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  • A dosa culture

    If you haven’t made it down the walkway that connects Morse and Stiles colleges to Broadway in the last couple of years, you've missed a couple of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 18 2015 08:54am

  • Capital morning

    After some cloudy days, the sun is shining over New Haven today, providing a nice backdrop for the beaux-arts classical architecture of Memorial Hall.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 17 2015 10:38am

  • Lion eyes

    The lions that flank the Wall Street gate of Berkeley College are a tribute to an earlier pair of lions that sat atop Lampson Hall, which was torn down to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 16 2015 10:47am

  • Into each life . . .

    It’s a wet morning on the Old Campus as New Haven gets some much-needed rain. What was your preferred method of negotiating rainy days at Yale?... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 15 2015 10:00am

  • Immortal victory

    As we continue to bask in the reflected glory of Yale’s decisive win at the 150th Yale-Harvard Regatta, here’s a reminder carved in stone of a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 10 2015 08:29am

  • What’s up?

    We’ve always wondered about that tower . . . No, not Harkness Tower; we know plenty about that one. We’re talking about that tiny... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 9 2015 08:33am

  • Silence in the stacks

    It’s very quiet up in the Sterling stacks these days. Tell us your stories of studying—or not studying—in the stacks.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 5 2015 10:32am

  • Burrito is the new burger

    Now open on Broadway, in the spot where the Educated Burgher fed generations of Yalies, is Salsa Fresca, the fifth location of a regional chain featuring... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 4 2015 08:16am

  • Coming up

    After months of work below ground level, Yale’s two new residential colleges are beginning to emerge, as seen in this morning’s view from... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 3 2015 10:15am

  • A tribute to Bart

    We happened upon the A. Bartlett Giamatti ’60 memorial bench adorned with flowers yesterday and wondered if this had something to do with the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 2 2015 08:41am

  • Window to the past

    Besides offering a view of the Librarian’s Courtyard, the recently restored windows of Sterling Memorial Library’s north aisle feature... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 1 2015 09:03am

  • Big top

    A week after the Class of ’90 celebrated its 25th, the biggest reunion tent on campus is ready to house the Class of ’05 for its 10th.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 28 2015 08:39am

  • Secret garden

    The courtyard behind Sterling-Sheffield-Strathcona, off of Hillhouse Avenue, is a quiet and beautiful spot in the spring.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 27 2015 09:53am

  • Open-gate policy

    For years, this gate on Chapel Street between Vanderbilt and Bingham Halls was kept locked all the time. These days, denizens of the Old Campus have... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2015 08:09am

  • Hillhouse Avenue in bloom

    Charles Dickens may or may not have called Hillhouse Avenue “the most beautiful street in America,” but it is an awfully pretty place... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 20 2015 08:46am

  • Let the moving commence

    Once the degree is in hand, the only thing left to do is empty out the dorm room and fill up the SUV. So long, Class of 2015! Come back soon.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 19 2015 08:36am

  • Cap and gown—and kilt

    The scene on Cross Campus, where graduates queue up for the march to the Old Campus for Commencement, gets more colorful every year. The Divinity School... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2015 02:06pm

  • Standing room only

    The folding chairs are all in place, the jumbotrons are being tested, and Nathan Hale has an elevated view for Yale’s 314th commencement on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 15 2015 08:50am

  • Throwback Thursday: When Commons was new

    This week, Yale announced a $150 million gift from Stephen Schwarzman ’69 to create the Schwarzman Center, a student center and performing arts... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 14 2015 09:00am