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  • Master builder

    Happy Birthday to James Gamble Rogers, Class of 1889, who was born in Kentucky on this day in 1867. Rogers was the architect of eight Yale residential... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 3 2015 09:09am

  • Winter wonderland, part six

    Another weekend, another snowstorm: six inches fell on New Haven last night. Spring break starts Friday, not a moment too soon for those who have warmer... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 2 2015 08:35am

  • A room of one’s own

    When Cross Campus Library was transmogrified into Bass Library a few years ago, one feature of the old subterranean space was reimagined: the individual... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 27 2015 08:53am

  • Throwback Thursday: very old Heidelberg

    Twenty-five years ago, in our February 1990 issue, Randall Beach wrote about the Old Heidelberg, the “poor man’s Mory’s” that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 26 2015 10:00am

  • Cold day, hot lunch

    Even when it’s only 12 degrees outside, you can find food al fresco on Cedar Street. Roger and Marisa Chang have been serving “Chinese... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 25 2015 08:33am

  • From the top

    The view from the penthouse lounge of The Study (the Chapel Street hotel some will remember as the Colony Inn) recently inspired students in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2015 08:36am

  • Winter wonderland, part five

    Yes, we got another snowstorm on Saturday and Sunday. But this time it came without the blizzard winds, so we could enjoy that frosted-tree look that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2015 08:25am

  • Magic box

    A shipping container painted gold appeared on the sidewalk outside the Art Gallery this morning. There’s an identical one in Tehran, and through... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 20 2015 10:50am

  • Throwback Thursday: a pioneer

    Our May 1969 issue featured an article about how “Black studies,” as it was then called, came to Yale, including portraits of African... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 19 2015 10:36am

  • Hurry, hurry!

    Step right up! The School of Art exhibit “Side Show” is on display through March 20 at the 32 Edgewood Gallery. Curated by Lisa Kereszi... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 18 2015 11:21am

  • Tower of Payne

    We're still not used to seeing Payne Whitney Gymnasium without scaffolding. But it sure looks a lot cleaner than in the old days.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 17 2015 08:38am

  • Mystery Monday: Yale pride

    What campus building is guarded by this fierce terra cotta lion and several of his friends? We’ll update this post with the answer tomorrow.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2015 12:08pm

  • Happy landing

    Whatever else you might think about Paul Rudolph Hall (aka the Art & Architecture Building), you have to admit it has one of the campus’s most... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 13 2015 09:52am

  • Canals to rails to trails

    Most alumni will remember this as a disused railroad line—and before that it was a nineteenth-century canal—but the Farmington Canal... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 12 2015 09:02am

  • Green monster

    A snow sculpture on the upper New Haven Green—perhaps the creators were working through their feelings about the season’s fourth major... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 11 2015 09:17am

  • Enlightenment

    Just because it’s law school doesn’t mean it can’t be festive. Someone who studies at the Lillian Goldman Law Library decided to add a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 10 2015 08:51am

  • The longest month

    Oh look! It's more snow! Now we remember why they invented Feb Club. ___________________________________________ The Yale Alumni Magazine is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 9 2015 09:56am

  • To your health

    Congratulations to the Yale School of Public Health, which celebrates its centennial this year! Click here to read more about the commemoration and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 6 2015 10:20am

  • Throwback Thursday: battle on ice

    Hockey in the days when helmets were optional: that’s Yale and Army on our March 1947 cover. The Bulldogs won that one 9–1.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 5 2015 10:51am