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February 2024

  • Context for a Lost Cause memorial

    Dedicated in 1915, Yale's Civil War memorial makes no mention of slavery and honors equally Union and Confederate students, faculty, and alumni who... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 27 2024 10:00pm

  • Pinup

    In the digital age, the residential college bulletin board may not be as important as it used to be, but this fine specimen in Timothy Dwight... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 27 2024 10:00pm

  • Head of college

    The Prospect Street windowsills of the Center for Engineering Innovation and Design are a showcase for objects made inside using the center's 3-D... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 27 2024 03:23am

  • Mystery Monday: a date carved in stone

    We'd like to say that this stone carving is a tribute to our magazine's founding in 1891, but that would be fake news. Where on campus is this... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 26 2024 05:53am

  • Secrets revealed!

    It’s not every day you get to see a cross section and floor plan of one of Yale’s secret societies. But both are on display for the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 23 2024 06:52am

  • Now and then: SHM at 100

    One hundred years ago, in 1924, the Sterling Hall of Medicine opened on Cedar Street, bringing the medical school into proximity with its teaching... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 21 2024 05:00pm

  • A land down under

    One floor below Beinecke Plaza and Commons, it's always busy at lunchtime at Elm in the Schwarzman Center. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 21 2024 08:19am

  • Unearthing the past

    On Friday, an exhibition about Yale's involvement with slavery opened at the New Haven Museum. Organized by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 18 2024 11:58pm

  • Frozen asset

    You may think they're all business over at the School of Management, but they've been known to take time out to build a snowman. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 16 2024 03:55am

  • Fighting words

    Seen on a campus bulletin board: a provocative test of Yale's free expression policies. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 14 2024 11:30pm

  • Leaves them cold

    We got six inches of snow yesterday, and Old Campus is a veritable sculpture garden. This dual portrait made us think maybe not everyone was happy... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 14 2024 10:07am

  • Seeing red

    It's snowing this morning! That dog with the red jacket came along just in time to add some color to the picture. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 13 2024 03:53am

  • Mystery Monday: tools of the trade

    There is a wealth of outdoor sculpture on Yale’s campus. Where can you find this piece that features bronze casts of common hand tools? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 12 2024 08:41am

  • Perfectly normal

    It's 50 degrees and sunny today; if anyone in the tour group asks, tell them that's typical for February. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 9 2024 08:50am

  • Now and then: Grub Street

    When the first picture was taken, around 1912, this path had no official name; students called it Grub Street since it led to Commons, where they... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 7 2024 11:44pm

  • Two centuries of legal education

    Banners are up on Alexander Walk to mark the yearlong celebration of the Law School's bicentennial. Happy 200th, YLS! Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 7 2024 04:44am

  • Blue heaven

    After a succession of gray days last week, we're glad to see the sky once again turn our favorite color. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 6 2024 04:51am

  • Mystery Monday: where eagles dare

    Eagles are usually solitary creatures, but this is one of a trio carved on the side of a Yale building. Where is it? Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 5 2024 12:44am

  • Having our Phil

    We don't know about Punxsutawney, but nobody is seeing their shadow in New Haven today. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 2 2024 08:29am