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  • By the book

    Yale College alums might be pleased to know that while the printed course catalog known as the Blue Book is no more, its name lives on in verb form... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 21 2020 08:17am

  • Good shopping weather

    Today is the first sunny day of the new semester. Things are looking brighter for students as they shop classes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 15 2020 01:43pm

  • Shop around

    Classes begin today for most Yale students, and for undergrads (like these heading into Linsly-Chittenden for class) it’s shopping period.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 13 2020 09:47am

  • Time to read

    Today is the last day of classes in Yale College, which means study space in places like the Starr Reference Room at Sterling Library will soon be... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 6 2019 07:54am

  • A place for entrepreneurs

    What’s going up in the plaza behind Becton Center? A new two-story, glass-walled ovoid home for the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 26 2019 12:53pm

  • Lessons learned

    On an Old Campus bulletin board, advice for students attending the Yale-Harvard football game tomorrow. Do you have any to add? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 22 2019 08:16am

  • Cutups

    Every year before Halloween, each residential college gets a supply of pumpkins for carving. Students in Pauli Murray College went to work on theirs... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 28 2019 08:07am

  • Those who came first

    Students from the Association of Native Americans at Yale marked Indigenous People’s Day yesterday with a rally on Cross Campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 15 2019 08:13am

  • At the table

    Even in this digital age, we’re happy to report that the folding table on Cross Campus is still a viable means of outreach. Jennifer Yoon... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 3 2019 08:31am

  • Khaki is in

    Here’s a sight that’ll be familiar only to the oldest and youngest alumni: Naval ROTC students in uniform headed to a class. ROTC... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 30 2019 08:33am

  • Silliman envy

    In a Yale Daily News survey of incoming first-years, 69 percent said their own residential college is the one they’d most like to be a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 10 2019 08:39am

  • Let's get it started

    The start of the semester is a good time to think about  . . . starting something. The Yale Entrepreneurship Collaborative brought more than 30... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 28 2019 10:36am

  • Notes on Camp Yale

    Classes in Yale College don’t start till Wednesday, which means students are still enjoying the week known as “Camp Yale.” Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 26 2019 01:27pm

  • The new arrivals

    There’s a light rain falling on the first-year move-in, but it has hardly dampened the enthusiasm of the scores of students here to greet the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 23 2019 10:22am

  • Back for more

    The residential colleges opened yesterday for returning students to move in, but the real show starts tomorrow, when colleges pull out all the stops... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 22 2019 08:56am

  • Big entrance

    Ain't no party like a Law School party, ’cause a Law School party is actually an orientation. YLS welcomed 212 new JD students yesterday with... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 20 2019 01:38pm

  • FOOT work

    The new semester is fast approaching: we ran into a group of First-Year Outdoor Orientation Trips (FOOT) leaders having lunch on Cross Campus today.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 15 2019 01:59pm

  • In the mix

    Now that they’re all-gender, the a cappella group formerly known as the Duke’s Men is officially called Doox of Yale. Their... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 14 2019 08:42am

  • Moose code

    The banners in the Morse College dining hall spelling out the college’s name looked a little different yesterday morning. The most likely... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 25 2019 08:16am