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  • There will be blood

    Some Yalies will do anything do beat Harvard—including opening a vein. The American Red Cross at Yale is hoping to beat their Crimson... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 29 2020 08:12am

  • Over our heads

    It’s been more than five years since the restoration of the nave of Sterling Memorial Library, but we’re still dazzled by the colors in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2020 10:06am

  • Guiding principles

    Can you walk backwards effortlessly? Can you keep a straight face while relating campus legends of dubious veracity? Recruiters are out on Cross... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2020 02:35pm

  • Snowy Stiles

    The first significant snow of the semester came on Saturday. Tiana Wang ’20 captured the scene in Ezra Stiles College while it was still fresh. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 23 2020 08:24am

  • All about the Benjamin

    Happy 314th birthday to Benjamin Franklin, rendered here in a scholarly pose in his namesake Yale residential college. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2020 07:44am

  • Collect ’em all!

    Available at the Center for British Art's museum shop: a full set of the wives of Henry the Eighth. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 16 2020 12:37pm

  • Good shopping weather

    Today is the first sunny day of the new semester. Things are looking brighter for students as they shop classes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 15 2020 01:43pm

  • Sillidome

    January isn’t usually the best time to hang out in the courtyard. Unless you've got a cozy plastic igloo, as Silliman College does. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2020 08:33am

  • Shop around

    Classes begin today for most Yale students, and for undergrads (like these heading into Linsly-Chittenden for class) it’s shopping period.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 13 2020 09:47am

  • Trompe l’oeil

    The café and gathering place between the new Yale Science Building and Kline Tower is up and running, but there’s still a lot of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 10 2020 08:21am

  • Alma mater

    Residence halls opened for the spring semester yesterday, which may explain the presence of this Yale mom on York Street. Let’s hear it for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 9 2020 08:41am

  • Falling leaves

    We’ve all had days like this: a scribe loses control of his papers in this carving from Sterling Memorial Library’s International Room. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2020 08:28am

  • You are here

    A gothic arch, some Briar Hill sandstone, leaded glass windows and an iron gate. This could be anywhere at Yale, but some of you know precisely... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 7 2020 08:03am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Clean start

    Spotted on High Street yesterday. Looks like Branford College is getting some new washing machines in 2020. Alums, do you have any tales from the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 3 2020 08:53am

  • Season’s greetings

    The President's House is decked out for the season. (Note the skis and skates at the front door.) We wish you all the best for the holidays and in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 23 2019 09:05am

  • Not a creature was stirring

    Where’d everybody go? Classrooms like this one in Linsly-Chittenden are quiet until January 13, when the spring term begins. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2019 03:38pm

  • Crystalline

    Final exams in Yale College and the Graduate School ended yesterday afternoon, and students are leaving behind an icy campus for winter break. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 19 2019 08:07am

  • Standing in judgment

    The Sterling Law Building is well known for its stone carvings depicting real and allegorical figures related to the law, like this English judge... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 18 2019 07:33am

  • Ice ice baby

    It’s a day of freezing drizzle, ice-covered trees, and slippery sidewalks. And winter doesn’t even begin for four more days. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 17 2019 10:52am