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  • Rush hour

    Some things at Yale never change, including the pedestrian traffic at the intersection outside Memorial Hall between classes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 3 2021 08:00am

  • Rite of passage

    The long-awaited opening of the Schwarzman Center also means that Memorial Hall is now open again. Besides housing a memorial to Yale students... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 8 2021 07:53am

  • NIMAL (Not In My Acanthus Leaves)

    We spotted this worker installing mesh to keep pigeons off the capitals of the columns of Memorial Hall earlier this week. Non-pigeons will soon be... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 13 2021 08:02am

  • Passing through

    It’s been more than two years since the Memorial Hall rotunda was closed for construction of the Schwarzman Center. Work continues on the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 18 2020 08:04am

  • Homage to Marge Simpson?

    The rotunda of Memorial Hall has acquired a jaunty new blue hat as work on the Schwarzman Center continues. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 15 2020 08:04am

  • Throwback Thursday: a monument to both sides

    Recent talk about Confederate monuments sent us to our archives, where we found this photo of Yale’s Civil War Memorial at the time of its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 25 2020 07:51am

  • Gotta go around

    When students return this week, they’ll find themselves deprived of one of Yale’s grandest shortcuts. The path through Memorial Hall is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 20 2018 08:27am

  • Passing through

    It’s officially called Memorial Hall, but most people call it the Woolsey rotunda. Either way, it’s Yale’s most glorious shortcut.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 21 2018 10:39am

  • Memorial Day

    Today we remember 1,020 Yale alumni whose names are carved in the marble of Memorial Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 28 2018 09:25am

  • Rush hour

    At class-changing time, the corner outside Memorial Hall is Yale’s busiest. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 14 2017 01:35pm

  • See Yale first

    It is without a doubt the season for campus tours. One can encounter four or more tour groups on a single walk through central campus; one group was... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 9 2016 08:26am

  • Memorial Day 2016

    Memory here guards ennobled names. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 30 2016 10:24am

  • Flowery Friday

    Spring keeps springing, and now it’s the dogwoods’ turn. Happy Earth Day! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 22 2016 10:50am

  • Look around

    Today’s public service announcement, seen outside Memorial Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 16 2016 12:15pm

  • Blue sky

    Prospect Street skyline on a December morning. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 9 2015 01:46pm

  • Possibilities

    The university is looking for ideas from the community as it begins planning the new Schwarzman Center in Commons and Memorial Hall. Staff members... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 16 2015 08:46am

  • Am I blue?

    Just what kind of blue is Yale blue? The discrepancy in these two posters outside Memorial Hall is due to fading—the one on the left is closer... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 10 2015 09:22am