If you're looking up as you walk between Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray colleges, you might spot this carving in a gable. What do the diagram... Read on
One set of stone carvings on Pauli Murray College, devoted to "New Haven foodways," includes tributes to Wooster Square pizza and the Yankee Doodle... Read on
Here's an easy Mystery Monday to get you back in the swing of things after a long weekend. Where on campus did we photograph this Costantino Nivola... Read on
Cotton Mather was a Harvard man, but only because there was no Yale when he started college. Mather was one of Yale's early champions; he urged... Read on
The International Room in Sterling Memorial Library was once the Yale Memorabilia Room, and its shelves are decorated with scenes of extracurricular... Read on
Stained glass artist G. Owen Bonawit produced hundreds of window panels for Yale buildings in the interwar years. Where did we spot this image of... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 28 2023 08:00am | 2 comments
This stone carving blends well with Yale's timeless gothic architecture, but it indicates a building younger than the current student body. Where is... Read on
This fall, a landmark of the campus skyline will be open again, but with a name that is seven letters shorter. What word used to be between "Kline"... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 31 2023 08:31am | 1 comment
Today's mystery: where did we spot these words of wisdom? For magna cum laude honors, tell us the source of the quotation. For summa cum laude, tell... Read on
Sometimes all you want to do is read, but some sculptor insists that you pose for a while. What campus statue seems to be eager to get back to his... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 15 2023 08:13am | 1 comment
This bit of ornament is not on a campus building, but it is campus-adjacent. And it seems to be paying tribute to traditional student pastimes.... Read on
Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 8 2023 08:37am | 2 comments
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