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  • Throwback Thursday: old-school football

    As Team 148 prepares to play Harvard at the Bowl on Saturday, here’s a look at Team 23 from 1896. The team finished with a 13–1 record... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 18 2021 08:00am

  • The first from China

    Yung Wing, Class of 1854, was born on this date in 1828. Yung was the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university. His statue... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2021 08:01am

  • Stay gold

    There’s still plenty of fall color on College Street. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 16 2021 08:09am

  • Mystery Monday: get a grip

    Yale isn’t all gargoyles and pointy arches. Where on campus did we spot this more modern detail? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 15 2021 08:52am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • A day to remember

    For the first time since 2016, Yale’s annual Veterans Day observance was held on Hewitt Quadrangle yesterday in front of the newly restored... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 12 2021 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: war is over

    Our November 15, 1918, cover featured men from the Yale Students’ Army Training Corps parading on November 11 on the Green, where “a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 11 2021 08:00am

  • Red alert

    The experts tell us this is peak foliage week in New Haven. Clearly, this tree in Saybrook Court got the memo. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 10 2021 07:47am

  • Coffee down under

    The rollout of new food service in the Schwarzman Center continues. Last month, a coffee shop called Elm opened in the Underground, the lower-level... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 9 2021 08:21am

  • Mystery Monday: leaps and bounds

    We think these are supposed to be hurdlers, but it looks a little like the guy on the right just socked the guy on the left in the jaw. Full-contact... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 8 2021 08:19am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Under the big top

    Life in the pandemic: seeing tents on campus used to mean there was a reunion or a commencement coming up. But structures like this one in the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 5 2021 09:23am

  • Scenic Stiles

    Some autumn color spotted outside Ezra Stiles College. We’re just about to hit peak foliage in the New Haven area. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 4 2021 08:00am

  • Rush hour

    Some things at Yale never change, including the pedestrian traffic at the intersection outside Memorial Hall between classes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 3 2021 08:00am

  • Tower struggle

    Graduate students used to live in the tower of the Hall of Graduate Studies. Now that the building has been renovated to be the Humanities... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 2 2021 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: sweeping statement

    Don’t bristle if you can’t get this one, even though it may be the last straw: where on campus can you find this carving? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 1 2021 08:00am | Ico comments 3 comments

  • Proud pumpkins

    The jack-o’-lantern carvers in Branford College displayed a lot of college spirit this year. Have a safe and happy Halloween! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 29 2021 08:11am

  • Airborne

    The sea of granite that is Hewitt Quadrangle (aka Beinecke Plaza) has long been irresistible to skateboarders. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 28 2021 08:24am

  • Do we have to go outside?

    A nor’easter dumped a whole bunch of rain on campus yesterday—one of those days that might make you miss Zoom classes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 27 2021 07:54am

  • Hilltop view

    We found a fair number of students using the pavilion between Kline Tower and the Yale Science Building on a recent Saturday afternoon. The pavilion... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 26 2021 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: don't lose your head over this one

    With Halloween approaching, we couldn't resist: where on campus can you find this grim tableau? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 25 2021 08:00am | Ico comments 1 comment