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  • Festivals of lights

    It’s December, and the customary giant Christmas tree on New Haven’s green—standing not far from the customary giant... Read on
    | December 3 2018 10:15am

  • Sidebars

    A stroll down the beautiful main hallway of the Yale Law School got us thinking about the many intense intellectual discussions that must have been... Read on
    | November 30 2018 03:40pm

  • Give our regards to Broadway

    New Haven’s main shopping area has been sprucing up, slowly but surely, over the years. At the black kiosk at center left, you can even order... Read on
    | November 29 2018 02:30pm

  • Solitude

    The statue of Yale president Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-89), on the Old Campus, was unusually lonely yesterday in the late afternoon. Read on
    | November 28 2018 12:00pm

  • No need for streetlights

    Evans Hall, home of the School of Management, lights up at night like a very large, imposing lantern. Its 2014 inauguration moved SOM out of the... Read on
    | November 27 2018 01:30pm

  • Not the House of Usher

    On overcast late-November days, certain Yale buildings start to look like great sets for gothic horror movies. Here, the Peabody Museum—a warm... Read on
    | November 26 2018 04:45pm

  • Nostalgic already

    Here's another view of this year's gorgeous golden fall in New Haven . . . before we move on to a much colder Thanksgiving Day. Enjoy your... Read on
    | November 21 2018 03:30pm

  • Does this make you nostalgic?

    It’s getting chillier now in New Haven, but just a few days ago, we spotted frisbee on Cross Campus. Alumni, care to send us your favorite... Read on
    | November 20 2018 01:30pm

  • Kroon Hall Pond

    It’s not just a pond, and that's not just ornamental foliage. The aquatic plants in Mars Pond at Kroon Hall—home of the School of... Read on
    | November 13 2018 11:30am

  • Lunch à la cart(e)

    New Haven rightly celebrates its food trucks for their mouthwatering international take-out. The trucks can be found motoring all over the city at... Read on
    | November 12 2018 10:20am

  • Gothic comfort

    Not that long ago, much of the main hall of Sterling Library was filled with card catalogs. Now most of those are gone, and people can study in the... Read on
    | November 9 2018 12:30pm

  • Fall, and the livin’ is easy

    We know “rain” and “New Haven” are inextricably linked in the minds of some … well, many … well, maybe most... Read on
    | November 7 2018 11:00am

  • The light fantastic

    At Ground Café, in Becton Hall on Prospect Street, it’s not just the coffee. It’s the light show. Students can project their... Read on
    | November 6 2018 10:00am

  • Meanwhile, at Sage Hall ...

    One last hurrah for Halloween, one more indignity for Sage Boy. Kudos to the anonymous forestry school elves who managed to get that pumpkin onto... Read on
    | November 5 2018 12:30pm

  • It's still Halloween season

    Some heads of residential colleges are jauntier than others. Today’s suspect: Tom Near of Saybrook, whose front door is adorned with a very... Read on
    Kathrin Day Lassila ’81 | November 2 2018 01:03pm

  • Spooky symphony

    Costumed Yale Symphony Orchestra cellists get ready for one of Yale’s unique and popular Halloween traditions: the midnight symphony concert.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 1 2018 08:12am

  • Wigging out

    Happy Halloween! Over at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Sage Boy is looking a fright. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 31 2018 10:15am

  • Take a peek

    Yankee Magazine’s fall foliage map says we’re at peak color in New Haven right now, which jibes with our on-the-ground observations.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 30 2018 08:41am

  • Whose woods these are

    Sachem’s Wood on Science Hill is just about back to normal now after being dug up for utility work connected to the new science building. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 29 2018 10:49am