Seventy years ago tomorrow, Japan announced its surrender in World War II, and, as documented in our October 1945 issue, the campus celebrated:... Read on
The structure of Yale’s new residential colleges is starting to emerge from the ground, as seen here from the third floor of Osborn Memorial... Read on
Just what kind of blue is Yale blue? The discrepancy in these two posters outside Memorial Hall is due to fading—the one on the left is closer... Read on
Ten years ago this summer, the York Square Cinema went dark after 35 years on Broadway in New Haven. The last feature was a double bill of The... Read on
Most of the sculpture niches built into Yale’s gothic architecture are empty, but the position above the entrance to Payne Whitney Gymnasium... Read on
We spent the morning in the Hall of Graduate Studies faculty lounge a while back to conduct the panel discussion on sexual misconduct in our current... Read on
Late afternoon light warms the interior of the Memorial Gateway that leads into Branford College. Legend has it that a student who walks through the... Read on
As the Special Olympics World Games wind up in Los Angeles this weekend, we recall the 1995 games in New Haven, when Yale welcomed more than 3,000... Read on
While the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library undergoes renovation, the construction fence outside reveals what normally dwells within.... Read on
Pioneering Yale scientist Benjamin Silliman is fenced in while Sterling Chemistry Laboratory undergoes a $130 million renovation. The project is... Read on
On a hot July day at Yale, you might encounter on your lunchtime walk a field full of black-eyed susans, as we did yesterday near Farnam Gardens on... Read on
This summer, the Yale University Art Gallery is venturing out to Chapel Street on Thursday afternoons with its Sidewalk Studio, a free art activity... Read on