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  • Take a shot

    It feels like football weather, but it looks like it's basketball season in one of the courtyards of Benjamin Franklin College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 24 2024 05:32am

  • Getting in gear

    Bike fellows Jhan Setthachayanon ’26 and Vivian Whoriskey ’25 were busy recently in the Justa Sanchez Bicycle Repair Shop. The shop, in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 8 2024 06:00am

  • Witchcraft

    Every year, we celebrate the arrival of witch hazel on campus, a reassuring sign of spring. We saw these blossoms on the Farmington Canal Greenway... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 2 2021 08:00am

  • A walk in the snow

    The northern colleges (Benjamin Franklin on the left, Pauli Murray on the right) looked handsome in the twilight the other night. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2021 07:48am

  • Mystery Monday: a trio from Yale’s past

    Some of the stone carvings on the new residential colleges refer to deep cuts from campus history. Does anyone know who is depicted in this relief... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2021 08:00am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • In the weeds

    A nice crop of native grasses lines the Farmington Canal Greenway as it passes Benjamin Franklin College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 18 2020 11:47am

  • Mystery Monday: what’s the theme?

    Today’s mystery is not where you might these stone carvings—they’re on the north side of Benjamin Franklin College—but... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 4 2020 07:31am

  • Classic metal

    Yale’s tradition of elaborate wrought iron gates did not end with the celebrated Samuel Yellin. The new residential colleges feature several... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2020 06:49am

  • All about the Benjamin

    Happy 314th birthday to Benjamin Franklin, rendered here in a scholarly pose in his namesake Yale residential college. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2020 07:44am

  • Light show

    A cloudy eastern sky reflected the sunset yesterday on the path between Pauli Murray and Benjamin Franklin Colleges. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 4 2018 08:18am

  • Dam good

    What’s this stone carving on the side of Benjamin Franklin College all about? The fact that it faces the Farmington Canal Greenway is a clue:... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 5 2018 09:02am

  • Ben there, done that

    The main courtyard of Benjamin Franklin College has a new permanent resident. The college scarf is just for the winter, though. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 19 2018 11:09am

  • Friendly confines

    Day seven of our snapshot tour of the new residential colleges: each of the new colleges has a main courtyard big enough for a commencement... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 23 2017 08:28am

  • Ben’s bookshelves

    Day five of our snapshot tour of the new residential colleges: this is the library of Benjamin Franklin College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 21 2017 07:43am

  • Living room

    Day four of our snapshot tour of the new colleges: common room in a typical student suite. Unlike those in the existing colleges, the common rooms... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 18 2017 07:49am

  • Food for Franklinites

    Day two of our snapshot tour of the new colleges: here’s the dining hall of Benjamin Franklin College, seen last week when dining-hall... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 16 2017 07:01am

  • Calm before the storm

    Here’s the view of Benjamin Franklin College’s main courtyard, seen from the terrace of the head of college’s house. Franklin head... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 11 2017 08:46am

  • Built-in history

    As the new residential colleges move closer to completion, more details are visible to sidewalk superintendents. The view here is a façade of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 19 2017 01:44pm

  • Tower of power

    The south tower of Benjamin Franklin College got a good power-washing yesterday morning after the completion of its brick façade. The new... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 29 2016 08:40am