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  • Sky scraper

    Sculptor Robert Engman ’55MFA, who was teaching at Yale during the construction of the Art & Architecture Building (now Paul Rudolph Hall)... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 20 2019 02:24pm

  • Report from the Hill

    Progress on Science Hill: the new Yale Science Building, going up on the former site of Gibbs Laboratories, is now sporting a rooftop greenhouse... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 19 2019 10:41am

  • Hope springs up

    A little later than usual, these irises on High Street have finally made their appearance. Maybe spring will come after all. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 18 2019 10:10am

  • Building support

    When your home is a campus with hundreds of buildings, the home improvement projects never end. These workers outside Connecticut Hall are measuring... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 15 2019 10:46am

  • Haunted

    It’s quiet in classrooms like LC 102 while Yale is on spring break. We thought we sensed the spirits of students past there this morning... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 14 2019 10:13am

  • Aglow

    We caught Sterling Tower bathed in evening sun yesterday. Alums, what business—or pleasure—took you up into the tower of SSS? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2019 08:44am

  • Not forgotten

    Osborn Hall (1889–1926), a short-lived classroom building at College and Chapel Streets, was never much loved—in part because it... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 12 2019 10:14am

  • Springish

    Spring break is aptly named, so far: as students and faculty take a break from classes, we’re seeing a bit of a thaw. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 11 2019 10:15am

  • Pioneer women

    It’s International Women’s Day! This portrait by Brenda Zlamany of the first women to earn PhDs at Yale—they graduated together in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 8 2019 10:42am

  • Temple of sweat

    For the record, there is no truth to the campus legend about how Payne Whitney Gymnasium was designed to look like a church in order to fool a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 7 2019 11:15am

  • Brain food

    New Haven bibliophiles have a new set of shelves to explore: Grey Matter Books, the second location of a used-book business based in Hadley... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 6 2019 08:49am

  • Pathbreaking

    We’re sharing another picture of yesterday’s snow, because, well, who doesn’t like pictures of snow? But we also wanted to note... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 5 2019 01:40pm

  • All downhill

    New Haven got a good six inches of snow overnight. It’s business as usual at Yale, but local public schools are closed. A few kids got an... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 4 2019 10:24am

  • Exceedingly curious

    It’s time again for you to identify a mystery location on campus. Does it look familiar? There’s extra credit for anyone who knows what... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 1 2019 08:34am

  • Cold feet

    We got a dusting of snow last night, just enough to frost the tops of Nathan Hale’s shoes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 28 2019 09:54am

  • Promising

    We’re always on the lookout for signs of spring, so we were cheered by the sight of witch hazel in bloom on Library Walk this morning. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 25 2019 10:01am

  • Wrapping it up

    As renovations of the Hall of Graduate Studies go into full swing, scaffolding is going up around its tower (known since 2015 as Swensen Tower in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 22 2019 10:10am

  • Early adopters

    On this date in 1878, less than a month after the first telephone exchange was launched in New Haven, the company produced the first phone... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 21 2019 10:58am

  • Pupper scupper

    We’re not saying it’s cold or anything, but they’re warning bulldogs not to drool outdoors. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 20 2019 12:13pm