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October 2020

  • Some extra time

    This stone carving from the porch of Sheffield Hall is here to remind you to set your pendulum clocks back one hour tomorrow night. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 30 2020 08:54am

  • Throwback Thursday: Torre de Harkness

    A hundred years ago this fall, Harkness Tower was inching skyward, as this December 1920 cover photo shows. Note the warning sign in English and... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 29 2020 07:51am

  • Across the street

    After undergoing some renovation work this summer, the Old Art Gallery has emerged from behind scaffolding, restoring one of Yale’s most... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 28 2020 07:56am

  • Yonder window

    We’ve often wondered about this balcony in Saybrook College overlooking the corner of High and Elm Streets. Have any svelte Yalies ever... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 27 2020 08:29am

  • Mystery Monday: spooning

    Today’s mystery concerns this carving in Sterling Memorial Library’s International Room: what Yale tradition is depicted here? And... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 26 2020 08:45am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3496-mystery-monday-spooning?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Living color

    Hillhouse Avenue is looking autumnal. Have you seen the pedestrian bridges over the Farmington Canal Greenway? They were installed in 2010 to the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 23 2020 07:57am

  • Throwback Thursday: Yalies of yore

    Missing Yale football this season? Here's a page from our archives featuring the team from 125 years ago. The 1895 squad finished 13–0–2... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 22 2020 08:27am

  • Autumn's palette

    It’s one of those gray fall days in New Haven. But we found some color on the Whitney Avenue side of Science Hill. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 21 2020 02:10pm

  • Be a trouper

    With no new shows to promote, the poster cases outside the University Theatre are being deployed for a public health message. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 20 2020 09:43am

  • Mystery Monday: round here

    You walked by this ornamented opening countless times if you went to Yale. Anyone remember where it is? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 19 2020 08:03am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3491-mystery-monday-round-here?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 3 comments</a></span>

  • Courtside

    With precautions in place, it’s possible to study in Sterling Memorial Library again. That includes one of our favorite retreats, the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 16 2020 07:58am

  • United by a divider

    Can you still enjoy a meal with friends in a dining hall this semester? Yes, but with some precautions, as demonstrated in Silliman College recently... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 13 2020 07:50am

  • Throwback Thursday: when Slifka was new

    Happy 25th anniversary to the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life, which opened 25 years ago this fall. In our November 1995 cover story, we called... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 15 2020 07:56am

  • Throwback Thursday: big top

    All over campus this semester, Yale has put up tents to give students more places to safely congregate during the pandemic. But this photo from our... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 8 2020 08:06am

  • Happy 319th!

    It was 319 years ago today that the Colony of Connecticut granted ten ministers a charter to erect a school “wherein Youth may be instructed... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 9 2020 08:06am

  • And it's not on Zoom

    Breaking: despite the pandemic, we can confirm that the fall foliage season is going forward as scheduled. More details as they become available. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 7 2020 08:17am

  • Word on the street

    A Black Lives Matter mural was painted on Temple Street Saturday between the two halves of the New Haven Green. It's the second such mural in the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 6 2020 08:14am

  • Mystery Monday: hand in hand

    Let’s hope these two hand-holders are in the same pandemic bubble. Does anyone where on campus to find this stone carving? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 5 2020 07:50am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3482-mystery-monday-hand-in-hand?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Art is back!

    It’s far from back to normal, but the Art Gallery (shown here) and the Center for British Art both reopened to visitors last Friday. The... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 2 2020 08:01am