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  • Now and then: two inaugurations

    On Sunday, Maurie McInnis ’96PhD was formally inaugurated as Yale's 24th president. 75 years ago, in our November 1950 issue, we published... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 9 2025 08:00pm

  • Installing No. 24

    Banners line Beinecke Plaza in anticipation of the inauguration of Maurie McInnis ’96PhD, Yale's 24th president, on Sunday. The weekend will... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 4 2025 06:14am

  • Cloud server

    We walked straight into a Magritte painting on Hewitt Quadrangle the other day. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 7 2025 04:12am

  • Throwback Thursday: what might have been

    125 years ago this month, in our January 31, 1900, edition, we revealed plans for Yale's Bicentennial buildings—Commons, Woolsey Hall... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 15 2025 10:00pm

  • Might as well jump

    You never know what you might find on a Sunday afternoon stroll across campus. This time it was double dutch on Beinecke Plaza. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 18 2024 07:07am

  • Made in the shade

    In the midday sun today, this tour group found shade where it could on Beinecke Plaza. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 17 2024 09:50am

  • Repopulated

    Spring break is over, and we found the campus just the way we like it yesterday: full of people. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 26 2024 04:27am

  • Blue heaven

    After a succession of gray days last week, we're glad to see the sky once again turn our favorite color. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 6 2024 04:51am

  • Now and then: before Beinecke

    We're not sure of the date of this mid-twentieth-century photo of Hewitt Quadrangle before the Beinecke Library was built, but there was more ivy... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 14 2023 03:24am

  • Honoring those who served

    Hundreds of people—including students, faculty, and staff who are military veterans—gathered on Hewitt Quadrangle Friday for Yale's... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 13 2023 03:43am

  • A banner day

    “Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 14 2023 08:00am

  • Classical figures

    The 59-degree weather at lunchtime today brought students out to soak up the sun. We couldn't resist snapping a picture of this accidentally... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 10 2023 01:04pm

  • Lighting the way

    Part of the renovation of Commons and Memorial Hall as the Schwarzman Center involved new exterior lighting to highlight the buildings'... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2023 09:22am

  • Sunny side

    Students back from Thanksgiving break found the campus warm enough for lunch al fresco yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 29 2022 09:09am

  • Conspicuously absent

    When you walk this campus frequently, sometimes you’re surprised by what you don’t see. That includes the Alexander Calder sculpture... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 28 2022 08:46am

  • Throwback Thursday: arrival of the lipstick

    In our June 1969 issue, we documented the arrival of Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, by the late Claes Oldenburg ’50, in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 21 2022 10:10am

  • A little closer to the sun

    Yesterday’s springlike weather was just made for sitting on the walls outside Commons. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 15 2022 08:00am

  • Table service

    One pandemic innovation we hope is permanent: the abundance of outdoor tables and chairs on campus. They have made Beinecke Plaza a much more lively... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 1 2021 08:45am

  • Mobile, home

    After a three-year sabbatical in the Art Gallery sculpture garden, the Alexander Calder sculpture Gallows and Lollipops is back in its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 14 2021 07:54am