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  • Play ball!

    Today is opening day for Major League Baseball, a day that always brings to mind former Yale president and baseball commissioner A. Bartlett... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 1 2021 08:19am

  • Limited seating

    It was a good day to work outside yesterday—if you could find a table. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 31 2021 08:13am

  • Brightest bulbs

    The daffodils are reporting for duty all over campus., We spotted these outside Sterling Memorial Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 30 2021 07:57am

  • Mystery Monday: bonding experience

    You don’t have to be a chemist to tell us where this stone carving is found or what it represents, but it might help. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 29 2021 08:18am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Blossoming

    In Saybrook College, another welcome sign of spring. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 26 2021 07:53am

  • A spike in activity

    This is one of seven spikeball games we saw in progress on our walk around campus yesterday. Apparently it’s the perfect pastime when spring... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 25 2021 08:03am

  • Groundwork

    Yale’s newest spot to play in the dirt is on Trumbull Street, where site work has begun for the new Yale Economic Center. The four-story... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 24 2021 09:10am

  • Mystery Monday: character study

    Who can tell us where on campus these Chinese characters can be found? Bonus points if you know what they represent. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 22 2021 07:56am

  • Homes sweet homes

    Yale announced Wednesday that the future Jackson School of Global Affairs will take over two Hillhouse Avenue mansions along with the one the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 19 2021 08:12am

  • Throwback Thursday: memories of madness

    In the midst of a year without varsity sports at Yale, let’s pause to remember five years ago, when the men’s basketball team notched... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 18 2021 07:54am

  • Éire go Brách

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day! These shamrocks at the entrance to Berkeley College are a tribute to the Irish roots of the college’s namesake... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 17 2021 08:55am

  • They're here!

    As far as we know, the little irises near the High Street gate to Old Campus are the first bulbs of Yale’s spring. We wait for them with great... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 16 2021 08:51am

  • Mystery Monday: Oh gee!

    It’s time once again to test your campus recall: where do you remember seeing this sinuous ogee arch? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 15 2021 08:00am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Picnic weather

    It’s another warm, sunny day today, perfect for lunch al fresco at the Sachem Street food trucks. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 12 2021 01:20pm

  • Pandemiversary

    A year ago today, the university was adjusting to the fact that classes would be going online, that students would not be returning from spring... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 11 2021 08:00am

  • Good timing

    Yesterday was one of five designated “break days”—scattered throughout the spring semester in lieu of a conventional spring... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 10 2021 08:09am

  • Time for a short break

    In a normal year, most of Yale would be on spring break this week. But to accommodate a compressed pandemic schedule—and to discourage... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 9 2021 08:02am

  • Mystery Monday: can you handle it?

    That’s some serious hardware. Who knows where on campus this picture was taken? By the way, last week’s Mystery Monday is still... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 8 2021 08:10am

  • Way down

    Hewitt Quadrangle looks much the same as it did before the massive renovation and  construction project that created the Schwarzman Center. One... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 5 2021 09:01am