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  • It’s beginning . . .

    . . . to look a little bit like you-know-what as workers install decorations on the island in the middle of New Haven’s Broadway. Christmas... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 12 2015 02:23pm

  • Yale remembers

    American flags cover the Cross Campus lawn today as the university commemorates Veterans Day. Some 400 people gathered in Woolsey Hall for a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 11 2015 02:31pm

  • A passage to Branford

    The Branford College courtyard, seen from the Memorial Gate. Legend has it that if a student passes through the gate before commencement, s/he... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 10 2015 09:06am

  • A thousand strong on Cross Campus

    This afternoon, more than a thousand students and other members of the Yale community joined a “March of Resilience,” organized by... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 9 2015 03:29pm

  • Bike weather

    Bicycles and a flaming red maple on Rose Walk. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 6 2015 08:54am

  • A fabulous phone booth

    The roof terrace of Paul Rudolph Hall—you may remember it as the A&A Building—is a great place to enjoy a view of the campus, the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 5 2015 09:09am

  • Skull, bones and leaves

    We’re just going to keep giving you fall foliage pictures as long as the leaves stick around—two particularly nice specimens can be... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 4 2015 08:39am

  • No regrets

    Nathan Hale’s view of the Old Campus yesterday morning. Peak foliage and high temperatures in the 60s—hard to complain about that. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 3 2015 08:49am

  • Squash court

    Happy Halloween from the Branford College courtyard! A new treat at Yale this Halloween: the Yale Symphony Orchestra’s celebrated Halloween... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 30 2015 10:23am

  • A walk in the woods

    It was a gray day yesterday, brightened by the trees on Rose Walk and High Street. Do you remember when cars could still drive past the front door... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 29 2015 08:37am

  • En garde

    Spotted in the fencing salon on the seventh floor of Payne Whitney Gymnasium: apparently there’s more than one way to keep those reflexes... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 28 2015 08:41am

  • Inside the wall

    The beautiful fall days keep coming. Yesterday we visited Grove Street Cemetery and got this view of Memorial Hall and Sterling Tower. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 27 2015 08:43am

  • The art of autumn

    We’re reporting today from the Art Gallery on High Street as part of our continuous coverage of this breaking story: it’s fall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 26 2015 08:57am

  • Gimme a break

    Undergrads are in the midst of their five-day fall break, so those of us left behind get all this foliage to ourselves. Classes resume Monday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 23 2015 11:54am

  • That’s a wrap

    Premiering on Broadway yesterday (that’s New Haven’s Broadway): Junzi Kitchen, a quick-service restaurant featuring... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 22 2015 09:00am

  • Calder + nature

    Alexander Calder’s sculpture Gallows and Lollipops on Hewitt Quadrangle is temporarily upstaged by the fall foliage. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 21 2015 08:43am

  • Room at the top

    High above the Old Campus, on the eighth floor of Bingham Hall, this beautiful room offers great views and sun-drenched study space. It’s the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 20 2015 08:55am

  • Overlook

    Saturday was a perfect day to trek to the top of East Rock and look over the campus, the city, the Sound, and even Long Island. Did you ever make... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 19 2015 08:37am

  • Ghost mansion

    At the head of Hillhouse Avenue was once a mansion called Sachem’s Wood, not far from where Kline Biology Tower stands now. (See second... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 16 2015 11:19am