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  • Throwback Thursday: reforesting Old Campus

    Fifty years ago this fall, as we reported in our October 1974 issue, students arrived to find 33 new pin oak trees had been planted on Old Campus.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 5 2024 12:00am

  • On display

    Tsai CITY is a great place to get some work done, but with its undulating glass walls, it's not the best place to hide. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 4 2024 11:28am

  • Bless me, Father, for I have misdialed

    Who remembers the telephone booths in the nave of Sterling Memorial Library? In keeping with the library's ecclesiastically inspired architecture... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 30 2024 12:00am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Refueling

    Today is the first day of classes in Yale College. By mid-afternoon, coffee was in great demand. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 28 2024 11:05am

  • College pride

    Silliman College was looking especially beautiful yesterday. Any Sillimanders out there? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 14 2024 04:46am

  • Quiet anticipation

    The Old Campus is serenely quiet this week, but on Sunday, it will be bustling as first-years arrive for Camp Yale. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 13 2024 05:06am

  • Mystery Monday: letter perfect

    You'll find the letter Y worked into the campus architecture in many different ways. Where did we find this monogrammed brickwork? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 12 2024 12:00am

  • A series of tubes

    A nice surprise in the renovated L&B Reading Room in Sterling Library: a decommissioned pneumatic tube station that had been in the room years... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 8 2024 08:49am

  • Silver lining

    It's cool and misty today—a nice respite from the heat! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 7 2024 10:40am

  • Safety first

    As part of a reshuffling on Science Hill to prepare the site for a mammoth new Physical Sciences and Engineering Building, a new chemical safety... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 6 2024 06:49am

  • Mystery Monday: reach for the sky

    Yale is a campus of towers, big and small. Where did we spot this octagonal one? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 5 2024 11:46am

  • The word from on High

    High Street between Chapel and Elm has been closed this week for some preliminary work on the upcoming conversion of the street to a pedestrian and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2024 06:12am

  • It takes a village

    The wood frame of the Divinity School's new Living Village residence hall is taking shape. Read more about the project in our latest issue. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 30 2024 10:31am

  • Shower time

    A rainy spell brought the campus some relief from the summer heat today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 29 2024 08:48am

  • In a reflective mood

    The patterned concrete of the Becton Center, reflected in the undulating façade of Tsai CITY. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 24 2024 05:05am

  • Mystery Monday: marvelous mustache

    Today's mystery: identify the campus building where we spotted this mustachioed gentleman. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 22 2024 09:52am

  • Throwback Thursday: Helen Hadley Hall's debut

    In June, Yale filed a notice of intent to demolish Helen Hadley Hall, the 65-year-old Temple Street dormitory originally built to house women... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 18 2024 12:00am

  • Made in the shade

    In the midday sun today, this tour group found shade where it could on Beinecke Plaza. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 17 2024 09:50am

  • Day brightener

    The heat and humidity are brutal, but the flowers make the trek across campus more cheerful. Thanks, grounds maintenance crews! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 16 2024 08:24am