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  • Making an entrance

    Autumn has decorated the High Street entrance to Linsly-Chittenden Hall, home of the English department and many classrooms large and small. Alums... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 8 2017 10:26am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Nightfall

    Night comes a little earlier to the Old Campus now that we’ve set our clocks back. Some in New England have proposed a move to Atlantic... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 7 2017 08:52am

  • Some drizzle must fall

    On the Old Campus this morning, some fall color—and some of that New Haven drizzle you all remember so well. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 6 2017 10:30am

  • Family time

    It is gorgeous and unseasonably warm today as Yale welcomes students’ kin for Family Weekend. Alums, how did it go when your family visited... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 3 2017 01:10pm

  • Throwback Thursday: uniforms

    Seventy-five years ago this month, Yale had the war on its mind, but not to the complete exclusion of football. (That’s Handsome Dan V, by the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 2 2017 01:46pm

  • We fall for it every time

    We can rarely resist this view of Branford College through the Memorial Gate—certainly not in the fall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 1 2017 02:31pm

  • All Hallows Eve

    Happy Halloween! Jack o' lanterns are on display all over campus, we’ve already seen a few people in costume, and the popular Yale Symphony... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 31 2017 02:31pm

  • Aftermath

    It was a long, noisy night in New Haven last night as the remnants of Tropical Storm Philippe brought high winds and rain. We haven't heard of any... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 30 2017 10:05am

  • Clearing

    The sun is back today! It’ll be a good day to hang out in the courtyard of Pierson College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 27 2017 08:24am

  • Show me the way

    New signs are going up to help visitors find their way around downtown New Haven. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 26 2017 09:00am

  • Bus stop

    Passengers waited for the Yale Shuttle outside Stoeckel Hall yesterday afternoon in the midst of some much-needed rain. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 25 2017 09:09am

  • Bright spot

    It’s gray and blustery this morning, with scattered brilliance. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 24 2017 10:04am

  • Harvest time

    The Branford head of college house offers an autumnal welcome. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 23 2017 10:23am

  • Prospect

    Today is a good day to enjoy the view of campus from the top of Paul Rudolph Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 20 2017 11:29am

  • R and R

    Yale College students have the rest of the week off for fall break: time to relax, catch up on work—or leave town. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 18 2017 11:35am

  • A change is coming

    It’s beginning to look like fall, and with temperatures finally down to the 50s, it’s beginning to feel like it, too. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 17 2017 12:11pm

  • A way with words

    Happy 259th birthday to Yale’s own Noah Webster, lexicographer, founder of New York’s first daily newspaper, and champion of an American... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 16 2017 10:11am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Coming up

    Now rising: the steel frame of the new building on Science Hill. Known for now simply as the Yale Science Building, the 280,000-square-foot... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 13 2017 10:08am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Sit-down dining

    When the new residential colleges were planned, the corner of Prospect and Sachem was left vacant, with the thought that a new undergraduate theater... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 12 2017 08:27am