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  • Throwback Thursday: up on the roof

    Our January/February 2018 issue includes a photo essay on Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Coincidentally, so did our January 1968 issue exactly 50 years... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 18 2018 10:28am

  • Île de France

    The island in the middle of Broadway just got a lot more delicious with the opening today of a stand selling crêpes made to order.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2018 02:11pm

  • Let the shopping begin

    The spring semester begins today, and classrooms like this one in Linsly-Chittenden Hall are finally abuzz again. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 16 2018 10:03am

  • Foggy Friday

    On a misty day like today, not all the impressionist views at the Art Gallery are on the walls: you can also find some out the windows. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2018 10:55am

  • Waiting

    Undergraduate residences officially opened for the spring term yesterday, but students must not be in a hurry to get back: the Old Campus is still... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2018 10:20am

  • Public art

    This photo arrived anonymously in our office this week, with no explanation except “November 18, 2017, 10:30 AM” written on the back.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 10 2018 11:27am

  • Check-out time

    Chapel Street’s Hotel Duncan closed in December for renovations; it will emerge in 2019 as a boutique hotel under a new name and ownership.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 9 2018 03:29pm

  • Cold comfort

    We’re headed for a balmy high of 31 F in New Haven today. Alumni, what can you tell first-years about how to survive winter at Yale? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2018 10:18am

  • Carm Cozza, 1930–2018

    Carmen Louis Cozza, who was Yale’s head football coach from 1965 to 1996, died yesterday at age 87. One of his former players, Rich Diana... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 5 2018 09:58am

  • Hazy shade of winter

    The campus is mostly shut down this morning in the midst of a windy winter storm. Yale told all employees—except those performing... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2018 10:17am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Covered

    An up side to the sub-freezing temperatures: the thin blanket of snow on the Noguchi sculptures in the Beinecke Library's sunken courtyard has... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 3 2018 09:17am

  • Frozen

    The earth is white with snow on the Old Campus this morning. And it is freaking cold. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 2 2018 10:16am

  • Happy holidays

    Final exams ended yesterday afternoon, and most of Yale is now on winter break. That includes us—we’ll see you in the new year! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2017 08:36am

  • The Giamatti era begins

    Forty years ago today, Yale announced that A. Bartlett Giamatti ’60, ’64PhD, would be the university’s 19th president. He took... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2017 09:02am

  • Frozen squid

    It’s not every day that you see a giant squid in a snowstorm, but that’s just the Peabody Museum’s way of celebrating the season. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 19 2017 11:11am

  • Be prepared

    It’s finals week—time to find a carrel and get to studying. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 18 2017 09:24am

  • Tree of knowledge

    It’s become an annual tradition at the Medical Historical Library: a Christmas tree made of books. The National Union Catalog, a bibliographic... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 15 2017 08:48am

  • Fresh powder

    We got a dusting of snow this morning, just enough to make the Law School courtyard a little more picturesque. Read on
    Mark Branch ’86 | December 14 2017 10:53am

  • Courtside

    Sneak preview: our next issue will include a wonderful photo essay on Payne Whitney Gymnasium with pictures by Bob Handelman. In the meantime, does... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 13 2017 11:10am