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  • Let there be lux

    We spotted these floor lamps being unloaded outside the Old Campus on Friday—presumably for participants in Explo at Yale, a summer program... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 18 2018 08:12am

  • Big move

    It was 300 years ago this fall that the Collegiate School (not yet known as Yale) brought its books from its old home in Saybrook to its new one in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 15 2018 10:21am

  • Old Glory

    It’s Flag Day in the United States—a good time to take a look at this historic flag, which hung in Woolsey Hall during the Glenn Miller... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 14 2018 09:19am

  • Swing shift

    Were you one of the thousands of Yalies who lived in the Tower Parkway “swing dorm” during 15 years of residence hall renovations? After... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 13 2018 10:20am

  • Sweet memories

    Al fresco dining, day two: there are two tables available outside Durfee’s, remembered by some of us as a “sweet shoppe” but now... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 12 2018 10:09am

  • Farewell to furniture

    After decades in the basement of 149 York Street, the Yale University Art Gallery’s furniture study is moving to the West Campus. (As their... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 8 2018 01:37pm

  • Raw material

    In the Librarian’s Courtyard of Sterling Memorial Library are these carvings of early papermaking, part of a series celebrating printing and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 7 2018 10:48am

  • Still not tired

    Samuel Johnson said that “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” Some of us feel the same way about the Yale Center for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 6 2018 08:42am

  • Let me show you around

    A tour group enjoyed a beautiful morning on Old Campus today. Alums, do you remember your first campus tour? How many of you were tour guides... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 5 2018 10:21am

  • Under way

    A new skylight on Becton Plaza is visible evidence of the new home for the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY), which is being... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 4 2018 10:37am

  • Let’s do it again

    The second weekend of reunions is here. Welcome to the Classes of ’58, ’63, ’68, ’73, ’78, ’08, and ’13! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 1 2018 10:11am

  • Hillhouse pastorale

    Hillhouse Avenue looks beautiful on the last day of May, and the President’s House is flying the flags for the second weekend of reunions. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 31 2018 10:18am

  • Last cards standing

    Although most of the old card catalogues have been removed from Sterling Memorial Library, you can still find a few in use—in the Linonia and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 30 2018 12:57pm

  • Lux in the afternoon

    Taking a shortcut through Linsly-Chittenden the other day, we had to stop and admire the light through the Tiffany window in LC 102. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 29 2018 10:32am

  • Come chill with your class

    It’ll be sunny and into the 80s today and tomorrow as the first wave of Yale College reunions gets under way. But we can confirm that there is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 25 2018 10:45am

  • Quick change

    Yesterday on Old Campus: 15,000 folding chairs. Today: one big tent. Alums, are you ready for reunions? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2018 10:10am

  • Bubbling over with pride

    Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates from the School of Nursing broke out the bubbles to celebrate Commencement today. Besides the 3,000-odd... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 21 2018 02:33pm | Ico comments 3 comments

  • Putting down roots

    Some last-minute work to get the campus ready for commencements and reunions. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 17 2018 08:56am

  • Dutch treat

    We’re cheered by the tulips emerging from the gray granite of Beinecke Plaza. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 16 2018 08:44am