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  • Sitting in

    Students from the group Fossil Free Yale staged a sit-in at Woodbridge Hall yesterday morning to demand that the university consider selling its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 10 2015 08:19am

  • Remembrance

    Tomorrow is the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appamattox, which ended the American Civil War. Yale’s memorial to its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 8 2015 08:30am

  • A call to arms

    Posters went up around the campus yesterday promoting the effort to name Yale’s new residential colleges “after facets of the Yale community... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 7 2015 10:20am

  • Faith and fire

    To prepare for Passover, Jewish law requires that homes be rid of chametz—foods made from leavened grains. At the Slifka Center for Jewish Life... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 3 2015 10:32am

  • R. U. amused?

    Happy April Fools’ Day from Sterling Memorial Library! Clearly architect James Gamble Rogers and sculptor Rene Chambellan wanted to make sure... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 1 2015 01:00am

  • A Yalie hangout that’s still going strong

    Sometimes it feels like we’re always telling you about the disappearance of old Yale haunts (the Yankee Doodle, the Anchor, Cutler’s). Many... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 31 2015 08:43am

  • Blooms day

    Ever since the snow started melting, we’ve been scanning the ground all over campus waiting for this cheerful sign of spring. Hooray!... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 27 2015 10:24am

  • Up on the roof

    The weather is getting nice enough to merit a visit to the Yale University Art Gallery’s sculpture terrace, one of the most felicitous results of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 25 2015 08:50am

  • Jewel box

    You’ve got less than two months to enjoy the architectural drama of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library before it closes on May 18 for a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 24 2015 08:48am

  • Cold comfort

    Students are back from break, and the snow has almost disappeared from Cross Campus. Maybe it is spring after all. Except for the fact that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 23 2015 10:43am

  • Payne Whitney Beach

    Not of all of us could get away to a tropical beach for spring break, but we can still go for a swim in 80-degree water at Payne Whitney Gymnasium.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 18 2015 08:20am

  • No blarney

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day! These shamrocks and harp, carved in stone at the Elm Street entrance to Berkeley College, are a tribute to Bishop... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 17 2015 08:18am

  • The great thaw

    Good morning, Science Hill! It's so good to see the grass again. We had kind of forgotten what it looked like.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 16 2015 10:17am

  • The art of the field trip

    Yale’s students may be on spring break, but the learning continues for these schoolchildren at the Yale University Art Gallery.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2015 08:58am

  • The sound of silence

    Not everyone has left town for spring break; a few people are still haunting the Starr Reading Room and other parts of Sterling Memorial Library. But... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 11 2015 11:18am

  • Blue skies

    There’s always something beautiful to see where Yale meets the sky—especially a warming blue sky after a long winter.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 10 2015 08:30am

  • Limited seating

    This Old Campus bench—like much of the campus—is still buried in snow today, but most students are off on spring break anyway. With... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 9 2015 08:52am

  • The best defense

    We don’t want to alarm anyone, but Skull and Bones appears to have built a moat. Reports that it is stocked with alligators have not been confirmed.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 6 2015 09:27am

  • Stone-throwing is strictly prohibited

    If a Bass Library “weenie bin” is too claustrophobic for you, you could try studying at the School of Management’s new library, where... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 4 2015 08:57am