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  • Wet Wednesday

    One could grouse about the rain on a day like this, but in February, we’re mostly grateful that it isn’t snow. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2016 10:09am

  • Whale of a team

    Ingalls Rink is “the world’s most beautiful hockey rink,” according to Wired magazine. Right now, it’s also home to the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2016 09:27am

  • Hidden GEM

    Every morning as we walk down the alley between McClellan Hall and Linsly-Chittenden Hall on the Old Campus, we're greeted with a smile by this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 22 2016 10:07am

  • Lest we forget

    Before it was retrofitted into Branford and Saybrook College, Yale’s Memorial Quadrangle (1917) was the prototype for a new campus... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 19 2016 08:17am

  • It might as well be spring

    Red Sox pitchers and catchers report to spring training today, an annual milestone that always makes us remember the late Yale president, baseball... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 18 2016 08:20am

  • Dusky brutalism

    To those of you with an abiding enmity for Paul Rudolph Hall (née the Art and Architecture Building): isn't it kind of nice when bathed in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 17 2016 10:16am

  • A little thaw

    The good news is that the temperature is above freezing. The bad news? Puddles. Lots of puddles. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2016 10:58am

  • Historic site

    Why are we offering a picture of the Law School Library on President’s Day? Because according to legend, it was the place where a future... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 15 2016 09:13am

  • The path to Payne

    It’s one of Yale’s most photographed views: the gothic tower of Payne Whitney Gymnasium framed by the eccentric peanut-brittle walls of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 12 2016 09:25am

  • Throwback Thursday: now THAT was a snowstorm!

    When younger students remark on the ankle-deep snow covering the campus right now, seniors can say “that’s nothing. When I was your... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 11 2016 10:09am

  • Settled in

    There’s nothing like a cozy college library on a winter’s night. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 10 2016 10:22am

  • Winter, continued

    We’re just going to keep posting snowy campus pictures for a while, if that’s okay. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 9 2016 10:37am

  • Ivory tower

    Another snowy day in New Haven today, though this picture is from Friday, when a strong north wind made the wet snow stick to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 8 2016 09:03am

  • Snow time

    Yale woke up to snow this morning—three inches as of 9 o'clock. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 5 2016 10:18am

  • Throwback Thursday: ultimate’s origins

    Forty years ago, in our February 1976 issue, John Tierney ’76 enlightened our readers on the rise of ultimate frisbee at Yale, reporting on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 4 2016 08:36am

  • Hello, February

    The campus was greeted this morning with one of those quintessential steel-gray February New Haven skies. That’s why they invented Feb Club.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 3 2016 10:36am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Kitchen prep

    If you squint and use your imagination, you can see the future dining hall of North College in the center of this photo. The new residential... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 2 2016 10:28am

  • Twilght’s last gleaming

    The setting winter sun fell nicely on the Bicentennial buildings in Hewitt Quadrangle last Friday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 1 2016 09:00am

  • Drink this cup

    When we snapped this picture on Wednesday, there weren’t many takers for the free hot chocolate being offered on Old Campus by Chi Alpha... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 29 2016 01:43pm