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  • Another language

    For those of us at Yale who are old enough to remember hauling ourselves over to the Language Lab in Rosenfeld Hall to practice our vocabulary by... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 11 2022 08:07am

  • Anticipation

    Spotted in the Hopper courtyard recently: a lesson in delayed gratification. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 8 2022 07:44am

  • Mystery Monday: built like a brick college

    This one may be too easy. Where on campus will you find this Georgian vista? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 7 2022 08:00am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • A study in gray

    Yesterday was February in New Haven at its Februariest. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 4 2022 08:12am

  • Throwback Thursday: Yale on china

    In October 1932, our forerunner the Yale Alumni Weekly published this ad for Wedgwood plates featuring Yale scenes—$18 a dozen. You can... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2022 08:30am

  • Isolation housing

    The latest addition to the Timothy Dwight College courtyard: a snow structure, complete with sentry. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 2 2022 08:24am

  • Larger than life

    Black History Month begins today! The Beinecke Library has 14 color portraits of Black cultural figures by Carl Van Vechten from its James Weldon... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 1 2022 08:14am

  • A good day for Zoom class

    New Haven got nine inches of snow in the nor’easter that blew through on Saturday. But classes are still remote for another week, so students... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 31 2022 08:02am

  • Throwback Thursday: defensive mode

    We’re keenly aware of the adjustments and disruptions to Yale life that the pandemic has caused, but imagine living on a campus that was... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2022 08:08am

  • Let there be . . . you know

    Even though it’s two floors below the courtyard of the Humanities Quadrangle (formerly HGS), this lobby for a lecture hall and cinema gets its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 26 2022 08:00am

  • Repopulated

    Students are back! Spring term classes in Yale College and the Graduate School start today—online—with the switch to in-person classes... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 25 2022 07:57am

  • Mystery Monday: operating instructions

    Mystery Monday: tell us the location of this campus door, which dates back to a time when “push notification” meant something else... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2022 08:12am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Same pandemic, different year

    Yale College students began moving in last Friday, and classes—albeit remote ones—start next week. McClellan Hall on Old Campus has been... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 21 2022 08:20am

  • School houses

    It’s official: Yale announced on Tuesday that fundraising goals have been met to allow the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs to become the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 20 2022 08:18am

  • Our favorite color

    After a winter storm blew through over the long weekend, it was nice to see a blue sky yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 19 2022 12:46pm

  • Economic expansion

    The new economics building on Trumbull Street is beginning to take shape. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 18 2022 08:57am

  • Obedience

    Yale is pressing its biggest celebrities into service for its public health campaign. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2022 08:19am

  • Boning up on anatomy

    We spotted this hoodie-clad skeleton—a tool for student biomedical design projects—in the window of the Center for Engineering... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2022 08:10am

  • Too cool

    This snowperson was the only creature in view on Cross Campus at lunchtime yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2022 09:08am