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  • Mystery Monday: the devil made me do it

    Today's mystery: where can you find this carving of a conflicted convict? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 7 2023 08:01am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Take this lying down

    It's August—time to gear up for a new semester. We spotted a delivery of new Yale blue mattresses at the front gate of TD Wednesday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 4 2023 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: Meet the Giamattis

    Forty-five years ago this month, the new Yale president A. Bartlett Giamatti ’60, ’64PhD, and his family moved into 43 Hillhouse. We... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 3 2023 08:00am

  • Painted Lizzie

    The Elizabethan Club is getting a paint job, in a slightly different color. We hope this won't be as controversial as when they changed the tea... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2023 09:05am

  • Bollard alert

    Blocked entrances on High Street and Wall Street put a crimp in some pedestrian commutes yesterday. The university is installing retractable... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 1 2023 09:53am

  • Mystery Monday: something's missing

    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 | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Foodway

    Enjoying the view on Blount Avenue, the pedestrian path once known to Yalies as Grub Street, since it connects the Old Campus to Commons. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 28 2023 09:16am

  • Throwback Thursday: before Morse and Stiles

    65 years ago, in our July 1958 issue, we reported that, thanks to a $15 million gift from Paul Mellon ’29, Yale would build two new... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 27 2023 08:00am

  • It's cool

    The pavilion between the Yale Science Building and Kline Tower is a good place to get out of the heat on a summer day. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 26 2023 08:45am

  • Movable feast

    Even in the summer, the food trucks at Prospect and Sachem are one of New Haven's busiest lunch destinations. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 25 2023 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: ignorance isn't bliss

    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
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 24 2023 07:55am

  • Oasis

    Somehow, even the sound of the water pouring over the Women's Table makes us feel a little cooler on a summer day. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 21 2023 03:10pm

  • Throwback Thursday: the right stuff

    Twenty years ago this month, our Summer 2003 issue appeared with author Tom Wolfe ’57PhD on the cover. When we asked some famous alums to tell... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 20 2023 08:00am

  • Design for swinging

    We don't know exactly what they get up to in the graphic design studio at Green Hall, but it looks like fun. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 19 2023 01:12pm

  • Into the wild

    If you're a bumblebee—or any another creature that enjoys wildflowers—this is an excellent time to visit the urban meadow near Betts... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 18 2023 08:32am

  • Mystery Monday: a lot hinges on this

    Today's mystery: where on campus did we spot this ornate door hardware? If you went to Yale College, you likely had a class inside. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 17 2023 08:57am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • SPF

    It's raining this morning, but earlier this week we spotted some people enjoying noonday shade in the courtyard behind SSS. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 14 2023 08:42am

  • Throwback Thursday: The Peabody that might have been

    125 years ago this month, we showed off the expansion plans for the Peabody Museum. The museum had completed the first stage of the building (at far... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 13 2023 08:00am

  • Beauty and the beast

    We always stop to admire the contrast between the hard edges of Paul Rudolph Hall and the seasonal flowers in its planting boxes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 12 2023 08:15am