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  • Mystery Monday: where's that window?

    Many of you walked past this window hundreds of times while you were at Yale. Where is it? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 3 2023 08:17am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Hi there

    In all these years of wandering the campus, we've never noticed Harkness Tower peeking out over Jock Walk between Morse and Stiles. Maybe it only... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 31 2023 08:00am

  • Laptops who lunch

    While Commons is still a place to enjoy a social lunch with friends, there are a lot of laptops open one floor below in the Schwarzman Center's... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 30 2023 08:00am

  • A portrait of Pauli

    Yesterday, Pauli Murray College celebrated the unveiling of a mural by artist Mickalene Thomas ’02MFA in its dining hall. Made up of mosaic... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 28 2023 08:00am

  • Having a ball

    Nice to have the students back from spring break. And it looks like at least one of them may have brought back a souvenir. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 27 2023 12:38pm

  • Change of scenery

    While the Center for British Art is closed for a year for building conservation, more than 50 paintings from its collection—like J. M. W.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 29 2023 08:00am

  • Unadorned

    Is everyone okay over there at the School of the Environment? It's the first time in ages that we've seen Sage Boy without any extraneous clothing... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 24 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: what goes around

    In 1957, Yale tore down the 125-year-old Sheffield House, a historically important Italianate building on lower Hillhouse Avenue, to make room for a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 23 2023 08:00am

  • All by myself

    Today is a pretty good day to take a walk on campus if you don’t like crowds. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 22 2023 10:45am

  • Exquisite equinox

    These daffodils on the Old Campus are putting the spring in spring break. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 21 2023 09:03am

  • Throwback Thursday: acceleration credits

    It looks like a still from Dr. Strangelove, but this photo from our February 1963 issue shows physics professor D. Allan Bromley with a model... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 16 2023 12:12pm

  • Mystery Monday: recognize that face?

    This famous visage appears on a Yale building. Who is it, where is it, and what is this person's connection to Yale? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 20 2023 08:00am | Ico comments 3 comments

  • New Haven, green

    Happy St. Patrick's Day! New Haven had its parade on Sunday, but there is still a memento at Chapel and College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 17 2023 08:43am

  • Free parking

    Newly installed outside Becton Center: storage for the campus's proliferation of skateboards and scooters. We'll see how well used they are when... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 15 2023 08:00am

  • Spruced up

    When you check out the economics department's new building on Trumbull Street, be sure to walk around the corner and admire the restoration job on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 14 2023 08:00am

  • Show of support

    More than a year into the war in Ukraine, we're still seeing Ukrainian flags on campus, like this one hanging outside Durfee Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 10 2023 12:07pm

  • Doggone shame

    We appreciate the sentiment, but no dog who loves Yale could condone that misuse of the apostrophe. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2023 08:00am

  • My blue heaven

    The sky wasn't quite Yale blue yesterday, but it was beautiful anyway. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 9 2023 08:06am

  • Sign of spring

    Witch hazel is in bloom all over campus. We found this specimen in Branford College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 8 2023 08:41am