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  • Tennis, anyone?

    The Connecticut Open women’s tennis tournament kicks off this weekend, and the organizers decided this year to bring the draw ceremony to the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 17 2018 01:52pm

  • Cooling off

    Sterling Memorial Library is always a popular stop on summer campus tours, especially now that it is air-conditioned. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 10 2018 08:32am

  • Lazy, hazy, crazy

    Today is the first full day of summer, and the campus is buzzing with tourists and participants in summer programs. 72 degrees and partly... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 22 2018 02:07pm

  • Big move

    It was 300 years ago this fall that the Collegiate School (not yet known as Yale) brought its books from its old home in Saybrook to its new one in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 15 2018 10:21am

  • Raw material

    In the Librarian’s Courtyard of Sterling Memorial Library are these carvings of early papermaking, part of a series celebrating printing and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 7 2018 10:48am

  • Last cards standing

    Although most of the old card catalogues have been removed from Sterling Memorial Library, you can still find a few in use—in the Linonia and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 30 2018 12:57pm

  • Reading. Period.

    It’s peak library season this week in Sterling’s Starr Reference Room. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 3 2018 08:49am

  • Wicked storm

    We’re braced for a nor’easter today. You know it’s going to be rough when they start breaking out the quaint New England weather... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 2 2018 08:44am

  • Cold comfort

    We’re headed for a balmy high of 31 F in New Haven today. Alumni, what can you tell first-years about how to survive winter at Yale? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2018 10:18am

  • Be prepared

    It’s finals week—time to find a carrel and get to studying. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 18 2017 09:24am

  • In the cards

    Scholars now study in comfy chairs where Sterling Memorial Library’s card catalogue once stood. Where was your favorite place to study at Yale? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 6 2017 03:22pm

  • Onward and upward

    Alma Mater watches over the entrance to the stacks of Sterling Memorial Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 4 2017 09:02am

  • Disarmament (updated)

    Update, August 22, 2017: Yale to move stone carving that will remain available for viewing and study The university released the following... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 9 2017 08:39am | Ico comments 45 comments

  • Bike of Babel

    This motorcycle is regularly parked on Rose Walk outside Sterling Memorial Library. At least 2.9 billion of the world’s people are on notice. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 27 2017 09:53am

  • Box seats

    They’re packing up the Linonia and Brothers Reading Room at Sterling Memorial Library as renovations continue on the adjacent Manuscripts and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 11 2017 09:17am

  • FIfty years in the making

    As another weekend of reunions gets under way, Sterling Memorial Library is celebrating the authors and artists of the Class of 1967. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 1 2017 08:56am

  • Step by step

    Classes in Yale College ended on Friday, and students are now in the throes of reading period. More than a few will find themselves on these... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 1 2017 08:33am

  • Respite

    The librarian’s courtyard at Sterling Memorial Library, now open for the spring, was a beautiful place to spend the lunch hour yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 11 2017 09:28am

  • Special delivery

    If there’s an award for the prettiest loading dock, we’d like to nominate Sterling Memorial Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 28 2017 01:52pm