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  • Hero’s welcome

    When Dink Stover, the protagonist of the 1911 novel Stover at Yale, arrived on campus for his freshman year, he passed through Phelps Gate... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 24 2018 10:02am

  • Legal entry

    Who says law school isn’t fun? YLS broke out the party decorations for registration of first-year law students yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 23 2018 08:40am

  • Another year begins

    Today is move-in day for returning Yale College students; first-years arrive on Friday. Alums, any advice for students to make this a good year? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 22 2018 10:00am

  • Crisis on the Green

    There has been a highly visible police presence on the New Haven Green since last Wednesday, when dozens of people were made ill by synthetic... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 21 2018 08:17am

  • Gotta go around

    When students return this week, they’ll find themselves deprived of one of Yale’s grandest shortcuts. The path through Memorial Hall is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 20 2018 08:27am

  • Tennis, anyone?

    The Connecticut Open women’s tennis tournament kicks off this weekend, and the organizers decided this year to bring the draw ceremony to the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 17 2018 01:52pm

  • Climb every mountain

    What you’re seeing here is excavation work on Science Hill related to the construction of Yale’s new science building. The rumor that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 16 2018 09:02am

  • Heading for the hills

    Another academic year must be just around the corner. We found Kat Berman ’20, Anthony Ratinov ’20, and Vivek Suri ’20 (left to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 15 2018 08:26am

  • Change of scenery

    Last week we showed you Alexander Calder’s sculpture Gallows and Lollipops being disassembled on Beinecke Plaza. Now the mobile has been... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 14 2018 08:10am

  • Pennies from heaven

    Undeterred by a little rain, a new class of MBA students at the School of Management gathered in the courtyard of Evans Hall this morning for the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 13 2018 10:07am

  • Cooling off

    Sterling Memorial Library is always a popular stop on summer campus tours, especially now that it is air-conditioned. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 10 2018 08:32am

  • Hot sound

    With temperatures pushing 90 yesterday, these guys picked a tough way to earn some cash on Chapel Street. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 9 2018 08:15am

  • High church

    Whenever we see that the door to Dwight Chapel is open, we always make a point to duck inside for a moment, trying to imagine how this space looked... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 8 2018 10:34am

  • Yard work

    When students return to Branford College at the end of the month, they’ll find a brand new lawn in the main courtyard. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 7 2018 10:21am

  • On the move

    Art handlers were on Beinecke Plaza this morning disassembling Alexander Calder’s sculpture Gallows and Lollipops. Amy Doyel of the Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 6 2018 10:42am

  • Berkeley’s back story

    A member of our staff recently toured Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England. Alums of Yale’s Berkeley College would be pleased to see... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 3 2018 08:23am

  • It begins

    Parts of Hewitt Quadrangle—aka Beinecke Plaza—are being cordoned off for construction of the Schwarzman Center, the transformation of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2018 08:59am

  • New view

    One can get a new perspective on New Haven’s Broadway from the second floor of the new L. L. Bean store on Elm Street. The store, which... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 1 2018 10:28am

  • In the round

    As long as people still sit in circles on grassy quadrangles, admissions viewbooks (and alumni magazine photo blogs) will never want for material. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 31 2018 01:57pm