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  • Art on the move

    We spotted an old friend on Tower Parkway yesterday: the George Rickey sculpture Two Planes Vertical-Horizontal II, swaying in the breeze... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 12 2018 08:47am

  • Remembering 9/11

    Yale marked the 17th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with a ceremony of remembrance in the nave of Sterling Memorial Library. Students read... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 11 2018 09:11am

  • We know what it’s all about

    This morning’s theme song: “Rainy Days and Mondays.” Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 10 2018 10:08am

  • Silver lining

    A sunny day turned dark very quickly around 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon. On campus and at the athletic fields, many Yalies soon found... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 7 2018 10:36am

  • Hot lunch

    Despite the heat wave, the food trucks in front of Ingalls Rink are as popular as ever at lunchtime. Just be sure to find a table in the shade. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 6 2018 09:29am

  • Where history is made

    Undergrads have called McClellan Hall home for 93 years, but this fall the Old Campus building is full of faculty offices for the history department.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 5 2018 10:47am

  • Fountain

    It was already 80 degrees at nine o’clock this morning, and the cool water bubbling over the top of Maya Lin’s Women’s Table... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 4 2018 01:19pm

  • Mail call

    Yes, even in this digital age, the Yale Station post office is still in business. They set up a mobile office on High Street this week to sign up... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 31 2018 10:40am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Heat wave

    As a member of the Class of 1913 once wrote, “It’s too darn hot.” Classes started yesterday in the midst of a heat wave. Some... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 30 2018 10:37am

  • (Pre)historic occasion

    Why is this torosaurus smiling? Maybe he heard about the $160 million donation that will allow the Peabody Museum to renovate and expand its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 29 2018 10:20am

  • Root and branch

    Running a secret society isn’t all glamour and intrigue. Sometimes, in the midst of your global conspiracy for world control, you have to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 28 2018 08:17am

  • On leave

    What’s missing from this picture? To prepare for construction of the Schwarzman Center, the cenotaph at the center of Yale’s World War I... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 27 2018 10:45am

  • Hero’s welcome

    When Dink Stover, the protagonist of the 1911 novel Stover at Yale, arrived on campus for his freshman year, he passed through Phelps Gate... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 24 2018 10:02am

  • Another year begins

    Today is move-in day for returning Yale College students; first-years arrive on Friday. Alums, any advice for students to make this a good year? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 22 2018 10:00am

  • Gotta go around

    When students return this week, they’ll find themselves deprived of one of Yale’s grandest shortcuts. The path through Memorial Hall is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 20 2018 08:27am

  • Climb every mountain

    What you’re seeing here is excavation work on Science Hill related to the construction of Yale’s new science building. The rumor that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 16 2018 09:02am

  • Change of scenery

    Last week we showed you Alexander Calder’s sculpture Gallows and Lollipops being disassembled on Beinecke Plaza. Now the mobile has been... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 14 2018 08:10am

  • Pennies from heaven

    Undeterred by a little rain, a new class of MBA students at the School of Management gathered in the courtyard of Evans Hall this morning for the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 13 2018 10:07am

  • Cooling off

    Sterling Memorial Library is always a popular stop on summer campus tours, especially now that it is air-conditioned. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 10 2018 08:32am