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  • Tree time

    Last night, New Haven celebrated the lighting of the Christmas tree on the Green with live performances, amusement rides, and food trucks. The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 6 2024 03:30am

  • Throwback Thursday: reforesting Old Campus

    Fifty years ago this fall, as we reported in our October 1974 issue, students arrived to find 33 new pin oak trees had been planted on Old Campus.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 5 2024 12:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: tree sitting

    Since 2009, Yale provost Scott Strobel has been making and selling bowls and pens from the wood of campus trees that have to come down. But the idea... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 5 2023 04:50am

  • Major shade producer

    This spectacular red oak in the front yard of Betts House is one of the campus's greatest trees, with a canopy measuring nearly 100 feet across. Do... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 9 2023 11:33am

  • Rhapsody in green

    Every spring, we experience the gorgeous canopy of trees on Hillhouse Avenue as if for the first time. The avenue lost its majestic elms more than... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 30 2023 03:55pm

  • Mystery Monday: wooden you know

    Where on campus did we find these depictions of trees? Best not to overthink this one. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 10 2023 07:44am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Made in the shade

    One of the joys of summer at Yale is this weeping beech tree, whose branches form a shady green room. Find it in Farnam Memorial Gardens on Prospect... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 15 2022 09:15am