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  • Winter wonderland, part six

    Another weekend, another snowstorm: six inches fell on New Haven last night. Spring break starts Friday, not a moment too soon for those who have warmer... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 2 2015 08:35am

  • A room of one’s own

    When Cross Campus Library was transmogrified into Bass Library a few years ago, one feature of the old subterranean space was reimagined: the individual... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 27 2015 08:53am

  • Throwback Thursday: very old Heidelberg

    Twenty-five years ago, in our February 1990 issue, Randall Beach wrote about the Old Heidelberg, the “poor man’s Mory’s” that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 26 2015 10:00am

  • Cold day, hot lunch

    Even when it’s only 12 degrees outside, you can find food al fresco on Cedar Street. Roger and Marisa Chang have been serving “Chinese... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 25 2015 08:33am

  • From the top

    The view from the penthouse lounge of The Study (the Chapel Street hotel some will remember as the Colony Inn) recently inspired students in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2015 08:36am

  • Winter wonderland, part five

    Yes, we got another snowstorm on Saturday and Sunday. But this time it came without the blizzard winds, so we could enjoy that frosted-tree look that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2015 08:25am

  • Mystery Monday: Yale pride

    What campus building is guarded by this fierce terra cotta lion and several of his friends? We’ll update this post with the answer tomorrow.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2015 12:08pm

  • Happy landing

    Whatever else you might think about Paul Rudolph Hall (aka the Art & Architecture Building), you have to admit it has one of the campus’s most... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 13 2015 09:52am

  • Canals to rails to trails

    Most alumni will remember this as a disused railroad line—and before that it was a nineteenth-century canal—but the Farmington Canal... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 12 2015 09:02am

  • Green monster

    A snow sculpture on the upper New Haven Green—perhaps the creators were working through their feelings about the season’s fourth major... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 11 2015 09:17am

  • Enlightenment

    Just because it’s law school doesn’t mean it can’t be festive. Someone who studies at the Lillian Goldman Law Library decided to add a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 10 2015 08:51am

  • The longest month

    Oh look! It's more snow! Now we remember why they invented Feb Club. ___________________________________________ The Yale Alumni Magazine is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 9 2015 09:56am

  • Noguchi + nature

    The Isamu Noguchi sculptures in the Beinecke Library’s sunken courtyard have acquired some winter embellishment. The Beinecke is currently packing... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 4 2015 10:32am

  • The snowman cometh

    We got another foot of snow yesterday, some of which went into building this Old Campus sentinel. ___________________________________________ The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2015 12:21pm

  • Mystery Monday: Y indeed

    This elaborate stone carving sits above the entrance to what Yale building? We’ll update this post with the answer tomorrow. Update: this is the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 2 2015 10:09am

  • A fresh coat

    A new, thin blanket of snow fell on Sterling Memorial Library (and the rest of the campus) this morning—not as disruptive as Winter Storm Juno... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 30 2015 10:27am

  • Back to work

    A day after Winter Storm Juno underwhelmed the campus, it’s business as usual again for students, faculty, and staff.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 28 2015 11:22am

  • Snowpocalypse? Not now.

    Maybe we’re just unimpressed because we remember the 34 inches of snow we got from Nemo two years ago, but this much-hyped blizzard has turned out... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2015 11:11am

  • Mystery Monday: what do you call it?

    Where this photo was taken is no mystery for most of you, but do you know what this walkway is called, and why? We’ll update this post with... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 26 2015 09:00am