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January 2023

  • Still winning

    The women’s ice hockey team, ranked No. 2 in the nation, extended its winning streak to 13 games with victories over St. Lawrence and No. 9... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 30 2023 08:29am

  • Lighting the way

    Part of the renovation of Commons and Memorial Hall as the Schwarzman Center involved new exterior lighting to highlight the buildings'... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 27 2023 09:22am

  • Free range

    The Peabody Museum renovation and expansion isn't scheduled for completion until 2024. But now that the construction fence along Whitney Avenue is... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 25 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: Fort Yale

    After World War II, veterans came back in droves—often with wives and children—to enroll at Yale. They were greeted by a familiar site:... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 24 2023 03:40pm

  • What would Ann say?

    That flagship Ann Taylor store on Chapel Street that closed in 2020? It's now a smoking paraphernalia shop called Anesthesia. Such shops are booming... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 24 2023 08:16am

  • Mystery Monday: through the mill

    Your assignment today is to identify the spot on campus where we found these one and a half millstones. Extra credit if you know (we don't!)... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 23 2023 08:00am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/4053-mystery-monday-through-the-mill?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 4 comments</a></span>

  • Rain check

    Sorry, Thursday tour group. For what it's worth, Wednesday was absolutely beautiful. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 20 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: a good idea at the time

    Fifty years ago this month, we published an essay by Yale psychology professor Irving Janis about "groupthink,” a compulsion by... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 19 2023 08:00am

  • Coming up short

    Students are back on campus this week, and the temperature is in the 50s, so we knew we'd spot some shorts today. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 18 2023 01:51pm

  • Permission to come aboard?

    Yale's armada includes more than just sailboats and rowing shells. We spotted this small craft behind the environment school's Marsh Hall. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 17 2023 09:28am

  • Closing time

    If you're a fan of the Yale Center for British Art, this might be a good time for a visit. The museum will be closing on February 27 for a year-long... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 13 2023 08:00am

  • On the road

    New Haven is slowly reclaiming the land once occupied by the Oak Street Connector, a "highway to nowhere" that separated the Yale-New Haven Medical... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 11 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: scene from the struggle

    Nearly 20 years ago, in our April 2003 issue, we published this photo of striking Yale workers, including graduate teaching assistants seeking to... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 12 2023 08:00am

  • Remembering COVID

    Now hanging inside the entrance to the School of Medicine's Boardman Building: a mixed-media painting by School of Art graduate Ye Qin Zhu... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 10 2023 08:00am

  • . . . but Yale will win

    The men's basketball team fought off a last-minute Harvard rally Saturday night at the John J. Lee Amphitheater to beat the Crimson 58–54. The... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 9 2023 08:00am

  • Refurbishing

    That photo op you were planning in front of Woodbridge Hall might have to wait a while. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 6 2023 04:02pm

  • Nobody home

    These are quiet days on the Old Campus. Residence halls open for the new semester next Thursday. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 5 2023 02:27pm

  • Visibility alert

    From the Sterling stacks, New Haven could almost pass for London this morning. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 4 2023 10:48am