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  • Winter quarters

    A sure sign of winter: the igloos have returned in Silliman College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 31 2023 08:00am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Lighting the way

    Part of the renovation of Commons and Memorial Hall as the Schwarzman Center involved new exterior lighting to highlight the buildings'... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2023 09:22am

  • Free range

    The Peabody Museum renovation and expansion isn't scheduled for completion until 2024. But now that the construction fence along Whitney Avenue is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 25 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: Fort Yale

    After World War II, veterans came back in droves—often with wives and children—to enroll at Yale. They were greeted by a familiar site:... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2023 03:40pm

  • Mystery Monday: through the mill

    Your assignment today is to identify the spot on campus where we found these one and a half millstones. Extra credit if you know (we don't!)... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 23 2023 08:00am | Ico comments 4 comments

  • Rain check

    Sorry, Thursday tour group. For what it's worth, Wednesday was absolutely beautiful. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 20 2023 08:00am

  • Coming up short

    Students are back on campus this week, and the temperature is in the 50s, so we knew we'd spot some shorts today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 18 2023 01:51pm

  • Permission to come aboard?

    Yale's armada includes more than just sailboats and rowing shells. We spotted this small craft behind the environment school's Marsh Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2023 09:28am

  • Closing time

    If you're a fan of the Yale Center for British Art, this might be a good time for a visit. The museum will be closing on February 27 for a year-long... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 13 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: scene from the struggle

    Nearly 20 years ago, in our April 2003 issue, we published this photo of striking Yale workers, including graduate teaching assistants seeking to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2023 08:00am

  • Remembering COVID

    Now hanging inside the entrance to the School of Medicine's Boardman Building: a mixed-media painting by School of Art graduate Ye Qin Zhu... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 10 2023 08:00am

  • Refurbishing

    That photo op you were planning in front of Woodbridge Hall might have to wait a while. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 6 2023 04:02pm

  • Nobody home

    These are quiet days on the Old Campus. Residence halls open for the new semester next Thursday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 5 2023 02:27pm

  • Visibility alert

    From the Sterling stacks, New Haven could almost pass for London this morning. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2023 10:48am

  • Holiday in blue

    The School of Engineering and Applied Science took over Commons yesterday for its holiday party. Most of Yale is on winter recess starting tomorrow... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 22 2022 10:39am

  • Change of season

    The last day of Yale College final exams in 2022 is also the shortest day of the year. Those unlucky enough to have a final in the last slot... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2022 07:56am

  • Mystery Monday: smooth

    We show you a lot of stone carvings on campus, but today’s mystery spot features slabs of Indiana limestone. Where is it? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 19 2022 08:57am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Icing on the cake

    Sunday night’s snow added the finishing touch to the Christmas decorations at the President’s House. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 14 2022 09:04am

  • Here we go again

    We had the first snow of the season Sunday night, and the grounds maintenance crew was right on top of it as usual. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 13 2022 08:00am