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  • Come blow your horn

    After being closed for renovations for nine months, Yale’s Collection of Musical Instruments opened with great fanfare Thursday night with an... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2020 08:43am

  • Happy half century, Becton!

    The Becton Center was dedicated 50 years ago today. Designed by Marcel Breuer, the building serves the School of Engineering and Applied Science.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 21 2020 08:52am

  • Written on stone

    The shadow of a Berkeley College gate ornaments the entryway—thanks to our frequent contributor and Berkeley writing tutor Cathy Shufro for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 20 2020 10:18am

  • Not-so-living color

    Artist James Prosek ’97, who made his name while still an undergrad for his paintings of trout, has a new exhibition at the Art Gallery through... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 19 2020 02:50pm

  • Where's the white stuff?

    It was a beautiful sunny day yesterday on Library Walk. But we have to note the relative absence of snow this season—only seven inches so far.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 18 2020 08:44am

  • Court TV

    There’s now a monitor at the entrance to the Brady Squash Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, so you can watch the play on 14 courts at once. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 17 2020 08:13am

  • Cupid on campus

    Happy Valentine’s Day! Alums, tell us your stories of romance at Yale. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 14 2020 08:03am

  • Looking back

    Opening today at the Center for British Art: Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts and Crafts Movement looks at a group... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 13 2020 10:50am

  • Lincoln memorial

    For Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, we found a tribute to the 16th president in Sterling Memorial Library. The image is based on Francis... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 12 2020 07:58am

  • Take one, leave one

    There are 15 million books in the Yale library—15,000,002 if you count Ezra Stiles College’s new Little Free Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 11 2020 09:54am

  • Say cheese

    Yesterday was National Pizza Day, but every day is pizza day in Pauli Murray College. Along with Morse, Stiles, and Franklin Colleges, Murray has a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 10 2020 10:03am

  • Partly sunny

    After a couple of damp, gray days, the sun made a cameo appearance on Cross Campus at lunchtime today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 7 2020 01:31pm

  • Tip of the whale

    What has four eyes and can hold 3,500 screaming hockey fans? Yeah, you know this one. The men’s hockey team is home at Ingalls Rink this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 6 2020 01:41pm

  • February: now with 29 days!

    The word of the day is . . . gray. It is looking very February out there, which means students and alumni alike are getting together for Feb Club... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 5 2020 12:59pm

  • Shelf improvement

    So many books, so little time. . . . Alums, what book did you read at Yale that changed the way you see the world? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 4 2020 01:36pm

  • Classic metal

    Yale’s tradition of elaborate wrought iron gates did not end with the celebrated Samuel Yellin. The new residential colleges feature several... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2020 06:49am

  • Greek to us

    These inspiring words are above the main entrance to the Sterling Hall of Medicine. Who can tell us what they mean? (We googled it, but we’re... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 31 2020 02:05pm

  • Midcentury Mansfield

    These days, Yale calls this housing complex the Mansfield Street Apartments. Who remembers what they were called when they were built (to the design... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 30 2020 08:34am

  • There will be blood

    Some Yalies will do anything do beat Harvard—including opening a vein. The American Red Cross at Yale is hoping to beat their Crimson... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 29 2020 08:12am