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  • Over our heads

    It’s been more than five years since the restoration of the nave of Sterling Memorial Library, but we’re still dazzled by the colors in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2020 10:06am

  • Guiding principles

    Can you walk backwards effortlessly? Can you keep a straight face while relating campus legends of dubious veracity? Recruiters are out on Cross... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2020 02:35pm

  • Snowy Stiles

    The first significant snow of the semester came on Saturday. Tiana Wang ’20 captured the scene in Ezra Stiles College while it was still fresh. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 23 2020 08:24am

  • A classy library

    Today, we’re told, is Library Shelfie Day, so here’s a shot of a couple of shelves in the magazine’s own library. These class... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 22 2020 08:37am

  • By the book

    Yale College alums might be pleased to know that while the printed course catalog known as the Blue Book is no more, its name lives on in verb form... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 21 2020 08:17am

  • All about the Benjamin

    Happy 314th birthday to Benjamin Franklin, rendered here in a scholarly pose in his namesake Yale residential college. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2020 07:44am

  • Collect ’em all!

    Available at the Center for British Art's museum shop: a full set of the wives of Henry the Eighth. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 16 2020 12:37pm

  • Good shopping weather

    Today is the first sunny day of the new semester. Things are looking brighter for students as they shop classes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 15 2020 01:43pm

  • Sillidome

    January isn’t usually the best time to hang out in the courtyard. Unless you've got a cozy plastic igloo, as Silliman College does. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2020 08:33am

  • Shop around

    Classes begin today for most Yale students, and for undergrads (like these heading into Linsly-Chittenden for class) it’s shopping period.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 13 2020 09:47am

  • Trompe l’oeil

    The café and gathering place between the new Yale Science Building and Kline Tower is up and running, but there’s still a lot of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 10 2020 08:21am

  • Alma mater

    Residence halls opened for the spring semester yesterday, which may explain the presence of this Yale mom on York Street. Let’s hear it for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 9 2020 08:41am

  • Falling leaves

    We’ve all had days like this: a scribe loses control of his papers in this carving from Sterling Memorial Library’s International Room. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2020 08:28am

  • You are here

    A gothic arch, some Briar Hill sandstone, leaded glass windows and an iron gate. This could be anywhere at Yale, but some of you know precisely... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 7 2020 08:03am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Memento

    If you visit the Yale Bands HQ in Hendrie Hall, you might run across this mellophone, autographed at the request of the members of the Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 6 2020 08:46am

  • Clean start

    Spotted on High Street yesterday. Looks like Branford College is getting some new washing machines in 2020. Alums, do you have any tales from the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 3 2020 08:53am

  • A woman in full

    The earliest full-length portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, dating from around 1567, is on loan to the Center for British Art until the fall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 2 2020 08:42am

  • Season’s greetings

    The President's House is decked out for the season. (Note the skis and skates at the front door.) We wish you all the best for the holidays and in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 23 2019 09:05am

  • Not a creature was stirring

    Where’d everybody go? Classrooms like this one in Linsly-Chittenden are quiet until January 13, when the spring term begins. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2019 03:38pm