance to Strathcona Hall, but we can’t think of any... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 26 2016 08:36am

  • Popping up everywhere

    Twice a week in July, students from the Morse Summer Music Academy play “pop-up concerts” in several spots on campus and downtown. The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 22 2016 08:45am

  • Remembrance of things past

    On a traffic signal box on Chapel Street, a photo mural reflects what once was across the street: Osborn Hall, the Yale classroom building that was... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 21 2016 08:44am

  • Mini-meadow

    With careful framing, this urban meadow on campus looks positively bucolic. But just to the left is the Peabody Museum parking lot, and just on the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 20 2016 09:04am

  • Mending wall

    One of this summer’s campus projects is rebuilding the walls of the moat outside Branford College. Each stone is numbered before it is removed... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 19 2016 08:53am

  • Pilgrimage

    Every now and then we look up as we’re heading into Payne Whitney Gymnasium, and suddenly our plan to spend 30 minutes on a treadmill seems... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 18 2016 08:51am

  • The new college try

    Prospect Street between Trumbull and Sachem is closed for three weeks to accommodate construction of the new residential colleges. (That’s one... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 15 2016 08:55am

  • Art on the move

    Spotted on College Street this week: a car covered in chalkboard paint, with chalk at the ready, offering “heART therapy” for passersby... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 14 2016 09:09am

  • Observation

    A young student takes notes at the Art Gallery. The painting is It’s the Time of the Mind in the Middle of the Day by William T. Williams... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 13 2016 08:37am

  • Good read

    Summer is a good time to pick up a book, like this guy hanging out by the entrance to Davenport College. For recommended reading, see book reviews... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 12 2016 08:59am