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  • Spruced up

    When you check out the economics department's new building on Trumbull Street, be sure to walk around the corner and admire the restoration job on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 14 2023 08:00am

  • Show of support

    More than a year into the war in Ukraine, we're still seeing Ukrainian flags on campus, like this one hanging outside Durfee Hall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 10 2023 12:07pm

  • Doggone shame

    We appreciate the sentiment, but no dog who loves Yale could condone that misuse of the apostrophe. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2023 08:00am

  • My blue heaven

    The sky wasn't quite Yale blue yesterday, but it was beautiful anyway. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 9 2023 08:06am

  • Sign of spring

    Witch hazel is in bloom all over campus. We found this specimen in Branford College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 8 2023 08:41am

  • Remnant

    This big muddy slushball is among the few remaining souvenirs of the winter's first snowstorm, which fell on February 28. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 7 2023 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: Hail Columbia!

    Today's mystery: what member of the Class of 1714 is memorialized above the door to the Branford head of college house? And what did he and some... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 6 2023 08:00am | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Just don't do it

    We’re sure this sign we saw outside the Peabody Museum is offering sound advice, but it seems a bit like telling children not to put beans in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 3 2023 08:00am

  • Prognosis negative

    We're not sure how many of you have nostalgic feelings about the old Yale Health building at 17 Hillhouse, but if so, brace yourselves. The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 2 2023 08:00am

  • Sign up

    Last Friday at lunchtime, we found Lily Ates ’25 and Ben Crnovrsanin ’25 braving the cold on Cross Campus on behalf of Yale Votes, a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 1 2023 09:34am

  • Dawn of (snow)man

    That's more like it! We finally got enough snow for a snowman last night, and a sculptor wasted no time installing this one in front of Betts House... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 28 2023 03:34pm

  • Do you want to build a snowman? Maybe some other time.

    The first snow of 2023 fell on Saturday. Nothing to write home about, but this season we'll take what we can get. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 27 2023 07:59am

  • Artistic Stiles

    It's Arts Week in Ezra Stiles, a longstanding tradition in the college. Yale College alums, what tradition did you enjoy that was unique to your... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2023 08:16am

  • Throwback Thursday: sentinel

    Alums of a certain age will tell you that back in their day, the gates of the residential colleges were open day and night. It's true, but they... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2023 08:00am

  • Harbingers

    These little purple irises—usually the first spring bulbs to appear on campus—have arrived. They're just outside the High Street gate to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 22 2023 09:03am

  • Swing time

    On our third try, we captured this guy in mid-swing behind the wall of Berkeley College's North Court yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 21 2023 08:00am

  • Champions

    With a 10–1 victory over Harvard Saturday afternoon, the women's hockey team ended their regular season with their first Ivy League and ECAC... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 20 2023 11:27am

  • Dear sir or madam, will you read my book?

    Yale grandparent and honorary doctor of music Sir Paul McCartney appeared before a full house in Woolsey Hall last night to promote his new book... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 17 2023 08:20am

  • Throwback Thursday: wasn't that a mighty storm

    Aside from a dusting back in December, New Haven hasn't yet had a snowstorm this winter. Ten years ago this month we had a doozy: Winter Storm Nemo... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2023 08:00am