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  • Street seats

    Yesterday was a beautiful day to sit outside with a friend, and it looks like today will be another one. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 14 2021 08:00am

  • Landmark

    How many photos do you think are out there in the world with Harkness Tower as a backdrop? Is it in the millions? We’re guessing millions. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 13 2021 07:58am

  • Mystery Monday: stone faced

    Where at Yale did we find these grim bearded countenances? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 12 2021 07:55am | Ico comments 3 comments

  • Diagnosis: spring fever

    Cedar Street is a little brighter this week as the trees outside the Sterling Hall of Medicine are blooming. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 9 2021 10:09am

  • Throwback Thursday: postwar prom

    On an April night 75 years ago, Yale students savored the return of a tradition interrupted by war: the Yale Prom. With luck and diligence, the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 8 2021 07:57am

  • The end of history

    For nearly three years, McClellan Hall on the Old Campus housed office space for the history department during the renovation of the Hall of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 7 2021 07:59am

  • Bulldog days

    Banners by Scottish illustrator Eri Griffin, depicting Handsome Dan enjoying the spring, have gone up around the campus.  Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 6 2021 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: grave matters

    Where on campus can you find this tribute to the “first rector of ye colledege?" To be clear, Pierson does not in fact lie there; the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 5 2021 07:47am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Music, anyone?

    Yale’s football stadium is no longer the only bowl in town. The Westville Music Bowl will open across the street from the Yale Bowl later this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 2 2021 08:00am

  • Play ball!

    Today is opening day for Major League Baseball, a day that always brings to mind former Yale president and baseball commissioner A. Bartlett... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 1 2021 08:19am

  • Limited seating

    It was a good day to work outside yesterday—if you could find a table. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 31 2021 08:13am

  • Brightest bulbs

    The daffodils are reporting for duty all over campus., We spotted these outside Sterling Memorial Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 30 2021 07:57am

  • Mystery Monday: bonding experience

    You don’t have to be a chemist to tell us where this stone carving is found or what it represents, but it might help. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 29 2021 08:18am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Blossoming

    In Saybrook College, another welcome sign of spring. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 26 2021 07:53am

  • A spike in activity

    This is one of seven spikeball games we saw in progress on our walk around campus yesterday. Apparently it’s the perfect pastime when spring... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 25 2021 08:03am

  • Groundwork

    Yale’s newest spot to play in the dirt is on Trumbull Street, where site work has begun for the new Yale Economic Center. The four-story... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 24 2021 09:10am

  • Mystery Monday: character study

    Who can tell us where on campus these Chinese characters can be found? Bonus points if you know what they represent. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 22 2021 07:56am

  • Homes sweet homes

    Yale announced Wednesday that the future Jackson School of Global Affairs will take over two Hillhouse Avenue mansions along with the one the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 19 2021 08:12am

  • Throwback Thursday: memories of madness

    In the midst of a year without varsity sports at Yale, let’s pause to remember five years ago, when the men’s basketball team notched... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 18 2021 07:54am