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August 2018

  • Heat wave

    As a member of the Class of 1913 once wrote, “It’s too darn hot.” Classes started yesterday in the midst of a heat wave. Some... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 30 2018 10:37am

  • (Pre)historic occasion

    Why is this torosaurus smiling? Maybe he heard about the $160 million donation that will allow the Peabody Museum to renovate and expand its... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 29 2018 10:20am

  • Root and branch

    Running a secret society isn’t all glamour and intrigue. Sometimes, in the midst of your global conspiracy for world control, you have to... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 28 2018 08:17am

  • On leave

    What’s missing from this picture? To prepare for construction of the Schwarzman Center, the cenotaph at the center of Yale’s World War I... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 27 2018 10:45am

  • Hero’s welcome

    When Dink Stover, the protagonist of the 1911 novel Stover at Yale, arrived on campus for his freshman year, he passed through Phelps Gate... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 24 2018 10:02am

  • Legal entry

    Who says law school isn’t fun? YLS broke out the party decorations for registration of first-year law students yesterday. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 23 2018 08:40am

  • Another year begins

    Today is move-in day for returning Yale College students; first-years arrive on Friday. Alums, any advice for students to make this a good year? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 22 2018 10:00am

  • Crisis on the Green

    There has been a highly visible police presence on the New Haven Green since last Wednesday, when dozens of people were made ill by synthetic... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 21 2018 08:17am

  • Gotta go around

    When students return this week, they’ll find themselves deprived of one of Yale’s grandest shortcuts. The path through Memorial Hall is... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 20 2018 08:27am

  • Tennis, anyone?

    The Connecticut Open women’s tennis tournament kicks off this weekend, and the organizers decided this year to bring the draw ceremony to the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 17 2018 01:52pm

  • Climb every mountain

    What you’re seeing here is excavation work on Science Hill related to the construction of Yale’s new science building. The rumor that... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 16 2018 09:02am

  • Heading for the hills

    Another academic year must be just around the corner. We found Kat Berman ’20, Anthony Ratinov ’20, and Vivek Suri ’20 (left to... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 15 2018 08:26am

  • Change of scenery

    Last week we showed you Alexander Calder’s sculpture Gallows and Lollipops being disassembled on Beinecke Plaza. Now the mobile has been... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 14 2018 08:10am

  • Pennies from heaven

    Undeterred by a little rain, a new class of MBA students at the School of Management gathered in the courtyard of Evans Hall this morning for the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 13 2018 10:07am

  • Cooling off

    Sterling Memorial Library is always a popular stop on summer campus tours, especially now that it is air-conditioned. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 10 2018 08:32am

  • Hot sound

    With temperatures pushing 90 yesterday, these guys picked a tough way to earn some cash on Chapel Street. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 9 2018 08:15am

  • High church

    Whenever we see that the door to Dwight Chapel is open, we always make a point to duck inside for a moment, trying to imagine how this space looked... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 8 2018 10:34am

  • Yard work

    When students return to Branford College at the end of the month, they’ll find a brand new lawn in the main courtyard. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 7 2018 10:21am

  • On the move

    Art handlers were on Beinecke Plaza this morning disassembling Alexander Calder’s sculpture Gallows and Lollipops. Amy Doyel of the Yale... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 6 2018 10:42am