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  • Let it thaw, let it thaw, let it thaw!

    On the first day of spring, it’s sunny and relatively warm, but we’ve still got a few inches of winter to get rid of. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 20 2017 01:00pm

  • Seeing the light

    A visitor to the Art Gallery watches the shifting colors in a light installation by Thomas Wilfred, an artist who developed kinetic light sculptures... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 17 2017 08:34am

  • Uphill climb

    There were no sledders in sight on the hard, crusty shell of snow and ice behind the Divinity School yesterday. But one little dog and his human... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 16 2017 08:47am

  • Overblown

    Yesterday’s storm shifted west and ended up bringing us some high winds and snow, but less than predicted. The campus is back to business... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 15 2017 09:01am

  • Stellaaaa!

    With Winter Storm Stella expected to deliver more than a foot of snow and blizzard-level winds today, Yale and New Haven are effectively shut down... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 14 2017 08:44am

  • Cookin’ in Commons

    Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his quintet headlined a two-day festival called “Jazz: A Celebration of America’s Sound” with a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2017 08:37am

  • See ya later, snow

    Students were in short sleeves just two days ago, but we woke up to snow this morning. This guy is one of many who are heading out of town for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 10 2017 08:46am

  • Hold that pose

    Yesterday was one of those days when everyone wanted to move classes outside—even this life-drawing class that set up shop outside the Art... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 9 2017 08:49am

  • Presidential portrait

    In our recent cover story on Handsome Dan, we mentioned that former president George W. Bush ’68 painted a portrait of Handsome Dan... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 8 2017 09:16am

  • Whitmen

    On this rainy morning, here’s a look at the Old Campus through the Whitman Gate, which was built in 1896 and honors former Corporation members... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 7 2017 09:06am

  • More signs of spring

    It’s chilly today, but the witch hazel is in bloom on campus, pointing the way to spring. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 6 2017 08:58am

  • The man who made Yale look like Yale

    James Gamble Rogers (1867–1947) the architect who designed eight Yale residential colleges, Sterling Memorial Library, the Law School, the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 3 2017 08:37am

  • On-campus housing

    The medieval scholar who presides over the entrance to Sterling Memorial Library has a little something extra adorning his head. Wonder if... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 1 2017 08:35am

  • Drive-in vista

    We walk the campus day after day looking for new views of Yale to share with you. And then there are days when we have to park on the roof of the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 28 2017 10:39am

  • Popping up

    We saw a welcome sign of spring on the Old Campus on this chilly morning. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 27 2017 08:37am

  • Coming down

    For a limited time: an inside look at Gibbs Laboratories. The 62-year-old building is being torn down to make way for a new science building, marked... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2017 08:27am

  • Election day

    Teaching assistants in nine Yale graduate-school departments vote today on whether to be represented by a union; it’s the first... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2017 10:19am

  • High minded

    If a lecturer in Strathcona Hall ever gets boring (perish the thought!), there’s always the ceiling to keep one occupied. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 21 2017 08:34am

  • The way of all Connecticut igloos

    Igloo update: with sunny skies and a record-high 57 degrees in New Haven yesterday, it didn’t stand a chance. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 20 2017 10:02am