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December 2024

  • Playing it cool

    Exams are over and the campus is emptying out for winter break. We saw a creature chilling—but not stirring—on Chapel Street. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 20 2024 04:19am

  • Throwback Thursday: goodbye to Old Sheff

    In 1931, we published this image of the demolition of Sheffield Hall, the 117-year-old building that had housed the School of Medicine before... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 19 2024 07:19am

  • Weather report

    Occasional flurries—but very large ones—in Commons. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 18 2024 03:53am

  • Deck the hall

    Timothy Dwight's Town Hall looked festive and inviting on a recent rainy day. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 17 2024 03:56am

  • Watch this space

    This sign went up recently at the corner of Broadway and York. Depending on your vintage, you may remember that location as a Patagonia store, Au... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 16 2024 03:55am

  • What's their secret?

    In the side yard of Skull and Bones, the leaves of a Japanese maple are still holding on. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 13 2024 03:44am

  • Good day to be studying

    Rainy day reading period view from the Sterling stacks. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 11 2024 10:20am

  • Throwback Thursday: what did Yalies do all day?

    In April 1938, we featured some of the many jobs students did as part of their financial aid package, from tutoring to the Student Pipe Agency.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 11 2024 10:57pm

  • Tree time

    Last night, New Haven celebrated the lighting of the Christmas tree on the Green with live performances, amusement rides, and food trucks. The... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 6 2024 03:30am

  • Throwback Thursday: when reading period was new

    Tomorrow is the last day of classes in Yale College for the fall semester, and the beginning of a six-day reading period before finals. Eighty-six... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 5 2024 02:54am

  • Short but sweet

    That late-in-the-day sun can be beautiful this time of year, even though "late in the day" means 3:15 p.m. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 4 2024 03:10am

  • A decanal decade

    At a reception in Commons last night, Yale celebrated the ten-year tenure of Tamar Gendler ’87 as inaugural dean of the Faculty of Arts and... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | December 3 2024 03:13am