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  • Music hall

    All’s quiet today in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library. Never seen it? The library was built in a former light court in Sterling Memorial... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 15 2016 10:17am

  • Where art thou?

    What is art? We’re not sure we can tackle that one. Where, though, is another story. Can you guess where we found this helpfully labeled... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 14 2016 12:59pm

  • Take a break

    A two-week spring break starts today for all 14 of Yale’s schools. Fortunately for those of us left behind, it feels pretty springlike in New... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 11 2016 10:22am

  • Scenic overlook

    Students working in the lobby of Rosenkranz Hall on Prospect Street can keep an eye on the construction of the new residential colleges across the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 10 2016 01:00pm

  • I see you!

    One of the odd delights of an odd building: the peek-a-boo corner at Chapel and York that gives passersby a glimpse inside the Arts Library in Paul... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 9 2016 08:39am

  • Dinner time in Berkeley

    Twilight in the south court of Berkeley College. Any Berkeley alums out there? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 7 2016 06:48am

  • You can make it there

    Six o’clock on Friday afternoon may seem like quitting time, but students were still at it at the Center for Engineering Innovation and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 7 2016 07:49am

  • Chill

    A light dusting of snow this morning doesn’t seem to faze Theodore Dwight Woolsey. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 4 2016 10:03am

  • Throwback Thursday: Elm City activism

    Fifty years ago in our May 1966 issue,in an otherwise largely celebratory issue about urban renewal in New Haven, we featured Peter Countryman... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 3 2016 11:17am

  • Herald

    Every year around this time, we check the area around the High Street gate for the appearance of this crocus. Spring (and spring break) is around... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 2 2016 10:24am

  • A good sign

    Spotted in the moat on Grove Street outside Silliman College: witch hazel, an early harbinger of spring. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 1 2016 10:19am

  • Eventide

    Sunset yesterday evening behind the construction site of the new residential colleges, which will be very handy to Ingalls Rink (right). Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 29 2016 08:37am

  • Through the bars

    It’s chilly but sunny, a nice morning to view the Old Campus through the Whitman Gate. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 26 2016 08:39am

  • Throwback Thursday: hoops of yesteryear

    That’s John Weber ’53 taking a shot against Fordham on the cover of our January 1952 issue. In more recent basketball news, this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 25 2016 09:22am

  • Wet Wednesday

    One could grouse about the rain on a day like this, but in February, we’re mostly grateful that it isn’t snow. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2016 10:09am

  • Whale of a team

    Ingalls Rink is “the world’s most beautiful hockey rink,” according to Wired magazine. Right now, it’s also home to the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2016 09:27am

  • Hidden GEM

    Every morning as we walk down the alley between McClellan Hall and Linsly-Chittenden Hall on the Old Campus, we're greeted with a smile by this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 22 2016 10:07am

  • Lest we forget

    Before it was retrofitted into Branford and Saybrook College, Yale’s Memorial Quadrangle (1917) was the prototype for a new campus... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 19 2016 08:17am

  • It might as well be spring

    Red Sox pitchers and catchers report to spring training today, an annual milestone that always makes us remember the late Yale president, baseball... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 18 2016 08:20am