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  • In the weeds

    A nice crop of native grasses lines the Farmington Canal Greenway as it passes Benjamin Franklin College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 18 2020 11:47am

  • Temptation

    We found this leaf pile on Rose Walk yesterday, just waiting for someone to jump in. With some difficulty, we restrained ourselves. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2020 08:30am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Aglow

    After a series of spectacular warm and sunny days, it's grown damp and cloudy in New Haven. But the foliage is a bright spot. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 13 2020 07:52am

  • Not forgotten

    Yale normally observes Veterans Day with a ceremony at the World War I memorial on Hewitt Quadrangle (as shown here in 2014). This year, the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 11 2020 09:21am

  • Get out

    At a time when being outside is among the few pleasures afforded us, these sunny November days have been a blessing. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 16 2020 08:23am

  • Mystery Monday: beauty overhead

    To appreciate Yale’s architecture fully, you have to remember to look up sometimes. Does anyone recognize this ceiling? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 9 2020 08:00am

  • Dry dock

    Access to training facilities in Payne Whitney Gymnasium is still limited, so Yale’s rowing teams have taken their workouts outside. James... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 10 2020 08:05am

  • Tear down that wall

    The landscape design for the new Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) includes a softer edge for the adjacent courtyard of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 6 2020 08:00am

  • Non-breaking news

    Meanwhile, in non-election, non-COVID news: it’s still fall in New Haven. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 4 2020 08:00am

  • Today's the day

    Guess what day it is? Americans, for information on how to vote today, go to vote.org. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 3 2020 07:57am

  • Mystery Monday: passing through

    Scores of students every day pass through the Noah Porter Gate and along the walk shown here. Who knows Yale’s official name for this pedestrian... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 2 2020 07:56am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Some extra time

    This stone carving from the porch of Sheffield Hall is here to remind you to set your pendulum clocks back one hour tomorrow night. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 30 2020 08:54am

  • Throwback Thursday: Torre de Harkness

    A hundred years ago this fall, Harkness Tower was inching skyward, as this December 1920 cover photo shows. Note the warning sign in English and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 29 2020 07:51am

  • Across the street

    After undergoing some renovation work this summer, the Old Art Gallery has emerged from behind scaffolding, restoring one of Yale’s most... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 28 2020 07:56am

  • Yonder window

    We’ve often wondered about this balcony in Saybrook College overlooking the corner of High and Elm Streets. Have any svelte Yalies ever... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 27 2020 08:29am

  • Mystery Monday: spooning

    Today’s mystery concerns this carving in Sterling Memorial Library’s International Room: what Yale tradition is depicted here? And... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 26 2020 08:45am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Living color

    Hillhouse Avenue is looking autumnal. Have you seen the pedestrian bridges over the Farmington Canal Greenway? They were installed in 2010 to the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 23 2020 07:57am

  • Autumn's palette

    It’s one of those gray fall days in New Haven. But we found some color on the Whitney Avenue side of Science Hill. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 21 2020 02:10pm

  • Be a trouper

    With no new shows to promote, the poster cases outside the University Theatre are being deployed for a public health message. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 20 2020 09:43am