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  • Ben’s bookshelves

    Day five of our snapshot tour of the new residential colleges: this is the library of Benjamin Franklin College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 21 2017 07:43am

  • Living room

    Day four of our snapshot tour of the new colleges: common room in a typical student suite. Unlike those in the existing colleges, the common rooms... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 18 2017 07:49am

  • Study hall

    Day three of our snapshot tour of the new colleges: the library of Pauli Murray College. The window at left overlooks the dining hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 17 2017 08:05am

  • Food for Franklinites

    Day two of our snapshot tour of the new colleges: here’s the dining hall of Benjamin Franklin College, seen last week when dining-hall... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 16 2017 07:01am

  • All the way up

    For the next few days, we’ll be posting our snapshots of the new residential colleges as they prepare to open to students on August 23. From... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 15 2017 08:43am

  • FIeld of dreams

    There was room for a late-summer game of wiffle ball on Cross Campus Saturday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 14 2017 08:47am

  • Calm before the storm

    Here’s the view of Benjamin Franklin College’s main courtyard, seen from the terrace of the head of college’s house. Franklin head... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 11 2017 08:46am

  • Big dig

    If you've ever wondered what the inside of Science Hill looks like, now’s your chance. The excavation is part of the construction of a new... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 10 2017 07:50am

  • Disarmament (updated)

    Update, August 22, 2017: Yale to move stone carving that will remain available for viewing and study The university released the following... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 9 2017 08:39am | Ico comments 45 comments

  • Hoops in August

    The Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gym was getting a good workout yesterday from young athletes at a Yale basketball camp. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 8 2017 08:42am

  • Elm City eats

    On this gray day, with rain expected and a high of 71F, it seems like a good day for Atticus black bean soup. Alums, what New Haven food or drink do... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 7 2017 10:25am

  • Unbroken

    An exhibition of ancient glass from Yale’s collections opens today at the Art Gallery, and we got a tour from organizer Sara Cole ’15PhD.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 4 2017 09:43am

  • Know hope

    Above the Prospect Street entrance to Pauli Murray College, a quote from one of Murray’s poems. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 3 2017 09:23am

  • Where study awaits

    The Divinity School library was empty when we looked in on Monday morning. Four weeks until classes start again! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2017 09:54am

  • Cheaper by the dozen

    The lobby of the Center for British Art is awash in porcelain vases in anticipation of an upcoming exhibition on British pottery. There are 80 of the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 1 2017 08:57am

  • Brassosaurus

    Musicians from New Haven public schools pop up all over the campus when the four-week Morse Summer Music Academy is in session. Serenading visitors... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 31 2017 07:59am

  • TGIF

    It’s a beautiful Friday morning in Branford Court. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 28 2017 09:05am

  • Bike of Babel

    This motorcycle is regularly parked on Rose Walk outside Sterling Memorial Library. At least 2.9 billion of the world’s people are on notice. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 27 2017 09:53am

  • Where’s-that Wednesday

    Today’s picture is a bit off the beaten path for most Yalies. Who recognizes this mid-century interior? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 26 2017 09:10am