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  • Sweatin’ with the Yalies

    We’ve been spending a lot of time at Payne Whitney Gymnasium lately, and not just because our abs need some work: our next issue will feature... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 28 2017 09:15am

  • Nothing in Commons

    Commons is officially closed now as work begins on the transformation of the dining hall, its basement, and the adjacent Memorial Hall into the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 27 2017 10:46am

  • Standout

    One of our favorite fall trees is making a spectacle of itself in this morning’s rain. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 22 2017 10:23am

  • Fruits of the harvest

    We passed by Hewitt Quadrangle this morning just as Yale Hospitality was setting up its Harvest Market for later today. The gourds caught our fancy. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 21 2017 10:45am

  • Increased visibility

    Louise Nevelson’s 1971 sculpture Atmosphere and Environment has been an anchor of the Yale University Art Gallery’s sculpture... Read on
    Mark Branch ’86 | November 20 2017 10:00am

  • The gates are open

    If you’re coming back for The Game (or here for the AYA Assembly), there’s still a bit of fall color left to see. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2017 08:39am

  • Throwback Thursday: one for the ages

    It is likely that there are players on this year’s football team who were not yet walking—much less tackling—when Yale last beat... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 16 2017 08:25am

  • Game plan

    Spotted on an Old Campus bulletin board this morning: advice for The Game this weekend. Have anything to add? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 15 2017 10:47am

  • Rush hour

    At class-changing time, the corner outside Memorial Hall is Yale’s busiest. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 14 2017 01:35pm

  • Made on campus

    On display in the window of the Center for Engineering Innovation and Design (in Becton Center on Prospect Street): two 3-D printers, and some of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 13 2017 10:23am

  • Veterans Day valor

    Yale held its annual Veterans Day observance today in Woolsey Hall. Among other things, the ceremony featured the awarding of the Air Force ROTC... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 10 2017 04:01pm

  • Making an entrance

    Autumn has decorated the High Street entrance to Linsly-Chittenden Hall, home of the English department and many classrooms large and small. Alums... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 8 2017 10:26am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Nightfall

    Night comes a little earlier to the Old Campus now that we’ve set our clocks back. Some in New England have proposed a move to Atlantic... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 7 2017 08:52am

  • Some drizzle must fall

    On the Old Campus this morning, some fall color—and some of that New Haven drizzle you all remember so well. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 6 2017 10:30am

  • Family time

    It is gorgeous and unseasonably warm today as Yale welcomes students’ kin for Family Weekend. Alums, how did it go when your family visited... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 3 2017 01:10pm

  • Throwback Thursday: uniforms

    Seventy-five years ago this month, Yale had the war on its mind, but not to the complete exclusion of football. (That’s Handsome Dan V, by the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 2 2017 01:46pm

  • We fall for it every time

    We can rarely resist this view of Branford College through the Memorial Gate—certainly not in the fall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 1 2017 02:31pm

  • All Hallows Eve

    Happy Halloween! Jack o' lanterns are on display all over campus, we’ve already seen a few people in costume, and the popular Yale Symphony... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 31 2017 02:31pm

  • Aftermath

    It was a long, noisy night in New Haven last night as the remnants of Tropical Storm Philippe brought high winds and rain. We haven't heard of any... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 30 2017 10:05am