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February 2015

  • A room of one’s own

    When Cross Campus Library was transmogrified into Bass Library a few years ago, one feature of the old subterranean space was reimagined: the individual... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 27 2015 08:53am

  • Throwback Thursday: very old Heidelberg

    Twenty-five years ago, in our February 1990 issue, Randall Beach wrote about the Old Heidelberg, the “poor man’s Mory’s” that... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 26 2015 10:00am

  • Cold day, hot lunch

    Even when it’s only 12 degrees outside, you can find food al fresco on Cedar Street. Roger and Marisa Chang have been serving “Chinese... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 25 2015 08:33am

  • From the top

    The view from the penthouse lounge of The Study (the Chapel Street hotel some will remember as the Colony Inn) recently inspired students in... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 24 2015 08:36am

  • Winter wonderland, part five

    Yes, we got another snowstorm on Saturday and Sunday. But this time it came without the blizzard winds, so we could enjoy that frosted-tree look that... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 23 2015 08:25am

  • Magic box

    A shipping container painted gold appeared on the sidewalk outside the Art Gallery this morning. There’s an identical one in Tehran, and through... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 20 2015 10:50am

  • Throwback Thursday: a pioneer

    Our May 1969 issue featured an article about how “Black studies,” as it was then called, came to Yale, including portraits of African... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 19 2015 10:36am

  • Hurry, hurry!

    Step right up! The School of Art exhibit “Side Show” is on display through March 20 at the 32 Edgewood Gallery. Curated by Lisa Kereszi... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 18 2015 11:21am

  • Tower of Payne

    We're still not used to seeing Payne Whitney Gymnasium without scaffolding. But it sure looks a lot cleaner than in the old days.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 17 2015 08:38am

  • Mystery Monday: Yale pride

    What campus building is guarded by this fierce terra cotta lion and several of his friends? We’ll update this post with the answer tomorrow.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 16 2015 12:08pm

  • Happy landing

    Whatever else you might think about Paul Rudolph Hall (aka the Art & Architecture Building), you have to admit it has one of the campus’s most... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 13 2015 09:52am

  • Canals to rails to trails

    Most alumni will remember this as a disused railroad line—and before that it was a nineteenth-century canal—but the Farmington Canal... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 12 2015 09:02am

  • Green monster

    A snow sculpture on the upper New Haven Green—perhaps the creators were working through their feelings about the season’s fourth major... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 11 2015 09:17am

  • Enlightenment

    Just because it’s law school doesn’t mean it can’t be festive. Someone who studies at the Lillian Goldman Law Library decided to add a... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 10 2015 08:51am

  • The longest month

    Oh look! It's more snow! Now we remember why they invented Feb Club. ___________________________________________ The Yale Alumni Magazine is... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 9 2015 09:56am

  • To your health

    Congratulations to the Yale School of Public Health, which celebrates its centennial this year! Click here to read more about the commemoration and... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 6 2015 10:20am

  • Throwback Thursday: battle on ice

    Hockey in the days when helmets were optional: that’s Yale and Army on our March 1947 cover. The Bulldogs won that one 9–1.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 5 2015 10:51am

  • Noguchi + nature

    The Isamu Noguchi sculptures in the Beinecke Library’s sunken courtyard have acquired some winter embellishment. The Beinecke is currently packing... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 4 2015 10:32am

  • The snowman cometh

    We got another foot of snow yesterday, some of which went into building this Old Campus sentinel. ___________________________________________ The... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 3 2015 12:21pm