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  • Taking the chill off

    Anybody remember walking up to Science Hill on a cold January morning? These days, there’s a café on the ground floor of Kline Biology... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 19 2016 10:15am

  • Legacy

    Today would be the first day back to classes for students, but since it’s Martin Luther King’s birthday, classes will wait till... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 18 2016 11:13am

  • Legal trouble

    On the Grove Street façade of the Sterling Law Buildings, a young man has fallen prey to demon rum, cards, and who knows what else? (We... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 15 2016 10:44am

  • LeWitt and wisdom

    Ever since conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) left Yale his wall drawings—actually instructions for drawings that can be carried out... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2016 10:39am

  • A dusting

    The first snow of the season fell last night. New Haven is recovering. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 13 2016 11:20am

  • Frozen music

    Now rising: a new building that will connect Hendrie Hall (left) and Leigh Hall (right) to create the Adams Center for Musical Arts. The new and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2016 03:19pm

  • Gone fishing

    Miya’s Sushi has been around New Haven—first on Chapel Street, now on Howe—since 1982, and owner/chef Bun Lai has become... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2016 02:15pm

  • Frozen assets

    The basin of water on the Women’s Table is frozen solid, but that hasn’t stopped people from tossing in a few coins. Wishing for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2016 10:28am

  • Seating available

    The reference room at Sterling Memorial Library isn’t quite empty today, but there is plenty of room if you want to come in and crack a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 7 2016 02:00pm

  • Twilight

    On the back side of the winter solstice, the days are getting a little longer. There was this much light left yesterday at 5 o’clock outside... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 6 2016 01:19pm

  • For the ages

    He may not have been a model of good government, but the Roman emperor Caligula (12–41 CE) secured for himself a place in history—and in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 5 2016 03:08pm

  • On a break

    All’s quiet on the Old Campus today. Still two weeks to go before students return. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2016 10:02am

  • Merry Christmas!

    Merry Christmas from all of us at the Yale Alumni Magazine! Like most of Yale, we’re off until the new year. See you in 2016! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 24 2015 02:45pm

  • See you next year

    A lot may have changed at Yale in the last few decades, but this will be a familiar sight to most alumni: students waiting outside Phelps Gate for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 23 2015 11:10am

  • Seasons seedings

    Students may be clearing out out of New Haven, but Payne Whitney Gymnasium is abuzz with young squash players as the Brady Squash Center hosts the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 22 2015 11:17am

  • O Christmas tree

    In keeping with construction-industry custom, there’s a tree atop the construction site for the new residential colleges. And in keeping with... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2015 03:39pm

  • Still some traces

    The calendar tells us that winter is just four days away. But fall is not going without a fight. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 18 2015 10:02am

  • Four-letter words

    Some imperatives, scrawled repeatedly in chalk on the side of the computer science department’s Arthur K. Watson Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 17 2015 11:28am

  • Final push

    Final exams in Yale College begin tomorrow, so study spaces like the Silliman College Library are seeing a lot of action. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 16 2015 01:25pm