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April 2023

  • Dad joke Friday

    What’s Handsome Dan's favorite kind of tree? A DOGWOOD—get it? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 28 2023 08:00am

  • Closing the deal

    Yesterday was the final day of Bulldog Days, the annual event in which Yale College tries to woo admitted students to join next year's first-year... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 27 2023 08:00am

  • Anticipation

    With most of the exterior work complete on the Peabody Museum’s renovation and expansion, the action now is on the inside. Installing... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 26 2023 09:07am

  • Whit remembered

    On our May 1963 cover, we paid tribute to Yale president A. Whitney Griswold ’29, ’33PhD, who died of cancer at age 56, sixty years ago yesterday.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 20 2023 08:00am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/4118-whit-remembered?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 1 comment</a></span>

  • Mystery Monday: canst thou find me?

    Yesterday was, as near as anyone can tell, Shakespeare's birthday. Can you tell where on campus we saw this tribute to the bard? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 24 2023 08:00am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/4116-mystery-monday-canst-thou-find-me?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Pretty in pink

    It's magnolia time in Davenport College. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 21 2023 08:00am

  • In living color

    Another dispatch from this beautiful spring: tulips in Branford College. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 19 2023 08:00am

  • Coming alive

    The courtyard of Vanderbilt Hall is a must-see in springtime. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 18 2023 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: it's a hoot

    We’re told that parrots and crows are smarter than owls, but owls must have better PR, as their likenesses are seen all over campus as a... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 17 2023 08:00am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/4112-mystery-monday-it-s-a-hoot?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • In Yale's front yard

    It’s a bumper crop of daffodils on campus this year. College Street outside the Old Campus is looking especially abundant. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 14 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: gnome on the range

    In our April 1998 issue, we reported on the appearance of a gnome in the Davenport College courtyard. Twenty-five years later, the gnome is still... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 13 2023 08:00am

  • Class on the grass

    We’ve finally made it to one of those weeks in April that are so nice that teachers get talked into moving class outside. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 12 2023 08:00am

  • Red carpet

    Some new floor mats recently appeared in Memorial Hall in a deep shade of red. Some might even call it crimson. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 11 2023 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: wooden you know

    Where on campus did we find these depictions of trees? Best not to overthink this one. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 10 2023 07:44am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/4107-mystery-monday-wooden-you-know?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 2 comments</a></span>

  • Throwback Thursday: what, me worry?

    When we think of Yale's Poynter Fellowship, we think of White House correspondents and managing editors. But 50 years ago, Poynter invited the staff of... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 6 2023 08:00am

  • Mini monument

    There’s a Lego model of the Schwarzman Center in the basement of the Schwarzman Center, built by Lego artist Sean Kenney. We're not sure if... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 25 2023 08:00am

  • That time again

    We love when the forsythia blooms along the Farmington Canal trail at Hillhouse Avenue. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 5 2023 08:00am

  • Money talk

    Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen ’71PhD was on campus yesterday to celebrate the opening of the Tobin Center for Economic Policy.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | April 4 2023 09:13am