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  • Throwback Thursday: Brewster's birthday

    Kingman Brewster Jr. ’41, who was president of Yale from 1963 to 1977, was born on this date in 1919. Alums, do you have any memories of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 17 2021 07:50am

  • Two-wheeling

    Bicycling has gotten easier in New Haven in recent years with the addition of bike sharing services, dedicated bike lanes, and bike repair stations... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 15 2021 08:09am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Mystery Monday: share this post

    Where on campus can you find this fancy porch pillar? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 14 2021 08:24am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Museum time

    Did we mention that the art museums are now open to visitors on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday? Well, we’re mentioning it again. Go check out... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 11 2021 08:08am

  • Throwback Thursday: Woolsey in bronze

    One hundred twenty-five years ago today, in our June 10, 1896, issue, we celebrated the upcoming dedication of the Theodore Dwight Woolsey statue... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 10 2021 07:39am

  • Open-door policy?

    Skull and Bones doesn’t send out a lot of press releases, so we had to learn from this sign that they are improving accessibility. Within... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 9 2021 07:51am

  • Art, in person

    What a pleasure to wander the galleries of the Center for British Art again! The museum is now open to visitors on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 8 2021 08:07am

  • Mystery Monday: big date

    Do you ever wish Yale’s founders had gotten their act together just two years sooner? 1699 sounds so much older than 1701. Anyway, can you... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 7 2021 07:51am | Ico comments 4 comments

  • You're gonna need a bigger boat

    If your weekend plans include fishing, here’s some inspiration: this xiphactinus skeleton from the Peabody Museum hangs outside the O. C.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 4 2021 08:09am

  • End of a dry spell

    Another scene from a campus comeback: Mars Pond, the gray water–recycling pool at the environment school’s Kroon Hall, is operating... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 3 2021 08:48am

  • Pathbreakers

    Planners call them desire paths: those improvised trails through grass or landscaping that reveal where pedestrians really want to go. This one... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 2 2021 08:50am

  • Spring water

    Cross Campus always feels a little more alive when the Women’s Table fountain is up and running. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 1 2021 08:10am

  • Green living

    Commencement has come and gone, but Cross Campus was still populated with a few people enjoying the sun yesterday afternoon. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 28 2021 08:28am

  • Throwback Thursday: Spirit of '71

    One of the things we’ll miss about in-person reunions this year is the mingling of alumni across the generations. New Yorker cartoonist... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 27 2021 08:03am

  • Something in the air

    Only a ten-minute drive from Phelps Gate, Tweed–New Haven Airport could be a great way to get to and from Yale—if only there were more... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 26 2021 08:13am

  • Lazy, hazy, crazy

    Another commencement is in the books. With reunions happening online this year, the campus is already settling in to the relative quiet of summer in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 25 2021 09:30am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Mystery Monday: historical marker

    Today’s question: where on campus can you find this marker honoring Josiah Willard Gibbs, the pioneer of thermodynamics that Einstein called... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 24 2021 07:39am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Four days in May

    Four straight days of commencement ceremonies begin today as the architecture and nursing schools celebrate their graduates. Find out more about the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 21 2021 08:42am

  • Throwback Thursday: postwar procession

    Who remembers Hewitt Quadrangle before the Beinecke Library was built? This image from our July 1946 cover shows the first peacetime commencement... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 20 2021 08:09am