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October 2019

  • Painting by numbers

    We spotted Natalie Karas, a conservator with the firm Materials Conservation, working on Maya Lin’s sculpture The Women’s Table on... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 30 2019 07:54am

  • Celebrity sighting

    Handsome Dan is in the building! Well, he was yesterday. Dan’s human companion Kevin Discepolo ’09 (left) brought him to our neighbors... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 29 2019 08:11am

  • Cutups

    Every year before Halloween, each residential college gets a supply of pumpkins for carving. Students in Pauli Murray College went to work on theirs... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 28 2019 08:07am

  • They grow on trees?

    Looks like it’s time for the annual pumpkin harvest at Lanman-Wright Hall. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 25 2019 08:45am

  • Color us impressed

    It’s peak foliage season at Hillhouse Avenue and the Farmington Canal Greenway. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 24 2019 10:16am

  • The science of sustenance

    Now open in the new science building: a café called Steep, serving breakfast, pastries, coffee, tea, and cold-pressed juices to the denizens... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 23 2019 09:46am

  • Wilderness, limited

    Sometimes photography is all in the framing. This wildflower-covered knoll might well be out on a moor somewhere, but it is in fact a thin strip... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 22 2019 08:14am

  • Mystery Monday: room with a view

    This might be one of the toughest Mystery Mondays we’ve done. Can you tell us where this photo was taken? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 21 2019 08:25am

  • Break with tradition

    It was quiet at midday on Rose Walk yesterday, as Yale College is in recess for fall break until Monday. Pre-2013 alums, please express your... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 18 2019 07:52am

  • The wind blows where it chooses

    It’s a blustery fall day on Prospect Hill, where the Divinity School is having its annual Convocation and reunions this week. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 17 2019 09:55am

  • Everything alt is neu again

    Remember the Old Heidelberg, the bar and eatery in the basement of the Hotel Duncan? It closed in 1991 and was succeeded by a couple of Thai... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 16 2019 07:57am

  • Those who came first

    Students from the Association of Native Americans at Yale marked Indigenous People’s Day yesterday with a rally on Cross Campus. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 15 2019 08:13am

  • The herd at rest

    In remotest Hamden, we found the fabled nesting ground of the Yale Shuttles. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 14 2019 08:30am

  • A word to the Ys

    If you look carefully, you’ll find the university’s monogram all over campus. This one is in the ironwork outside the Sterling Hall of... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 10 2019 10:57am

  • Bus stop, wet day

    The Yale Shuttle stop outside Stoeckel Hall is a popular one—especially on rainy days like today. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 9 2019 01:35pm

  • Home on the Hill

    Almost ready: workers are putting the final touches on the glass pavilion that connects Kline Biology Tower to the new Yale Science Building. The... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 8 2019 03:21pm

  • On the run

    Have you ever noticed the carving at the center of the original circulation desk in Sterling Memorial Library? A quote from the Book of Daniel, it... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 7 2019 07:52am

  • Seek cover

    Sometimes fall comes at you fast: it went from 89F and sunny Wednesday to 62F and rainy yesterday, and umbrellas popped open all over campus. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 4 2019 08:15am

  • At the table

    Even in this digital age, we’re happy to report that the folding table on Cross Campus is still a viable means of outreach. Jennifer Yoon... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | October 3 2019 08:31am