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  • Catching rays on Science Hill

    We liked the way Kline Biology Tower was catching the evening light the other day. Students who avoid Science Hill don’t know what they’re... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 24 2014 12:15pm

  • Throwback Thursday: special delivery

    Ten years ago, in our September/October 2004 issue, we profiled School of Nursing professor and midwifery pioneer Helen Varney Burst ’63MSN, which... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 23 2014 10:38am

  • Back soon

    Remember the long slog from the beginning of the term to Thanksgiving break? Three quarters of today’s Yale College students don’t. In... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 22 2014 08:25am

  • Disappearing railroad blues

    Four years ago, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced they'd be getting rid of the old Solari schedule board at Union... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 21 2014 09:12am

  • Mystery Monday: perfectly clear

    This curvaceous glass lobby will be familiar to some current campus denizens, but it might be harder for those who haven’t been to campus in the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 19 2014 08:26am

  • Climb and change

    Fall is creeping in at Sterling Memorial Library. It’s sunny and beautiful on campus today. ___________________________________________ The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 17 2014 10:27am

  • Throwback Thursday: bad dog

    Handsome Dan VII posed with the first Dan for our October 1949 cover. We described him as “a frisky, seven months old, solid white, blue-blooded... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 16 2014 11:20am

  • Fêting the founders

    Yesterday was Yale’s first-ever Founders Day celebration, honoring the 313th anniversary of the college’s charter in October 1701. There... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 15 2014 10:10am

  • Simply red

    It’s not peak foliage time in New Haven just yet, but the show has definitely begun in Berkeley College.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 14 2014 10:09am

  • Mystery Monday: the Ys have it

    It’s not exactly Collegiate Gothic, but this campus building by a well-known architect does suggest the medieval in the structural expression of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 13 2014 11:06am

  • Going to the chapel

    All the attention that the restored nave of Sterling Memorial Library is getting reminded us of another campus space with an ecclesiastical bent. A... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 10 2014 08:40am

  • Throwback Thursday: in my room

    Our February 1958 issue featured a photo essay on student rooms, and the cover image was a strangely awkward one. A note on the cover inside the issue... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 9 2014 11:48am

  • Flying colors

    On Cross Campus, a show of support for Ukraine hangs from a Calhoun College window. ___________________________________________ The Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 8 2014 02:20pm

  • Props from the Bag Monster

    It's not like you want a medal every time you pick up an item at the store and say “no thanks” to a plastic bag. But it might be nice... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 7 2014 09:36am

  • See Yale—from under an umbrella

    It’s a beautiful sunny fall day today, but tour groups on Saturday had to put up with some rain as they heard the legend of President... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 6 2014 09:52am

  • The art of sound

    Music from Indonesia rang out in the lobby of the Yale University Art Gallery yesterday evening. The Yale Central Javanese Gamelan Ensemble played in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 3 2014 08:55am

  • Throwback Thursday: where’s the tailgate?

    Our December 1969 cover featured an unidentified Old Blue outside the Bowl after The Game. Though you wouldn't know it from his sober countenance, the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 2 2014 11:02am

  • Gallows, lollipops, and leaves

    The trees in Hewitt Quadrangle (aka Beinecke Plaza) are competing with Alexander Calder’s Gallows and Lollipops for our attention this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 1 2014 09:12am

  • Larger than life

    This banner appeared mysteriously on the tower of the Yale Repertory Theatre yesterday. Parodying a series of “New Haven Notable” banners in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 30 2014 11:22am