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  • Nightfall

    Night comes a little earlier to the Old Campus now that we’ve set our clocks back. Some in New England have proposed a move to Atlantic... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 7 2017 08:52am

  • Some drizzle must fall

    On the Old Campus this morning, some fall color—and some of that New Haven drizzle you all remember so well. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 6 2017 10:30am

  • Family time

    It is gorgeous and unseasonably warm today as Yale welcomes students’ kin for Family Weekend. Alums, how did it go when your family visited... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 3 2017 01:10pm

  • R and R

    Yale College students have the rest of the week off for fall break: time to relax, catch up on work—or leave town. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 18 2017 11:35am

  • Suspended

    Abraham Pierson has been taken off his pedestal. But don’t worry—the Old Campus statue of Yale’s first leader is just getting some... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 10 2017 10:51am

  • Way out

    Some time in the last couple of years, Yale started opening this Old Campus gate (on Elm Street next to Battell Chapel) during the day. It cuts a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 26 2017 08:42am

  • Sylvan

    Recommended: a stroll through the shade of the Old Campus on a sunny September day. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 5 2017 10:10am

  • Ups and downs

    What to do with those idle hours before classes start? The chaplain’s office suggests a turn in their bouncy castle. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 30 2017 08:14am

  • A class of its own

    Yale College welcomed the Class of 2021 this weekend. With 1,580 students, the class is the largest in Yale’s history, thanks to the addition... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 28 2017 09:40am

  • Cold day in July

    Were we just complaining about the heat? This is what Old Campus looks like this morning. We’re headed for a high of 66 today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 24 2017 09:08am

  • Power wash

    This picture of the exterior work on Durfee Hall is from earlier this week. Ever notice how it always seems to rain right after you wash your... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 14 2017 08:54am

  • Measuring up

    Explo summer programs have taken over the Old Campus again. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 30 2017 10:38am

  • Quiet time

    With commencement and reunions over, and summer programs yet to begin, we had the Old Campus to ourselves this morning. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 12 2017 08:54am

  • Good work

    More than a thousand Yale employees filled a tent on Old Campus today for free lunch and music at the university's fourth annual Staff Appreciation... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 6 2017 01:41pm

  • Your table is ready

    Yale wastes no time transitioning from Commencement to reunions. Monday morning, the Old Campus was covered with 15,000 folding chairs. Yesterday... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 24 2017 08:35am

  • Testing . . .

    Class Day cochairs Joana Andoh '17 and Larry Milstein '17 rehearsed their introduction of Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein ’95 this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2017 10:36am

  • Open and shut

    A few years ago, the shutters on Connecticut Hall were falling apart. Most of them dated at least to the nineteenth century, and the simplest... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 5 2017 08:39am

  • Olympians

    First-year students gathered on Old Campus yesterday for the Freshman Olympics, an annual day of games among the residential colleges. Competitors... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 24 2017 09:31am

  • Where history was made

    A plaque honoring pioneering physicist Edward Bouchet, Class of 1874, 1876PhD, has been installed on the side of Vanderbilt Hall. Placed by the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 6 2017 10:05am