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  • Mystery Monday: we're stumped

    Usually, WE know the answer to these Mystery Monday questions and we’re just testing you, but today, we’re in the dark. This shield on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 21 2022 08:04am

  • Come on out

    As the weather gets more springlike, an open door to the Librarian's Court beckons to patrons of Sterling Memorial Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 18 2022 09:19am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Using their noodles

    The dining spot on the first floor in Becton Center, once a café called Ground, has become a noodle parlor called Ramen. It still has the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 16 2022 08:31am

  • A little closer to the sun

    Yesterday’s springlike weather was just made for sitting on the walls outside Commons. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 15 2022 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: remembrance of things past

    Where on campus can you find this memorial to a bygone building? This one's a cinch if you were at Yale before 1931. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 14 2022 08:34am | Ico comments 4 comments

  • A little Friday cheer

    Something that might brighten your day: crocuses have been spotted outside the High Street Gate on Old Campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 11 2022 04:00pm

  • Special effects

    We’ve got big fat snow flakes on campus, but so far they aren’t really sticking, just enhancing the lunch-hour scenery. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 9 2022 12:47pm

  • Mystery Monday: sight reading

    So much to solve on this Mystery Monday: where on campus is this carving? What is the musical notation? And what does that highly stylized lettering... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 7 2022 08:10am

  • Through a shade, darkly

    The Yale University Art Gallery is open to the public again. We visited the other day and caught this accidentally Impressionist view of campus... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 4 2022 08:44am

  • Bumper crop

    Today’s sign of spring: snowdrops at the Yale Farm on Edwards Street. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 2 2022 10:00am

  • Marching in

    There was still some snow on the ground as we said goodbye to February yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 1 2022 09:30am

  • It might as well be spring

    More news of a campus waking up from winter: witch hazel in bloom on Library Walk. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 25 2022 08:24am

  • Throwback thursday: a little club soda will get that right out

    From our February 5, 1902, issue: when Commons was still a white-tablecloth joint. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2022 08:00am

  • Good ventilation

    It looks like Silliman College has added a new venue for safe outdoor gatherings. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2022 07:58am

  • Cold comfort

    It’s the time of year when we start looking for crocuses and snowdrops to tell us spring is on the way. No luck yet, but we did find these... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 22 2022 08:02am

  • Mystery Monday: behind the 8 ball

    This is among the weirder carvings on campus. Do you know where we found it? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 21 2022 08:46am

  • Still crossing

    It's easy to focus on the things that have changed at Yale since your time here, but some things are forever, like the rush of pedestrians at... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 18 2022 08:04am

  • Free parking

    Outside Commons at lunchtime today: assorted aids to locomotion. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2022 02:56pm

  • Injera we trust

    Food truck report: you can find Ethiopian and sometimes Mexican on York Street outside Branford College these days. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 15 2022 08:02am