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  • Canals to rails to trails

    Most alumni will remember this as a disused railroad line—and before that it was a nineteenth-century canal—but the Farmington Canal... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 12 2015 09:02am

  • Green monster

    A snow sculpture on the upper New Haven Green—perhaps the creators were working through their feelings about the season’s fourth major... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 11 2015 09:17am

  • Enlightenment

    Just because it’s law school doesn’t mean it can’t be festive. Someone who studies at the Lillian Goldman Law Library decided to add a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 10 2015 08:51am

  • The longest month

    Oh look! It's more snow! Now we remember why they invented Feb Club. ___________________________________________ The Yale Alumni Magazine is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 9 2015 09:56am

  • Noguchi + nature

    The Isamu Noguchi sculptures in the Beinecke Library’s sunken courtyard have acquired some winter embellishment. The Beinecke is currently packing... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 4 2015 10:32am

  • The snowman cometh

    We got another foot of snow yesterday, some of which went into building this Old Campus sentinel. ___________________________________________ The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2015 12:21pm

  • Mystery Monday: Y indeed

    This elaborate stone carving sits above the entrance to what Yale building? We’ll update this post with the answer tomorrow. Update: this is the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 2 2015 10:09am

  • A fresh coat

    A new, thin blanket of snow fell on Sterling Memorial Library (and the rest of the campus) this morning—not as disruptive as Winter Storm Juno... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 30 2015 10:27am

  • Back to work

    A day after Winter Storm Juno underwhelmed the campus, it’s business as usual again for students, faculty, and staff.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 28 2015 11:22am

  • Snowpocalypse? Not now.

    Maybe we’re just unimpressed because we remember the 34 inches of snow we got from Nemo two years ago, but this much-hyped blizzard has turned out... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2015 11:11am

  • Mystery Monday: what do you call it?

    Where this photo was taken is no mystery for most of you, but do you know what this walkway is called, and why? We’ll update this post with... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 26 2015 09:00am

  • Death relocates

    As ominous as this message might look to an outsider, students who saw it on the blackboard in Linsly-Chittenden Room 102 went bravely on to LC 211 to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 23 2015 08:47am

  • Great hall

    The McDougal Common Room at the Hall of Graduate Studies is a comfortable place to stay warm on a chilly afternoon.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 21 2015 08:48am

  • New on the skyline

    Watch this space: a quartet of enormous construction cranes has risen on Prospect Street on the site where two new residential colleges are being built.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 20 2015 09:10am

  • Row, row, row

    The Housatonic River is a little chilly right now, but that doesn't mean the crew can't get some practice in at Payne Whitney Gym.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2015 08:59am

  • Mystery Monday: a scholar’s life

    The architects and stone carvers who worked on Yale’s interwar Gothic buildings had a puckish sense of humor. Where on campus can you find this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2015 08:37am

  • Winter blanket

    Two inches of snow fell on the campus this morning; meanwhile, students and faculty are enjoying the last days of their vacation.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 9 2015 10:15am

  • Welcoming environment

    A cold day like today would be a good one to spend in the lounge of Kroon Hall overlooking Science Hill. Kroon has been home to to the School of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 7 2015 08:56am

  • Mystery Monday: carved in stone

    Some names and some dates—where on campus was this photo taken, and what do these stones represent? We’ll update this post with the answer... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 5 2015 08:39am