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  • Context for a Lost Cause memorial

    Dedicated in 1915, Yale's Civil War memorial makes no mention of slavery and honors equally Union and Confederate students, faculty, and alumni who... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 27 2024 10:00pm

  • Clearing the way

    The season's first snow came to a quiet campus on Saturday night, but Yale's army of snow shovelers was out in force. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2024 02:58am

  • 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

  • Red carpet

    Some new floor mats recently appeared in Memorial Hall in a deep shade of red. Some might even call it crimson. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 11 2023 08:00am

  • After dark

    Yale by night—if 4:59 pm counts as night. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 7 2022 08:00am

  • Rite of passage

    How many times did you make this crossing during your years at Yale? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 27 2022 08:00am

  • Still crossing

    It's easy to focus on the things that have changed at Yale since your time here, but some things are forever, like the rush of pedestrians at... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 18 2022 08:04am

  • Rush hour

    Some things at Yale never change, including the pedestrian traffic at the intersection outside Memorial Hall between classes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 3 2021 08:00am

  • Rite of passage

    The long-awaited opening of the Schwarzman Center also means that Memorial Hall is now open again. Besides housing a memorial to Yale students... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 8 2021 07:53am

  • NIMAL (Not In My Acanthus Leaves)

    We spotted this worker installing mesh to keep pigeons off the capitals of the columns of Memorial Hall earlier this week. Non-pigeons will soon be... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 13 2021 08:02am

  • Passing through

    It’s been more than two years since the Memorial Hall rotunda was closed for construction of the Schwarzman Center. Work continues on the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 18 2020 08:04am

  • Homage to Marge Simpson?

    The rotunda of Memorial Hall has acquired a jaunty new blue hat as work on the Schwarzman Center continues. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 15 2020 08:04am

  • Throwback Thursday: a monument to both sides

    Recent talk about Confederate monuments sent us to our archives, where we found this photo of Yale’s Civil War Memorial at the time of its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 25 2020 07:51am

  • Gotta go around

    When students return this week, they’ll find themselves deprived of one of Yale’s grandest shortcuts. The path through Memorial Hall is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 20 2018 08:27am

  • Passing through

    It’s officially called Memorial Hall, but most people call it the Woolsey rotunda. Either way, it’s Yale’s most glorious shortcut.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 21 2018 10:39am

  • Memorial Day

    Today we remember 1,020 Yale alumni whose names are carved in the marble of Memorial Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 28 2018 09:25am

  • Rush hour

    At class-changing time, the corner outside Memorial Hall is Yale’s busiest. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 14 2017 01:35pm

  • See Yale first

    It is without a doubt the season for campus tours. One can encounter four or more tour groups on a single walk through central campus; one group was... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 9 2016 08:26am

  • Memorial Day 2016

    Memory here guards ennobled names. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 30 2016 10:24am