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  • For the ages

    He may not have been a model of good government, but the Roman emperor Caligula (12–41 CE) secured for himself a place in history—and in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 5 2016 03:08pm

  • Architecture celebrates a hundred

    Yale first established its Department of Architecture (now the School of Architecture) in 1916, which means it’s about time for a centennial.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 3 2015 02:46pm

  • The world on a string

    A 14-foot-diameter globe dominates the exhibition gallery of Paul Rudolph Hall (the A&A Building to us old-timers) as part of a new exhibit... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 8 2015 09:10am

  • Taking it to the street

    This summer, the Yale University Art Gallery is venturing out to Chapel Street on Thursday afternoons with its Sidewalk Studio, a free art activity... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 17 2015 07:54am

  • Play time

    This month, New Haven public school students are bringing their music to venues like the Yale University Art Gallery (shown here), the Peabody... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 10 2015 08:49am

  • Kahn-servation

    The Yale Center for British Art is in the middle of a year-long project to conserve and renovate its Louis Kahn–designed building. But for a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 8 2015 09:17am

  • Larger than life

    New this week in the modern design gallery at the Yale University Art Gallery: a reclining nude by ceramic artist Viola Frey. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 2 2015 11:07am

  • Setting the stage

    Workers are busy this morning on the New Haven Green putting the finishing touches on the stage for the 20th annual International Festival of Arts and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 12 2015 10:09am

  • Free installation

    For a first-year architecture class called Visualization, a team including Rob Cornelissen ’17MArch (left) and Caroline Acheatel ’17MArch... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 6 2015 08:10am

  • Trial by jury

    E-mailing a final paper to your professor is one thing. Standing up and defending your semester’s work to a panel of prominent architects is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 30 2015 08:40am

  • Artistic Stiles

    A new addition to the Ezra Stiles College common room—a mural called Rise—was unveiled yesterday at a reception with the artist, Odili... Read on
    Eric Stern ’15 | April 22 2015 08:32am

  • Farm fresh pizza

    Another sure sign of spring: last Friday, the Yale Sustainable Food Program fired up the brick pizza oven at the Yale Farm on Edwards Street. Students... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 15 2015 10:05am

  • Slide show

    The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library became the canvas for a student–curated installation this weekend that celebrated research across the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 13 2015 08:39am

  • Live by the sword

    The famed paleontologist O. C. Marsh didn’t just collect dinosaur bones: Marsh acquired this remarkable samurai helmet and face guard in 1889 and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 30 2015 08:04am

  • Up on the roof

    The weather is getting nice enough to merit a visit to the Yale University Art Gallery’s sculpture terrace, one of the most felicitous results of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 25 2015 08:50am

  • Throwback Thursday: radio days

    That’s Thor Moser ’86 spinning platters in our March 1985 issue. Moser was general manager of WYBC radio at the time, in the days when the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 19 2015 08:54am

  • The art of the field trip

    Yale’s students may be on spring break, but the learning continues for these schoolchildren at the Yale University Art Gallery.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2015 08:58am

  • From the top

    The view from the penthouse lounge of The Study (the Chapel Street hotel some will remember as the Colony Inn) recently inspired students in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2015 08:36am

  • Magic box

    A shipping container painted gold appeared on the sidewalk outside the Art Gallery this morning. There’s an identical one in Tehran, and through... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 20 2015 10:50am