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August 2020

  • Signs of life

    This term will have its challenges. But it is so nice to see people on this lawn again. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 28 2020 07:55am

  • Legal avenue

    Just in time for the new semester, the conversion of Wall Street in front of the Sterling Law Building to a pedestrian walkway is now complete. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 27 2020 08:02am

  • A class apart

    For the first time since World War II—when the Old Campus housed Army trainees—there will be no first-year students on Yale’s... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 26 2020 07:47am

  • Welcome! Go to your room.

    Today is the second day of a week-long move-in process for Yale College students. Each student has a prearranged dropoff time, after which... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 25 2020 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: open-and-shut case

    This week’s mystery: where on campus can you find windows with these distinctive shutters? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 24 2020 08:17am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3450-mystery-monday-open-and-shut-case?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Scully's centennial

    Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vincent Scully Jr. ’40, ’49PhD, the renowned Yale professor and art historian, who died... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 21 2020 07:52am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3448-scully-s-centennial?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 4 comments</a></span>

  • Role model

    Handsome Dan is helping teach the Yale community how to ride the shuttle in the time of coronavirus. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 20 2020 08:40am

  • Respite

    It’s cool and rainy today—a nice break from the heat for those of us who can’t escape to the mountains in August. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 19 2020 01:48pm

  • Freewheeling

    As of this summer, there is now a skateboard park within rolling distance of campus. The assembly of ramps is in Scantlebury Park, near the Yale... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 18 2020 08:02am

  • Mystery Monday: court is in session

    Today’s mystery: where on campus can you find these squash rackets carved in stone? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Branch ’86</span> | August 17 2020 08:00am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3444-mystery-monday-court-is-in-session?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Stories in glass

    Artist Barbara Earl Thomas has been commissioned to create new stained glass panes for the windows of the Grace Hopper College dining hall. The new... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 14 2020 07:39am

  • War's end

    Saturday is VJ Day, the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II. As the wartime version of the Yale Daily News... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 13 2020 07:53am

  • L'esprit de l'escalier

    Otherwise, how are we going to get good at it? Spotted in the hallway near the magazine’s office at 2 Whitney Avenue. Most Yale staff are... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 12 2020 09:04am

  • Mobile home

    Traffic was stopped on Trumbull Street Saturday morning as a house once owned by Benjamin Silliman was carried a block down the street to a new... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 11 2020 07:52am

  • Mystery Monday: a building remembered

    This week’s Mystery Monday poses two questions: where on campus can you find this stone carving, and what does it depict? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 10 2020 07:53am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3439-mystery-monday-a-building-remembered?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Good chemistry

    Happy 241st birthday (tomorrow) to Benjamin Silliman, Sr., a noted chemist and Yale’s first science professor. His statue, sculpted by... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 7 2020 08:13am

  • High way

    More progress in the conversion of campus streets to walkways: High Street between Wall and Grove is getting its turn. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 6 2020 08:55am

  • After the storm

    A broken tree branch was blocking York Square Place this morning outside Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Tropical Storm Isaias brought down trees all over... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 5 2020 09:11am

  • Street food

    In July, New Haven closed a lane of College Street and rerouted pedestrian traffic to allow restaurants and bars more room for outdoor dining during... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 4 2020 08:10am