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July 2021

  • Mixing it up

    Yale College alums, did you ever wish you could live on campus with friends from other residential colleges? That’ll be an option for some... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 29 2021 08:33am

  • Growing season

    One of our favorite places on campus in the summer is the Chinese grandparents’ garden—a plot on Prospect Street near the apartment... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 28 2021 09:20am

  • Walk sign

    Has yet another street running through campus been reclaimed for pedestrians? No, this block of College Street was simply closed for some road work.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 27 2021 08:16am

  • Mystery Monday: the shadow knows

    This may be an uphill climb for some of you. Can you place this campus stairway and wrought-iron banister? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 26 2021 08:03am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3682-mystery-monday-the-shadow-knows?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Placid

    It was a peaceful summer day on Cross Campus yesterday. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 23 2021 09:16am

  • Throwback Thursday: coaches of yore

    Football will be back this fall after a year’s absence, starting with Holy Cross on September 18 and ending with The Game at The Bowl on... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 22 2021 09:30am

  • All together now

    Remember when lots of people used to gather in one place to hear a professor talk? When Yale starts doing that again this fall, there will be a new... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 21 2021 11:38am

  • This old house

    The Pierpont House at 149 Elm Street on the Green is Yale’s second oldest building, completed in 1767, but it has been part of the campus for... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 20 2021 08:27am

  • Mystery Monday: shortest, gladdest years

    As the plaque tells you, Yale’s alma mater was written in this campus building. Can you search through memory's haze and tell us which building? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 19 2021 08:00am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3677-mystery-monday-shortest-gladdest-years?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Watching grass grow

    Once again, the Old Campus is quiet this July, with no summer programs in residence on the quad. We miss the hustle and bustle, but it’s been... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 16 2021 08:06am

  • Throwback Thursday: Elmless City

    In 1972, we reported on the loss of one of the last remaining elms that once lined Hillhouse Avenue. The denuded view seen here will be familiar to... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 15 2021 08:27am

  • Back on the bus

    This photo of the interior of a Yale Shuttle bus may look unremarkable, but only if you haven't been riding for the past year, when the buses have... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 14 2021 08:06am

  • Decluttering

    The nave of Sterling Memorial Library is looking more like its former self: for the past nine months, the space had been lined with baker’s... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 13 2021 08:08am

  • Mystery Monday: the face is familiar

    This rather haunting face is carved above the entrance to a Yale building. Can you tell us which one? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 12 2021 08:52am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3672-mystery-monday-the-face-is-familiar?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Throwback Thursday: Wawa remembered

    Twenty-five years ago this month, Annie Murphy Paul ’96 schooled alums on the significance of the Wawa store on York Street. Not long after... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 8 2021 08:00am

  • Plywood greetings

    The Beinecke Library is closed to the public but open to Yale researchers. Thanks to some construction work, though, that front door doesn’t... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 7 2021 09:38am

  • Dramatic announcement

    Yale announced on Wednesday that, thanks to a $150 million gift from media mogul David Geffen, the School of Drama will now be... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 2 2021 08:36am

  • Secret sculpture

    A piece of public art has appeared outside the private tomb of the senior society Book and Snake. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we have no further details. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 2 2021 08:56am