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  • Throwback Thursday: Fort Yale

    After World War II, veterans came back in droves—often with wives and children—to enroll at Yale. They were greeted by a familiar site:... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2023 03:40pm

  • Coming up short

    Students are back on campus this week, and the temperature is in the 50s, so we knew we'd spot some shorts today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 18 2023 01:51pm

  • A good day for Zoom class

    New Haven got nine inches of snow in the nor’easter that blew through on Saturday. But classes are still remote for another week, so students... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 31 2022 08:02am

  • Snows of yesteryear

    We illustrated our March 1945 cover with a snowy campus scene. Seventy-five years later, we’re looking out today at a campus that hasn't seen... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 2 2020 10:19am

  • Where's the white stuff?

    It was a beautiful sunny day yesterday on Library Walk. But we have to note the relative absence of snow this season—only seven inches so far.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 18 2020 08:44am

  • Partly sunny

    After a couple of damp, gray days, the sun made a cameo appearance on Cross Campus at lunchtime today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 7 2020 01:31pm

  • February: now with 29 days!

    The word of the day is . . . gray. It is looking very February out there, which means students and alumni alike are getting together for Feb Club... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 5 2020 12:59pm

  • Sillidome

    January isn’t usually the best time to hang out in the courtyard. Unless you've got a cozy plastic igloo, as Silliman College does. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2020 08:33am

  • Ice ice baby

    It’s a day of freezing drizzle, ice-covered trees, and slippery sidewalks. And winter doesn’t even begin for four more days. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 17 2019 10:52am

  • Pupper scupper

    We’re not saying it’s cold or anything, but they’re warning bulldogs not to drool outdoors. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 20 2019 12:13pm

  • 28 days

    Happy February! Long before hygge became a buzzword in the US, Yalies had their own strategy for coping with the cold. It’s called Feb... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 1 2019 10:22am

  • Brrrrrrrrrrr

    Five o'clock yesterday afternoon was a rough time to be outside, with howling wind and blowing snow. The snow was short-lived, but we’re... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 31 2019 07:47am

  • An ice day

    The temperature only made it to 10F yesterday, so the ice from Sunday’s storm is still holding fast to the trees on Old Campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 22 2019 08:20am

  • Water like a stone

    The fountain on Maya Lin’s Women’s Table is turned off for the winter, but the basin at its center is full of water—and a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2019 10:37am

  • Stellaaaa!

    With Winter Storm Stella expected to deliver more than a foot of snow and blizzard-level winds today, Yale and New Haven are effectively shut down... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 14 2017 08:44am

  • Over the hump

    We’ve reached the halfway point of winter, when there begins to be a bit of daylight left at 5 p.m. Still a lot of February to endure, but... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2017 08:33am

  • White Epiphany

    There aren’t many people around to witness the first snow of 2017. It was a light one, anyway. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 6 2017 10:41am

  • What to wear this season

    Fashion update: people are wearing a lot more clothes today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 16 2016 12:44pm

  • A little thaw

    The good news is that the temperature is above freezing. The bad news? Puddles. Lots of puddles. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2016 10:58am