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  • Mystery Monday: it's a hoot

    We’re told that parrots and crows are smarter than owls, but owls must have better PR, as their likenesses are seen all over campus as a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 17 2023 08:00am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • In Yale's front yard

    It’s a bumper crop of daffodils on campus this year. College Street outside the Old Campus is looking especially abundant. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 14 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: gnome on the range

    In our April 1998 issue, we reported on the appearance of a gnome in the Davenport College courtyard. Twenty-five years later, the gnome is still... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 13 2023 08:00am

  • Class on the grass

    We’ve finally made it to one of those weeks in April that are so nice that teachers get talked into moving class outside. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 12 2023 08:00am

  • Red carpet

    Some new floor mats recently appeared in Memorial Hall in a deep shade of red. Some might even call it crimson. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 11 2023 08:00am

  • 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

  • Throwback Thursday: what, me worry?

    When we think of Yale's Poynter Fellowship, we think of White House correspondents and managing editors. But 50 years ago, Poynter invited the staff of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 6 2023 08:00am

  • Mini monument

    There’s a Lego model of the Schwarzman Center in the basement of the Schwarzman Center, built by Lego artist Sean Kenney. We're not sure if... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 25 2023 08:00am

  • That time again

    We love when the forsythia blooms along the Farmington Canal trail at Hillhouse Avenue. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 5 2023 08:00am

  • Money talk

    Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen ’71PhD was on campus yesterday to celebrate the opening of the Tobin Center for Economic Policy.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 4 2023 09:13am

  • Mystery Monday: where's that window?

    Many of you walked past this window hundreds of times while you were at Yale. Where is it? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 3 2023 08:17am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Hi there

    In all these years of wandering the campus, we've never noticed Harkness Tower peeking out over Jock Walk between Morse and Stiles. Maybe it only... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 31 2023 08:00am

  • Laptops who lunch

    While Commons is still a place to enjoy a social lunch with friends, there are a lot of laptops open one floor below in the Schwarzman Center's... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 30 2023 08:00am

  • A portrait of Pauli

    Yesterday, Pauli Murray College celebrated the unveiling of a mural by artist Mickalene Thomas ’02MFA in its dining hall. Made up of mosaic... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 28 2023 08:00am

  • Having a ball

    Nice to have the students back from spring break. And it looks like at least one of them may have brought back a souvenir. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 27 2023 12:38pm

  • Change of scenery

    While the Center for British Art is closed for a year for building conservation, more than 50 paintings from its collection—like J. M. W.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 29 2023 08:00am

  • Unadorned

    Is everyone okay over there at the School of the Environment? It's the first time in ages that we've seen Sage Boy without any extraneous clothing... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 24 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: what goes around

    In 1957, Yale tore down the 125-year-old Sheffield House, a historically important Italianate building on lower Hillhouse Avenue, to make room for a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 23 2023 08:00am

  • All by myself

    Today is a pretty good day to take a walk on campus if you don’t like crowds. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 22 2023 10:45am