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  • The holdovers

    Not everyone leaves campus during the week-long Thanksgiving break from classes, but it is noticeably quieter on Old Campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 20 2023 10:00pm

  • Early admission

    We know it's kind of a cliché, but it really does seem like the first-years look younger every year. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 15 2023 03:00am

  • Honoring those who served

    Hundreds of people—including students, faculty, and staff who are military veterans—gathered on Hewitt Quadrangle Friday for Yale's... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 13 2023 03:43am

  • Halloween lineup

    Happy Halloween! Jonathan Edwards College is getting into the spirit of things. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 31 2023 12:00am

  • Down to work

    With midterms in full swing, we found a good crowd in the Starr Reference Room at Sterling Memorial Library last week. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 30 2023 05:17am

  • Throwback Thursday: the more things change

    The black and white photo is from our March 1952 cover; the color one was taken two weeks ago. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 19 2023 05:02am

  • Full house

    There are 6,818 undergrads on campus this fall—a record number. And yesterday afternoon, it felt like all of them were crossing at College and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 6 2023 06:43am

  • Solar power

    Caffeine and the afternoon sun help provide energy to students working at Steep café on Science Hill. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 4 2023 05:34am

  • Mystery Monday: what's going on here?

    The International Room in Sterling Memorial Library was once the Yale Memorabilia Room, and its shelves are decorated with scenes of extracurricular... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 2 2023 07:30am

  • Class act

    We popped into Strathcona Hall the other day and saw students getting settled in for an economics class. Amid all the change in the world, it's kind... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 20 2023 08:00am

  • The ball's in your court

    We spotted some students at the School of the Environment starting off the year with some volleyball outside Kroon Hall Friday night. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 6 2023 07:57am

  • Back to business

    It is always such a welcome sight when the Old Campus fills up with students again after a quiet summer. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 30 2023 09:27am

  • Smorgasbord

    Commons doesn't open for lunch service until tomorrow, but the room was the scene of a kind of knowledge buffet yesterday: representatives of Yale's... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 29 2023 08:00am

  • Advice wanted

    First-year students arrive on Sunday! Alums, what advice do you have for new Yalies? Extra credit if you offer it in the form of a haiku. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 18 2023 07:37am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Admissions, going forward

    As prospective students come to tour the campus, Yale College is gearing up for a change in its admissions procedures as a result of the Supreme... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 7 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: cover story

    In honor of Pride Month, a look back at our July/August 2009 cover. Inside was a set of reminiscences and articles about LGBTQ life at Yale. We got... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 22 2023 08:00am

  • Chaplain's goodbye

    University chaplain Sharon Kugler was honored yesterday evening at a reception at the President's House. Kugler is stepping down after 16 years in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 1 2023 08:55am

  • A global celebration

    Graduates from the Jackson School of Global Affairs celebrated the conferral of their degrees at commencement yesterday. This was Jackson's first... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2023 10:01am

  • Already?

    Another academic year has come to an end. Finals in Yale College and the Graduate School end today, and most undergraduates have to move out by... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 10 2023 08:00am