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April 2020

  • Making an entrance

    Another dispatch from a beautiful spring: magnolia trees in front of Leigh Hall. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 29 2020 07:52am

  • Eminent Victorian

    Spring flowers make Betts House considerably more cheerful—a nice counterpoint to that Addams Family vibe. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 28 2020 07:50am

  • Mystery Monday: pleasant outlook

    It’s time once again to test your powers of recall: can you tell us where on campus this oriel window can be found? The monogram is a clue... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 27 2020 07:43am

  • The first Earth Day

    Today is the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day. Daphne Gemmill ’72MPH, who was a member of the Yale group Environmental Action in 1970... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 22 2020 07:12am

  • If the stores are all closed

    Working from home: Law School professor Ian Ayres ’81, ’86JD, plays “Stairway to Heaven” in a video lecture for his... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 21 2020 08:04am

  • Plenty of parking, too

    New Haven’s Broadway, last Friday afternoon. The Elm City is doing a pretty good job of staying home. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 20 2020 08:41am

  • 17 syllables

    For International Haiku Poetry Day: Empty lecture hall Students scattered ’round the globe Hope to see you soon Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 17 2020 07:46am

  • From law to music

    Happy 125th to Hendrie Hall, which was dedicated on April 26, 1895. Built to house the Law School, it has served a number of departments and... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 24 2020 08:01am

  • On the move

    Yale is preparing to move this 1807 house, which once belonged to Benjamin Silliman, a block down Trumbull Street to a site currently occupied by a... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 16 2020 07:48am

  • The Will to carry on

    “Our separation so abides, and flies, That thou, residing here, go’st yet with me, And I, hence fleeting, here remain with thee.”... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 23 2020 07:51am

  • Yellow ribbons

    All over campus, it’s a banner year for daffodils. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 15 2020 07:47am

  • The Elm City is 382 today

    On this date in 1638, Puritan settlers came ashore on Quinnipiac lands and founded the colony of New Haven. Yale arrived in New Haven 78 years... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 14 2020 07:56am

  • They're here

    This year’s cherry blossom festival in Wooster Square has been canceled, but someone forgot to tell the cherry blossoms. A few people were in... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 13 2020 07:51am

  • Encouragement

    It was gray and rainy yesterday, but we found some cheering magnolia blossoms on Cross Campus. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 10 2020 07:43am

  • Home studio

    Professors across the university are starting to up their game when it comes to teaching from home. Barry Nalebuff of the School of Management has a... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 9 2020 08:00am

  • Rooms available

    Pauli Murray is one of four residential colleges that have been made ready as temporary shelter for local doctors, nurses, and first responders who... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 8 2020 08:16am

  • Early bird

    Exclusive: screen shot of a student on the West Coast in an early morning class meeting on Zoom. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 7 2020 07:35am

  • Spring on Chapel Street

    There’s not much of an audience, but spring is still doing its thing outside Vanderbilt Hall. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 6 2020 08:22am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3349-spring-on-chapel-street?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 1 comment</a></span>

  • On a roll

    A nearly deserted campus with lots of pavement is prime skateboarding territory. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 3 2020 08:30am