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  • Built-in history

    As the new residential colleges move closer to completion, more details are visible to sidewalk superintendents. The view here is a façade of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 19 2017 01:44pm

  • Fueling station

    If your Yale years were in the 1971–2007 vicinity, you probably remember Machine City, the monochromatic subterranean canteen adjacent to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 18 2017 08:51am

  • Let’s go shopping!

    Spring term classes begin today in most of Yale’s 14 schools. Soon, classrooms like this one in William L. Harkness Hall will be full of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2017 09:10am

  • Sunset skyline

    High Street at the end of a January day. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 13 2017 08:46am

  • Watercolor

    Above the entrance to the Kiphuth Trophy Room in Payne Whitney Gymnasium is a portrait of the room’s namesake—legendary swimming coach... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2017 08:49am

  • A winter’s term

    Residence halls open today for the spring semester, which starts Monday. Soon the Old Campus will be buzzing again. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2017 10:18am

  • Into Africa

    African art is now front and center at the Yale University Art Gallery. The museum recently reinstalled its growing African collection on the first... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 10 2017 11:41am

  • J is for January

    We’ve got five inches of snow on the ground and single-digit temperatures this morning. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 9 2017 08:36am

  • White Epiphany

    There aren’t many people around to witness the first snow of 2017. It was a light one, anyway. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 6 2017 10:41am

  • Twilight’s last gleaming

    Hewitt Quadrangle at 5 o’clock yesterday, just after sunset. The days are, slowly but surely, getting longer. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 5 2017 08:47am

  • Reflecting

    It’s been nice weather for ducks for the last couple of days. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2017 08:39am

  • Resolution

    Goal for 2017: exercise with this kind of commitment. (Spotted above the entrance to Ray Tompkins House.) Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 3 2017 08:39am

  • Happy holidays!

    Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from the New Haven Green! Our best wishes to all our readers for a happy new year! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 24 2016 12:18pm

  • Till next year

    Finals ended yesterday afternoon, and most students are on their way to someplace else for winter break. Do you remember waiting for your ride at... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 22 2016 08:41am

  • How swiftly are ye gliding by

    Happy winter solstice! The setting sun touched Wrexham Tower yesterday afternoon on the second-shortest day of the year. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2016 08:45am

  • A disturbance in the Force

    Just because you’ve got finals doesn’t mean you can’t take a short break for a light-saber duel on Cross Campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2016 10:13am

  • Midnight oil

    It must be time for finals: the Davenport dining hall was filled with the studious just before midnight Thursday night. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 19 2016 08:10am

  • What to wear this season

    Fashion update: people are wearing a lot more clothes today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 16 2016 12:44pm

  • Looking up

    Sometimes when we’re leaving the library, we’re so focused on getting through the security desk that we forget to look up at this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 15 2016 08:21am