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  • Coming up

    After months of work below ground level, Yale’s two new residential colleges are beginning to emerge, as seen in this morning’s view from... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 3 2015 10:15am

  • A tribute to Bart

    We happened upon the A. Bartlett Giamatti ’60 memorial bench adorned with flowers yesterday and wondered if this had something to do with the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 2 2015 08:41am

  • Window to the past

    Besides offering a view of the Librarian’s Courtyard, the recently restored windows of Sterling Memorial Library’s north aisle feature... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 1 2015 09:03am

  • ’65 is 50

    What really happened to the Class of ’65? They’re right here, preparing for their 50th reunion dinner tonight in Davenport. Welcome back!... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 29 2015 10:03am

  • Big top

    A week after the Class of ’90 celebrated its 25th, the biggest reunion tent on campus is ready to house the Class of ’05 for its 10th.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 28 2015 08:39am

  • Secret garden

    The courtyard behind Sterling-Sheffield-Strathcona, off of Hillhouse Avenue, is a quiet and beautiful spot in the spring.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 27 2015 09:53am

  • Goodbye to the hard stuff

    Since 2005, Yale has run a program called Spring Salvage in hope of keeping students from throwing away reusable items when they leave—whether... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 26 2015 08:15am

  • In Memoriam

    On Memorial Day, we remember those Yale alumni who gave their lives in service to their country, from the American Revolution to Vietnam.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 25 2015 10:06am

  • Open-gate policy

    For years, this gate on Chapel Street between Vanderbilt and Bingham Halls was kept locked all the time. These days, denizens of the Old Campus have... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2015 08:09am

  • Throwback Thursday: men in uniform

    Throwback Thursday: alumni will start rolling into town today for the first of two Yale class reunion weekends, and some of them will get perhaps a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 21 2015 08:41am

  • Hillhouse Avenue in bloom

    Charles Dickens may or may not have called Hillhouse Avenue “the most beautiful street in America,” but it is an awfully pretty place... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 20 2015 08:46am

  • Let the moving commence

    Once the degree is in hand, the only thing left to do is empty out the dorm room and fill up the SUV. So long, Class of 2015! Come back soon.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2015 08:36am

  • Cap and gown—and kilt

    The scene on Cross Campus, where graduates queue up for the march to the Old Campus for Commencement, gets more colorful every year. The Divinity School... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2015 02:06pm

  • Standing room only

    The folding chairs are all in place, the jumbotrons are being tested, and Nathan Hale has an elevated view for Yale’s 314th commencement on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 15 2015 08:50am

  • Throwback Thursday: When Commons was new

    This week, Yale announced a $150 million gift from Stephen Schwarzman ’69 to create the Schwarzman Center, a student center and performing arts... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 14 2015 09:00am

  • Tulip time

    The tulips in the south courtyard of Berkeley College bear the college colors. No tiptoeing through them, please.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 12 2015 10:11am

  • Still more flowers

    You’ll let us know if you get tired of these pictures of the campus in spring, right? We’re not really tired of them yet.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 12 2015 08:36am

  • Setting the scene

    Classes are over, and the people who work at Yale are busily preparing the campus for Commencement. Mother Nature is doing her part, too.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 11 2015 08:06am

  • Seniors fly south

    Since the late 1980s, Yale seniors have descended by the hundreds on Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, during the week between the end of finals and the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 8 2015 08:27am