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  • True colors

    Center for British Art architect Louis Kahn once said of the building, "On a gray day it will look like a moth, on a sunny day like a butterfly."... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 11 2019 01:25pm

  • Detour

    With Hewitt Quadrangle dug up for Schwarzman Center construction and Wall Street in the process of being turned into a pedestrian lane, it takes... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 10 2019 01:36pm

  • New addition

    The steel is in place for the addition to Commons on its Grove Street façade—part of renovations to create the Schwarzman Center. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 7 2019 10:05am

  • D-Day remembered

    The American flag flies over Cross Campus today on the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 6 2019 01:28pm

  • Staff meeting

    That giant tent on the Old Campus that welcomed the Class of 2009 last weekend had one more job before it’s taken down: host today's Staff... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 5 2019 01:09pm

  • Say cheese

    What’s causing the sidewalk traffic jam on Grove Street? Lunch hour, a beautiful day, and a grilled-cheese truck. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 4 2019 12:46pm

  • Party with the dinosaurs

    The Peabody Museum welcomed all—including a good number of Yale reuniongoers—with free admission at its Community Day on Saturday.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 3 2019 08:34am

  • Fifty is nifty

    The Class of 1969 is arriving in Davenport College for its 50-year reunion. Also gathering this week: Classes of ’64, ’74, ’79... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 31 2019 01:09pm

  • Through Whitman’s eyes

    Tomorrow is the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth. The Beinecke Library is marking the occasion with a pop-up exhibit of letters... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 30 2019 08:01am

  • Take the long way

    The Divinity School has installed a stone labyrinth—an ancient maze used for meditative walks—in one of its rear courtyards. The school... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 29 2019 09:52am

  • Forty sweet years

    Ashley’s Ice Cream turns 40 years old this month. We’re not sure how to do the math on how many pounds they’ve added to the Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 28 2019 02:08pm

  • A memorial

    On this Memorial Day, we remember Theodore Winthrop, Class of 1848, the first Union officer killed in the Civil War. A New Haven native who is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 27 2019 07:20am

  • Forecast

    Reunion planners can rest easy on at least one count: it doesn’t look like there will be any rain for this reunion weekend. It’s not too... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 24 2019 10:02am

  • The big top

    Yale is ready to welcome its first wave of 2019 reuniongoers this weekend! Besides the Class of 1994, which will fill this tent on the Old Campus... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2019 01:44pm

  • Off of the street

    There’s a new restaurant in the Morse-Stiles walkway. Sherkaan specializes in “Indian street food”—ironically, since the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2019 08:09am

  • Left behind

    Just inside one of the gates of Branford College, the unwanted possessions of graduating seniors await reclamation by Yale’s spring salvage... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 21 2019 02:25pm

  • Year of the woman

    When Yale awarded Gloria Steinem—“feminist and firebrand, icon and iconoclast,” above—an honorary degree today, she was one... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 20 2019 02:56pm

  • Rock star

    Pioneering Yale scientist Benjamin Silliman may now be best known on campus as the inspiration for the name of Silliman College. But to find his... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 17 2019 08:48am

  • Calm before the storm

    On Monday, thousands of graduates will line up on Cross Campus for the commencement procession. But for now, things are a little more relaxed. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 16 2019 09:57am