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  • Throwback Thursday: movable feast

    A classic tailgate picnic, seen on a football program from 1956. It’ll be a beautiful day for tailgating and football on Saturday, when the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 13 2022 08:00am

  • Divine

    Where better to bask in the sun on a crisp fall day than the Sterling Divinity Quadrangle? This year, the Divinity School celebrates its 200th... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 12 2022 08:00am

  • Breaking news

    Just another of our occasional (and certainly not self-interested) reminders that print is still not dead. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 11 2022 08:15am

  • Mystery Monday: how's your Latin?

    Who knows where we found this seal adorning a Yale building? It will help if you’ve taken Latin. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 10 2022 08:00am | Ico comments 3 comments

  • Welcome families!

    After a wet and chilly week, it’s a beautiful 75 degrees and sunny today as Yale kicks off Family Weekend. It’ll be cooler but still... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 7 2022 02:39pm

  • Throwback Thursday: it breaks your heart

    The baseball season ended last night for the Boston Red Sox. That means that, according to tradition, radio announcer Joe Castiglione once again... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 6 2022 08:00am

  • They shall return

    Fall is coming at us fast now, but when we visited the Marsh Botanical Garden last week, there were still plenty of flowers in bloom in the newly... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 5 2022 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: hearth and home

    There's a chill in the air in New Haven lately, and it's about time to start enjoying the few fireplaces on campus that are still usable. In what... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 3 2022 08:00am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Floor show

    Richard Long’s Quantock Wood Circle, on display at the Center for British Art through February 19, consists of 285 pine branches... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 4 2022 08:00am

  • Outdoor activities

    The gorgeous fall weather this week has made it a pleasure to be outside—whether you're enjoying a latte or hanging suspended outside Kline... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 30 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: funny on their feet

    Twenty-five years ago, in our December 1997 issue, we documented the rise of improv groups on campus—a phenomenon apparently new enough to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 29 2022 08:50am

  • Conspicuously absent

    When you walk this campus frequently, sometimes you’re surprised by what you don’t see. That includes the Alexander Calder sculpture... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 28 2022 08:46am

  • Rite of passage

    How many times did you make this crossing during your years at Yale? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 27 2022 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: claim to fame

    New Haven is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Donald Grant Mitchell this year. Today's mysteries: what is Mitchell known for, and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 26 2022 08:00am

  • Ceremonial

    On view at the Art Gallery through January 8: the first exhibition devoted to Nigerian artist Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 23 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: dressing the part

    Once upon a time, there was a Yale Co-op. And mail order. This ad, accompanied by an order form, was in our October 1975 issue. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 22 2022 08:00am

  • Where's Linus?

    Denizens of Pauli Murray College were surprised this summer to see a nascent pumpkin patch on their courtyard lawn where a jack o’ lantern had... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 21 2022 10:00am

  • Café society

    Elm, the underground café at the Schwarzman Center, is open for business again with the start of the semester. Open from 8 am to 10 pm on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 20 2022 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: next steps

    Where on campus can you find this modernist stairway? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 19 2022 10:00am | Ico comments 2 comments