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  • Spring water

    It’s gray and drizzly today, but the weekend was beautiful. The return of the fountain on the Women's Table is another welcome sign of spring. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 8 2019 09:15am

  • Best foot forward

    Yale’s Navy and Air Force ROTC units showed their stuff yesterday for President Salovey (foreground, center) and an audience at Payne Whitney... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 5 2019 09:10am

  • It's that day

    We’re always on the lookout for the first perfect day of spring that brings everyone outside. Despite some high winds, we're going to say that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 4 2019 10:15am

  • Seeing the light

    In the daily rush around campus, sometimes it pays to stop and look up. Can anyone identify this overhead scene? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 3 2019 10:06am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Glass class

    American glass is the subject of a new Yale University Art Gallery exhibition curated by a team of six undergraduates. A Nation Reflected: Stories... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 2 2019 10:47am

  • April flowers

    No fooling—the sight of daffodils outside Berkeley College this morning brightened our day. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 1 2019 10:08am

  • Temporary staff

    A new flagpole has sprung up on Cross Campus. It’s an interim replacement for the historic Ledyard Flagstaff in Hewitt Quadrangle, which has... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 29 2019 10:48am

  • Multimedia

    Now showing at the Art Gallery: a major work by Matthew Barney ’89 called Redoubt that includes a feature-length film, large sculptures... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 27 2019 10:12am

  • Musical morning

    There are school buses lining Hillhouse Avenue this morning, and schoolchildren filing in to Woolsey Hall. It must be time for the New Haven... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 26 2019 10:25am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Back to work

    Much of Yale is returning to classes today after spring break, and the streets are full of students again. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 25 2019 10:01am

  • Extra layer

    For protection during a construction project, the tree trunks on Wall Street have donned suits of armor. Yale bought the two blocks of Wall between... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 22 2019 10:25am

  • Small screen, big game

    The action for Yale men’s basketball is in Jacksonville right now, but the game is on at Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Front desk employees Vernon... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 21 2019 01:08pm

  • Sky scraper

    Sculptor Robert Engman ’55MFA, who was teaching at Yale during the construction of the Art & Architecture Building (now Paul Rudolph Hall)... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 20 2019 02:24pm

  • Report from the Hill

    Progress on Science Hill: the new Yale Science Building, going up on the former site of Gibbs Laboratories, is now sporting a rooftop greenhouse... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 19 2019 10:41am

  • Hope springs up

    A little later than usual, these irises on High Street have finally made their appearance. Maybe spring will come after all. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 18 2019 10:10am

  • Building support

    When your home is a campus with hundreds of buildings, the home improvement projects never end. These workers outside Connecticut Hall are measuring... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 15 2019 10:46am

  • Haunted

    It’s quiet in classrooms like LC 102 while Yale is on spring break. We thought we sensed the spirits of students past there this morning... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 14 2019 10:13am

  • Aglow

    We caught Sterling Tower bathed in evening sun yesterday. Alums, what business—or pleasure—took you up into the tower of SSS? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2019 08:44am

  • Not forgotten

    Osborn Hall (1889–1926), a short-lived classroom building at College and Chapel Streets, was never much loved—in part because it... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 12 2019 10:14am