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  • A run in the park

    An overnight storm dropped four inches of snow on New Haven, but that didn't stop 3,000 people from participating in the annual Run for Refugees, a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 10 2025 03:02am

  • Throwback Thursday: before Sterling

    From an April 1925 issue of the Yale Alumni Weekly, a glimpse of some of the buildings that were demolished to make room for Sterling Memorial... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2025 11:50pm

  • Playing it cool

    Exams are over and the campus is emptying out for winter break. We saw a creature chilling—but not stirring—on Chapel Street. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2024 04:19am

  • Watch this space

    This sign went up recently at the corner of Broadway and York. Depending on your vintage, you may remember that location as a Patagonia store, Au... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 16 2024 03:55am

  • Tree time

    Last night, New Haven celebrated the lighting of the Christmas tree on the Green with live performances, amusement rides, and food trucks. The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 6 2024 03:30am

  • November rain?

    We're loving these blue skies, with some reservations: New Haven has had scarcely more than an inch of precipitation in the last two months. But... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 20 2024 10:48am

  • A change of clothes

    Decades ago, students in need of affordable clothing turned to Fi' Buck, a vendor outside Yale Station who also bought clothes from students in need... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 8 2024 02:56am

  • Coming to a point

    New in the Art Gallery sculpture garden: Monument (Pyramid) by Maren Hassinger. The pyramid consists of a metal frame covered in buckthorn... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 28 2024 03:58am

  • Exposure

    On display in the Schwarzman Center’s Well Gallery: portraits from a Yale program called The View from Here, which teaches photography to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 18 2024 04:38am

  • No cars allowed

    The narrow passage along the north side of SOM's Evans Hall is a much-traveled pedestrian and bicycle route between the campus and the East Rock... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 16 2024 10:44am

  • Claire's looks forward to fifty

    Claire's Corner Copia, the vegetarian restaurant that has soothed generations of Yalies with its Lithuanian coffee cake, turns 50 next year. And... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 4 2024 03:17am

  • Back in blue

    After a cloudy Family Weekend, the sun and blue sky reappeared today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 30 2024 12:30pm

  • Any way you slice it

    On Friday, people poured onto College Street for New Haven's ninth annual Apizza Feast. Sally's, Pepe's, and more than a dozen other local pizza... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 16 2024 06:32am

  • Roadrunners

    More than 5,000 runners—including hundreds of Yale students, faculty, and staff—took part in the 47th annual New Haven Road Race... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 3 2024 01:25am

  • The word from on High

    High Street between Chapel and Elm has been closed this week for some preliminary work on the upcoming conversion of the street to a pedestrian and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2024 06:12am

  • Cookie time

    Now open on Broadway: Cookie 39, a bakery that promises "delicious, classic recipes for everyone to enjoy.” The business is owned by David... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 23 2024 04:38am

  • Cold comfort

    With the sun beating down and the heat index in the 90s, yesterday seemed like a good day for Ashley's—especially since their blueberry ice... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 9 2024 01:31am

  • See ya later (or is it after while?)

    The pipe that emerges above the Farmington Canal trail on Whitney Avenue has always looked a little menacing. The New Haven Town Green District... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 26 2024 08:49am

  • Protest in the street

    Protesters calling for Yale to divest from military weapons manufacturers blocked the intersection of Grove and College Streets from about 8 a.m. to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 23 2024 04:57am