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  • Grand reopening

    The gate leading into Branford College's Linonia Court was spiffed up over the summer. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 11 2024 07:23am

  • Throwback Thursday: Class Day 1947

    Seventy-five years ago—as seen here on our July 1947 cover—Yale College was still holding its Class Day ceremonies in the courtyard of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2022 08:20am

  • Throwback Thursday: precious stones

    One hundred years ago in October, ox carts brought three millstones to campus to adorn the brand new Harkness Memorial Quadrangle. They came from... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 23 2021 08:09am

  • Throwback Thursday: new construction

    One hundred years ago today, we featured Wrexham Tower, part of Yale’s new Memorial Quadrangle, on our cover. The quadrangle, which now... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 24 2020 08:10am

  • A memorial, but to whom?

    Usually, when we post a picture and ask you to identify it, it’s just to test your campus recall. But this time, we’re actually stumped.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 27 2019 09:01am | Ico comments 4 comments

  • What lies beneath

    Ever wonder what it’s like 72 feet below Harkness Tower? The builders of the Memorial Quadrangle brought back a souvenir when they dug the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 9 2019 09:52am

  • The occidental tourist

    High on the York Street façade of Saybrook College (the west side, appropriately) are carved the words “Westward the course of empire... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 14 2019 08:45am

  • By George

    Today is St. George’s Day, when the English celebrate their patron saint. A carving of St. George and the dragon—on the side of Branford... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 23 2018 08:28am