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  • It begins

    Parts of Hewitt Quadrangle—aka Beinecke Plaza—are being cordoned off for construction of the Schwarzman Center, the transformation of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2018 08:59am

  • New view

    One can get a new perspective on New Haven’s Broadway from the second floor of the new L. L. Bean store on Elm Street. The store, which... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 1 2018 10:28am

  • In the round

    As long as people still sit in circles on grassy quadrangles, admissions viewbooks (and alumni magazine photo blogs) will never want for material. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 31 2018 01:57pm

  • Making noise in the library

    Students and instructors from the Morse Summer Music Academy performed pop-up concerts at four locations around the city today, including this one... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 20 2018 03:17pm

  • Five places in New Haven: Wooster Square

    Five places in New Haven, day five: Wooster Square, just east of downtown, is famous locally for its cherry blossoms in the spring, but Yalies and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 27 2018 01:43pm

  • Five places in New Haven: Lighthouse Point

    Five places in New Haven, day four: it’s surprisingly easy to go to Yale and forget how close we are to the water, but somewhat intrepid... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 26 2018 10:32am

  • Five places in New Haven: Hillhouse Avenue

    Five places in New Haven, day three: Hillhouse Avenue was once New Haven’s most fashionable residential street, a pioneering example of the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 25 2018 10:05am

  • Five places in New Haven: East Rock

    Five places in New Haven, day two: towering over the Mill River, the traprock cliffs of East Rock afford a remarkable view of New Haven, the harbor... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 24 2018 11:16am

  • Five places in New Haven: the Green

    Three hundred years ago this September, Yale held its first commencement in New Haven, as its new home at College and Chapel Streets was dedicated.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 23 2018 09:46pm

  • Throwback Thursday: uniforms

    Seventy-five years ago, the campus and our pages were filled with men in uniform. On our August 1943 cover, a civilian freshman offers a light to an... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 19 2018 09:03am

  • Before the big dig

    The humidity has broken, and it’s a nice morning to sit in the Hall of Graduate Studies courtyard while there’s still time: HGS will... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 18 2018 09:13am

  • It’s only natural

    Now in bloom outside the Peabody Museum: purple coneflowers—or echinacea purpurea, as they might call them at the Peabody. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 17 2018 10:11am

  • Stage door

    Since 1966, Yale Repertory Theatre has introduced hundreds of important plays, many of which have gone on to Broadway. What Yale Rep productions... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 16 2018 09:01am

  • Making progress

    Here’s a progress shot of Yale’s new science building, slated for completion in the fall of 2019. In the foreground, the Science Hill... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 13 2018 10:30am

  • Occupy Chapel Street

    A group called GoNewHavenGo took over two parking spaces on Chapel Street yesterday to promote car-free living in New Haven. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 12 2018 09:37am

  • Between the lions

    High school students gather in the courtyard of Lanman-Wright Hall for another day of Explo at Yale, an independent academic program that takes over... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 11 2018 08:57am

  • In the shadows

    With temperatures headed for the 90s today, people are finding shade wherever they can. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 10 2018 11:15am

  • Where the boys were

    One of Yale’s most peaceful paths has a raucous past: the brick buildings of Fraternity Row were built in the 1920s and ’30s for seven... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 9 2018 02:36pm

  • We do declare

    On display through next Wednesday at the Beinecke Library: one of 26 known copies of the Dunlap Broadside, the first printing of the Declaration of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 6 2018 10:16am