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  • Tough old bird

    Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! And to those who celebrate with a turkey, we hope it's more tender than this one. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 27 2024 03:51am

  • Mystery Monday: under the sea

    We’re not sure exactly what’s going on in this aquatic-themed stone carving, but we do know where we saw it. Do you?  Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ‘86 | November 11 2024 04:34am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Mystery Monday: Mr. Yuk

    One of our editors has been roaming the campus for decades now looking for hidden details in Yale's architecture. Just when he thought he'd seen it... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 23 2024 06:13am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Mystery Monday: pattern recognition

    On Mondays (when we feel like it), we like to show you a detail from somewhere on campus and let you figure out where it is. Anyone recognize this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 9 2024 09:49am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Mystery Monday: marvelous mustache

    Today's mystery: identify the campus building where we spotted this mustachioed gentleman. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 22 2024 09:52am

  • Mystery Monday: memorial monogram

    We spotted this stone carving above an arch in Pauli Murray College. Who does it commemorate? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 8 2024 05:40am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Mystery Monday: birdman

    Where did we find this carving of a sharp-dressed manimal? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 1 2024 09:05am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Mystery Monday: we're not pulling your chain

    The chain hoist is a useful implement, to be sure. Where on campus did Yale see fit to celebrate it in stone? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 10 2024 06:51am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Mystery Monday: who gives a hoot?

    We've noted before the substantial owl population carved into Yale's architecture. Does anyone know where we spotted this one? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 6 2024 06:47am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Mystery Monday: a good read

    Reading period starts this Friday, but this bespectacled scholar is getting a head start. Do you know where on campus we found him? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 22 2024 04:08am

  • Mystery Monday: where eagles dare

    Eagles are usually solitary creatures, but this is one of a trio carved on the side of a Yale building. Where is it? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 5 2024 12:44am

  • Mystery Monday: it's not about tic-tac-toe

    If you're looking up as you walk between Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray colleges, you might spot this carving in a gable. What do the diagram... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 22 2024 05:36am

  • Mystery Monday: what's cooking?

    One set of stone carvings on Pauli Murray College, devoted to "New Haven foodways," includes tributes to Wooster Square pizza and the Yankee Doodle... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 4 2023 02:56am

  • Tough turkey

    Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving! The stonecutter who worked on this piece above the Davenport College kitchen door really knew how to carve a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 21 2023 10:00pm

  • Mystery Monday: key stone

    Those knobby things you see often at the top of Gothic vaults are called bosses. This boss evidently carries the keys. Where did we find it? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 16 2023 05:27am

  • Mystery Monday: AKA MMVII

    This stone carving blends well with Yale's timeless gothic architecture, but it indicates a building younger than the current student body. Where is... Read on
    Mark Branch ’86 | August 14 2023 08:27am

  • Mystery Monday: ignorance isn't bliss

    Today's mystery: where did we spot these words of wisdom? For magna cum laude honors, tell us the source of the quotation. For summa cum laude, tell... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 24 2023 07:55am

  • Mystery Monday: recognize that face?

    This famous visage appears on a Yale building. Who is it, where is it, and what is this person's connection to Yale? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 20 2023 08:00am | Ico comments 3 comments

  • Mystery Monday: monkey business

    The stone carvings on campus include a zoo’s worth of depictions of animals. Who knows where we found this monkey? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 14 2022 08:02am | Ico comments 2 comments