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  • Café underground

    Previous generations had Machine City, the subterranean oasis of vending machines between Sterling and Cross Campus Libraries. The modern equivalent... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 23 2019 08:24am

  • An ice day

    The temperature only made it to 10F yesterday, so the ice from Sunday’s storm is still holding fast to the trees on Old Campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 22 2019 08:20am

  • Bright side

    We’ve still got a lot of winter to endure, but the good news is that the days are getting longer—it's not completely dark at 5 pm... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 18 2019 08:48am

  • Here comes the sun

    You have to get up pretty early to see it, but the rising sun is precisely aligned with Chapel Street this time of year. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2019 08:33am

  • Strumming on the old banjo

    Is that a banjo on the Cross Campus façade of Berkeley College? Indeed it is. Berkeley’s ornament features many totems of student life... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 16 2019 10:20am

  • Salvaged

    Just inside the glass façade of New Haven’s new Canal Dock Boathouse is a piece of Yale history: the entrance to the Adee Memorial... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 15 2019 12:14pm

  • Let’s go shopping

    A new semester begins today, which for Yale College students means it’s shopping period. Students typically choose most of their courses ahead... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2019 09:56am

  • All they survey

    From their quarters on the eighth floor of 2 Whitney Avenue, the people who work in Yale’s Office of Facilities have a sweeping view of the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2019 10:43am

  • Things are looking up

    It’s the season for remarkable skies, like this view we got yesterday on High Street. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 10 2019 08:04am

  • Something in the air

    On Old Campus yesterday afternoon, the atmosphere was as gothic as the architecture. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 9 2019 07:37am

  • Reorganizing

    For decades, Yale's library has been divided between the Library of Congress system and the university’s own method of classification (which the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2019 10:35am

  • Progress on the Hill

    The new Yale Science Building is not scheduled for completion until this fall. But the exterior is beginning to come together. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 7 2019 09:49am

  • Water like a stone

    The fountain on Maya Lin’s Women’s Table is turned off for the winter, but the basin at its center is full of water—and a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2019 10:37am

  • Groundbreaking

    A peek over the construction fence this morning reveals the work being done on Hewitt Quadrangle to create the new Schwarzman Center. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 3 2019 10:22am

  • Baseline

    Good morning and happy new year! This is what 2019 looks like so far. We’ll keep you posted. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 2 2019 09:07am

  • Soggy solstice

    Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain? It's wet and gray in New Haven on the first day of winter, which also happens to be the last day of work... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2018 02:38pm

  • Inside Commons

    Part of the Grove Street façade of Commons has been peeled back to its brick innards in the renovation project to create the Schwarzman... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2018 11:48am

  • Now boarding

    Winter recess begins today, and many Yalies are getting on trains at Union Station. Alums, tell us what you remember about taking the train to or... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 19 2018 07:36am

  • Carrot or stick?

    We’re not sure whether this message from Yale Health is a promise of self-improvement (“better you!”) or a warning (“you... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 18 2018 01:14pm