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July 2015

  • Do not enter?

    Late afternoon light warms the interior of the Memorial Gateway that leads into Branford College. Legend has it that a student who walks through the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 29 2015 07:48am

  • Backyard barbecue

    The School of Management  set a table in the terraced garden of Evans Hall on Friday evening to welcome the new class in its executive MBA... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 28 2015 09:26am

  • Rainy days and Mondays

    “Same veritas, more lux” is the Yale Summer Session motto. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a little... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 27 2015 09:27am

  • Throwback Thursday: a special night at the Bowl

    As the Special Olympics World Games wind up in Los Angeles this weekend, we recall the 1995 games in New Haven, when Yale welcomed more than 3,000... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 30 2015 08:46am

  • The writing on the wall

    While the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library undergoes renovation, the construction fence outside reveals what normally dwells within.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 24 2015 09:46am

  • Rock star

    Pioneering Yale scientist Benjamin Silliman is fenced in while Sterling Chemistry Laboratory undergoes a $130 million renovation. The project is... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 23 2015 09:06am

  • Open-window policy

    We’re looking at a high temperature of 84 degrees today—pretty warm, but mild enough that medieval-style air conditioning is effective... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 22 2015 09:22am

  • Field work

    On a hot July day at Yale, you might encounter on your lunchtime walk a field full of black-eyed susans, as we did yesterday near Farnam Gardens on... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 21 2015 08:30am

  • A patch of green

    As New Haven works to make its streets more bicycle-friendly, busy Elm Street has sprouted a new bike lane. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 20 2015 09:04am

  • Taking it to the street

    This summer, the Yale University Art Gallery is venturing out to Chapel Street on Thursday afternoons with its Sidewalk Studio, a free art activity... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 17 2015 07:54am

  • Throwback Thursday: summer in the city

    Forty years ago this summer, Yale launched its first summer session as a closely watched experiment. As we reported in our October 1975 issue, 380... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 16 2015 09:29am

  • How to get into the Graduate School

    Iron master Samuel Yellin did beautiful work all over Yale’s campus, but we’ve always been partial to his entrance gates at the Hall of... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 15 2015 09:14am

  • Vive la France!

    Happy Bastille Day! Get your celebratory crêpe outside Sprague Hall this morning, while supplies last. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 14 2015 09:16am

  • After hours

    A pink evening sky sets off the mammoth construction cranes that by day are busy building Yale's new residential colleges. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 13 2015 10:20am

  • Play time

    This month, New Haven public school students are bringing their music to venues like the Yale University Art Gallery (shown here), the Peabody... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 10 2015 08:49am

  • Hogwarts: the summer session

    Merlin’s beard! Is it quidditch season again already? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 9 2015 09:11am

  • Kahn-servation

    The Yale Center for British Art is in the middle of a year-long project to conserve and renovate its Louis Kahn–designed building. But for a... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 8 2015 09:17am

  • Sterling morning

    Good morning from Rose Walk, Sterling Memorial Library, and Maya Lin’s Women’s Table. And keep both hands on the handlebars, cell... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 7 2015 09:31am

  • Going up

    On York Street today, you can get a rare ground-level glimpse of stone ornament destined for the top of Saybrook College’s Wrexham Tower. The... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | July 6 2015 10:44am