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August 2021

  • Mystery Monday: nice kitty

    This winged lion is one of a pair at the entrance to a Yale building. Which one? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 30 2021 08:11am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3710-mystery-monday-nice-kitty?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 1 comment</a></span>

  • Time of arrival

    Tomorrow is the big day when the Class of 2025 moves in. Alums, do you remember the first time you walked through Phelps Gate as a first-year? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 26 2021 08:00am

  • Business Dan

    Like Santa Claus, Handsome Dan can’t be everywhere at once, so he has helpers. Like this 2-D Dan who was greeting new arrivals at the School... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 27 2021 12:27pm

  • High-level opening

    They’re installing new windows as part of the renovation of Kline Tower, and just looking up at that guy standing al fresco on the ninth floor... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 25 2021 08:00am

  • Sight for sore eyes

    Coming soon to the corner of Elm and York is the eyeglass retailer Warby Parker, taking over the spot most recently occupied by the clothier Gant.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 24 2021 07:30am

  • Mystery Monday: this gate's a keeper

    Yale is known for its wrought iron pedestrian gates, less so for automotive ones. Where on campus is this elegant entrance? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 23 2021 08:00am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/3705-mystery-monday-this-gate-s-a-keeper?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Word on the street

    Painted in May for a rally on Prospect Street, this message remains as a reminder that Yale’s union contracts are up for renewal in 2022. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 20 2021 07:15am

  • Like hotcakes

    They’re lining up—while keeping proper social distance, of course—outside Ingalls Rink to buy arepas from the food truck of La... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 18 2021 09:09am

  • In the round

    What a pleasure to see a circle of students—from the environment school—on the Sachem’s Wood lawn yesterday. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 17 2021 08:06am

  • Throwback Thursday: back to school

    Seventy-five years ago this fall, we showed how undergraduate life looked a little different in the aftermath of World War II, as returning veterans... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 19 2021 08:09am

  • Mystery Monday: gladly lerne

    As we get ready for a new semester of in-person learning (Delta variant willing), can you tell us where on campus one can find this carving of an... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 16 2021 08:53am

  • NIMAL (Not In My Acanthus Leaves)

    We spotted this worker installing mesh to keep pigeons off the capitals of the columns of Memorial Hall earlier this week. Non-pigeons will soon be... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 13 2021 08:02am

  • Secrets revealed!

    Last month, we showed you this sculpture that had appeared outside the tomb of Book and Snake, but we didn’t have any details about it. Since... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 12 2021 08:23am

  • Daily bread

    Dwight Chapel's primary function is spiritual nourishment, but right now it's being used for feeding bellies. A few dozen students who have come to... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 11 2021 09:14am

  • Climbing plants

    In New Haven’s Temple Plaza, artist Bu Lei Tu has adorned the stairs that lead to College Street with a mural that features 14 plants native... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 10 2021 08:32am

  • Masked reunion

    Like many Yale employees, we at the alumni magazine began working regularly in the office again this week—on a limited basis. At the same... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 6 2021 08:20am

  • Throwback Thursday: freshmen al fresco

    Twenty-five years ago this month, President Richard Levin ’74PhD welcomed first-year students to Yale at what was then called the Freshman... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 5 2021 08:05am

  • A large litter

    How much are those doggies in the window? Well, it’s not a pet shop; the little bulldogs are products of the 3-D printers in the Center for... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 4 2021 09:09am

  • Economic infrastructure

    The steel frame is rising for the economics department’s new building on Trumbull Street. The building will house the Tobin Center for... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | August 3 2021 08:20am