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  • November’s chill

    Fall color comes late to the oaks on the Old Campus, but it’s worth the wait. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 13 2019 12:52pm

  • Autumn shower

    It’s a rainy morning. And it's going to be a cold night—with near record lows forecast for this evening. Time to break out the big coats. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 12 2019 09:36am

  • Iron man

    On Veterans Day, we remember the tens of thousands of Yale students, faculty, staff, and alumni who served the United States in time of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 11 2019 08:04am

  • Court is in session

    A place on campus we enjoy in any season: the Librarian’s Court at Sterling Memorial Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 8 2019 08:32am

  • Big reveal

    Yale’s oldest building, Connecticut Hall, has emerged after months behind scaffolding for a window and masonry restoration project. If it... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 7 2019 08:35am

  • Another alum in the mayor’s office

    New Haven will have a new mayor in January. Former alder Justin Elicker ’10MEM, ’10MBA (shown here at his victory party at a Jocelyn... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 6 2019 07:28am

  • Break room

    Last Tuesday was the grand opening of the new Yale Science Building, which took the place of Gibbs Laboratories on Science Hill. The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 5 2019 08:29am

  • Beating a path

    Ever since the new residential colleges opened, foot traffic on Prospect Street alongside Grove Street Cemetery has increased dramatically. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 4 2019 08:49am

  • Slices are . . . gone

    Patrons of Wall Street Pizza arrived Monday morning to find the campus hangout closed—permanently. The New Haven Register reports that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 1 2019 08:31am

  • All Hallows’ Eve

    Happy Halloween from Saybrook College! (Okay, we confess that we took this earlier in the week when it wasn’t pouring rain.) Alums... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 31 2019 08:14am

  • Painting by numbers

    We spotted Natalie Karas, a conservator with the firm Materials Conservation, working on Maya Lin’s sculpture The Women’s Table on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 30 2019 07:54am

  • Celebrity sighting

    Handsome Dan is in the building! Well, he was yesterday. Dan’s human companion Kevin Discepolo ’09 (left) brought him to our neighbors... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 29 2019 08:11am

  • Cutups

    Every year before Halloween, each residential college gets a supply of pumpkins for carving. Students in Pauli Murray College went to work on theirs... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 28 2019 08:07am

  • They grow on trees?

    Looks like it’s time for the annual pumpkin harvest at Lanman-Wright Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 25 2019 08:45am

  • Color us impressed

    It’s peak foliage season at Hillhouse Avenue and the Farmington Canal Greenway. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 24 2019 10:16am

  • The science of sustenance

    Now open in the new science building: a café called Steep, serving breakfast, pastries, coffee, tea, and cold-pressed juices to the denizens... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 23 2019 09:46am

  • Wilderness, limited

    Sometimes photography is all in the framing. This wildflower-covered knoll might well be out on a moor somewhere, but it is in fact a thin strip... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 22 2019 08:14am

  • Mystery Monday: room with a view

    This might be one of the toughest Mystery Mondays we’ve done. Can you tell us where this photo was taken? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 21 2019 08:25am

  • Break with tradition

    It was quiet at midday on Rose Walk yesterday, as Yale College is in recess for fall break until Monday. Pre-2013 alums, please express your... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 18 2019 07:52am