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September 2023

  • Use your noodle

    It's a rainy day in New Haven—a good day for a bowl of ramen at Ground, the café on the ground floor of the Becton Center. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 29 2023 05:03am

  • Throwback Thursday: Elis in the skies

    On our April 10, 1942, cover, we featured the second unit of Naval aviators organized from among Yale students to fly in World War II. They carried... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 28 2023 04:50am

  • Strongly cautioned

    Spotted outside a door in Branford College. Why do you suppose this suite has a PG-13 rating? Adult themes? Strong language? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 26 2023 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: quotable quote

    Two questions for you today: what is the source of this quotation, and on what campus building did we find it? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 25 2023 08:40am | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/4223-mystery-monday-quotable-quote?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 1 comment</a></span>

  • Preview

    On a beautiful last day of summer, we saw some early traces of fall on Hillhouse Avenue. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 22 2023 01:11pm

  • Degrees deferred

    Hundreds of people joined together in Battell Chapel yesterday to celebrate the lives of two accomplished Black ministers who had studied at Yale in... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 15 2023 08:00am

  • Portrait gallery

    On display through January 7 at Yale University Art Gallery: Mickalene Thomas/Portrait of an Unlikely Space includes a selection of miniature... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 19 2023 08:00am

  • Class act

    We popped into Strathcona Hall the other day and saw students getting settled in for an economics class. Amid all the change in the world, it's kind... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 20 2023 08:00am

  • Ghosts of the machines

    If you left Yale before 2007, this photo may not ring any bells. But perhaps the words “Machine City” will help. The dimly lit... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 18 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: blue blazers for Old Blues

    Once upon a time, there was a department store called the Yale Co-op. And there was no World Wide Web. So once a year, the Co-op put a catalog in... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 21 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: when Yale made movies

    A hundred years ago this month, we featured a new venture of the Yale University Press: a series of films based on its Chronicles of America history... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 14 2023 08:00am

  • But is it the most sincere pumpkin patch?

    Last year, the detritus from the previous Halloween resulted in an accidental pumpkin patch in the courtyard of Pauli Murray College. This year, it... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 13 2023 08:00am

  • Walkable

    There was moderate pedestrian traffic on Alexander Walk—aka Wall Street—at the lunch hour yesterday. Those reclaimed streets make it... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 12 2023 08:00am

  • Bench with a view

    We sat down to take a breather on a bench outside Durfee Hall the other day, and ended up staying a while to enjoy the view of Old Campus. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 8 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: The good ship Yale

    125 years ago this month, we reported on the military career of the USS Yale. The steamship, a passenger liner known before and after the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 7 2023 04:00am

  • The ball's in your court

    We spotted some students at the School of the Environment starting off the year with some volleyball outside Kroon Hall Friday night. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 6 2023 07:57am

  • Do I hear footsteps?

    Nearly 4,000 people ran in the 46th New Haven Road Race yesterday. It's one of the rare occasions when Elm Street is closed to auto traffic, but... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | September 5 2023 08:00am