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  • Table service

    One pandemic innovation we hope is permanent: the abundance of outdoor tables and chairs on campus. They have made Beinecke Plaza a much more lively... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 1 2021 08:45am

  • Throwback Thursday: sweet memories

    A new grab-and-go food spot in the Schwarzman Center has replaced Durfee’s, the campus convenience store in Durfee Hall. But some of us... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 30 2021 08:27am

  • Stone cold

    Saybrook College’s Wrexham Tower is loosely modeled on St. Giles’ Church in Wrexham, Wales, where early benefactor Elihu Yale is buried.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 29 2021 08:16am

  • Blue yonder

    In New England, there’s no sky like a September sky. Even Roy Lichtenstein’s Modern Head is impressed. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 28 2021 08:21am

  • Mystery Monday: three in one

    We’ve always been a little intrigued by this decorative motif. Where on campus can you find it? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 27 2021 08:52am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Innovation station

    The splashy new home of the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale was completed more than a year ago, but COVID restrictions have now relaxed... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 24 2021 08:26am

  • Throwback Thursday: precious stones

    One hundred years ago in October, ox carts brought three millstones to campus to adorn the brand new Harkness Memorial Quadrangle. They came from... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 23 2021 08:09am

  • A spy meets his end

    On this day in 1776, Nathan Hale, Class of 1773, was executed by the British for espionage in New York. Tradition holds that his last words were... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 22 2021 07:56am

  • Eighty years of women in architecture

    On display in Paul Rudolph Hall through December 10, “Rooms: Yale School of Architecture Graduate Women Alums, 1942–” features... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 21 2021 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: gorgeous mosaic

    We always say it pays to look up when you’re in a Yale building. Where did we find this striking mosaic tile ceiling? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 20 2021 09:18am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Artistic alumnae

    Up through January 9 at the Yale University Art Gallery: On the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale. The exhibition features nearly 80 women... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 17 2021 08:26am

  • Throwback Thursday: road scholars

    Sixty years ago, when the nation was in a frenzy of interstate highway construction, we ran a photo essay on a little-known Yale program called the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 16 2021 08:03am

  • Mobile, home

    After a three-year sabbatical in the Art Gallery sculpture garden, the Alexander Calder sculpture Gallows and Lollipops is back in its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 14 2021 07:54am

  • Mystery Monday: dapper Dan

    We know the current Handsome Dan is a fan of bow ties; do you think he’d look good in a pair of glasses like these? And where on campus can... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 13 2021 08:15am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • The way it should be

    We know we’ve said it before, but it’s so good to see this campus full of people again. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 10 2021 08:00am

  • A son of New Haven and Yale

    Today is the birthday of Edward Bouchet (1852–1918), a New Haven–born physicist who graduated from Yale College in 1874 and earned his... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 15 2021 08:05am

  • Throwback Thursday: changes at Commons

    One hundred years ago this month, we reported on changes in Yale’s then-20-year-old Commons dining hall. Although “it is the same hall... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 9 2021 08:00am

  • Rite of passage

    The long-awaited opening of the Schwarzman Center also means that Memorial Hall is now open again. Besides housing a memorial to Yale students... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 8 2021 07:53am

  • Commons is back

    After nearly four years, Commons is now open for lunch again. It looks much the same, but some things have changed: there are now four serveries... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 7 2021 08:08am