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  • Moving

    Now pivoting gently in the sculpture garden of the Yale University Art Gallery, this kinetic sculpture by George Rickey, titled Two Planes... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 16 2016 01:28pm

  • I am the walrus

    Proto-hipster, circa 1889, on the porch of Chittenden Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 15 2016 08:36am

  • Stars and stripes

    It's Flag Day in the United States, the 239th anniversary of the adoption of the national flag by the Continental Congress. Yale’s flag is at... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 14 2016 10:19am

  • The livin’ is easy

    How many of you alums ever stuck around New Haven for the summer? You get a whole other perspective on the campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 13 2016 10:40am

  • An old friend is back

    Do you mind if we post another picture of the newly reopened Yale Center for British Art? It’s awfully photogenic. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 10 2016 08:17am

  • Give us a ring

    Throwback Thursday: fifty years ago this summer, workers spent three months installing 44 new bells in Harkness Tower to upgrade the existing chimes... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 9 2016 11:09am

  • Get festive

    June used to be quiet in New Haven, but these days we’re blessed with the joyful noise of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, which... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 8 2016 10:43am

  • Thriller

    School’s out, and it’s time for summer reading. We wish we knew what book was causing such a reaction in this stone scholar in Sterling... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 7 2016 12:22pm

  • Nathan Hale, proto-feminist?

    Today is the 261st anniversary of the birth of Nathan Hale, Class of 1773. The Yale University Library has an online exhibit about Hale’s... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 6 2016 10:16am

  • Come on in

    Reunions, round two! Welcome indeed to the classes of ’56, ’66, ’71, ’76, ’06, and ’11! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 3 2016 09:01am

  • Bag of tricks

    They run a pretty tight ship at the newly reopened Yale Center for British Art, so you might be surprised to see a trash bag lying around the lobby at... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 2 2016 08:46am

  • Burger time

    How long has it been since you had a cheese works from Louis’ Lunch? Fourth-generation proprietor Jeff Lassen is still at the cast-iron grill... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 1 2016 08:18am

  • Progress report

    Some of the scaffolding around the new residential colleges has come down, allowing us sidewalk superintendents a better look. This is the future... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 31 2016 09:49am

  • Memorial Day 2016

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

  • Time for reflection

    It’s reunion time! Welcome back to the classes of 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986, 1981, 1961, and 1951! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 27 2016 08:58am

  • Cast away

    A look inside one of the dumpsters placed on campus for departing students. We checked out the MacBook—it had a cracked screen. We did not try... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 26 2016 03:21pm

  • Head start

    In case you were wondering what would become of the “master’s house” now that residential colleges no longer have masters... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 25 2016 10:05am

  • Raising the roof

    3,627 graduates and their families are grateful that the rain held off until today. Now, the Old Campus gets ready for reunions. Read on
    Mark Branch ’86 | May 24 2016 10:50am

  • Commencement Number 315

    Yale’s 315th commencement gets under way in an hour! This year’s honorary degree recipients are: Canadian Supreme Court justice Rosalie... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 23 2016 09:14am