Daily Snap

Scenes on campus

ARCHIVES

May 2019

  • Through Whitman’s eyes

    Tomorrow is the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth. The Beinecke Library is marking the occasion with a pop-up exhibit of letters... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 30 2019 08:01am

  • Take the long way

    The Divinity School has installed a stone labyrinth—an ancient maze used for meditative walks—in one of its rear courtyards. The school... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 29 2019 09:52am

  • Forty sweet years

    Ashley’s Ice Cream turns 40 years old this month. We’re not sure how to do the math on how many pounds they’ve added to the Yale... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 28 2019 02:08pm

  • A memorial

    On this Memorial Day, we remember Theodore Winthrop, Class of 1848, the first Union officer killed in the Civil War. A New Haven native who is... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 27 2019 07:20am

  • Forecast

    Reunion planners can rest easy on at least one count: it doesn’t look like there will be any rain for this reunion weekend. It’s not too... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 24 2019 10:02am

  • The big top

    Yale is ready to welcome its first wave of 2019 reuniongoers this weekend! Besides the Class of 1994, which will fill this tent on the Old Campus... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 23 2019 01:44pm

  • Off of the street

    There’s a new restaurant in the Morse-Stiles walkway. Sherkaan specializes in “Indian street food”—ironically, since the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 22 2019 08:09am

  • Left behind

    Just inside one of the gates of Branford College, the unwanted possessions of graduating seniors await reclamation by Yale’s spring salvage... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 21 2019 02:25pm

  • Year of the woman

    When Yale awarded Gloria Steinem—“feminist and firebrand, icon and iconoclast,” above—an honorary degree today, she was one... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 20 2019 02:56pm

  • Rock star

    Pioneering Yale scientist Benjamin Silliman may now be best known on campus as the inspiration for the name of Silliman College. But to find his... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 17 2019 08:48am

  • Calm before the storm

    On Monday, thousands of graduates will line up on Cross Campus for the commencement procession. But for now, things are a little more relaxed. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 16 2019 09:57am

  • Full flower

    Spring is still springing on College Street outside Farnam Hall. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 15 2019 08:51am

  • The stage is set

    The dais is up for Yale’s 318th commencement next Monday. Still to come: 15,000 folding chairs. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 14 2019 09:01am

  • New perspective

    We moved into our new offices at 2 Whitney Avenue a week and a half ago, and we're enjoying the new views from our windows. Seen here is the back... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 13 2019 07:56am

  • Still more tulips

    Tired of us posting pictures of spring flowers on campus? Too bad! How could we pass up these tulips outside Morse College? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 10 2019 08:06am

  • What lies beneath

    Ever wonder what it’s like 72 feet below Harkness Tower? The builders of the Memorial Quadrangle brought back a souvenir when they dug the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 9 2019 09:52am

  • Time out

    Finals for Yale College students end today, and many students are already gone, including some seniors who will celebrate with classmates in various... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 8 2019 08:47am

  • I have a bad feeling about this

    Why is there a poster of Han Solo encased in carbonite at the end of the tunnel between Bass and Sterling Libraries? Your guess is as good as ours. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 7 2019 08:10am

  • Marshy

    Not everyone knows that you can find a wetland on the Yale campus. It turns out that the Marsh Botanical Garden is aptly named. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | May 6 2019 08:46am