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  • Throwback Thursday: first team

    This fall, Yale celebrates the 150th anniversary of its first football game—a 3–0 victory over Columbia in New Haven on November 16... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 11 2022 08:00am

  • Room with a view

    On a hot day like yesterday, the great outdoors looks best from inside the air-conditioned comfort of the Yale Science Building—perhaps with... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 9 2022 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: free parking

    Today’s mystery: where on campus did we find these bicycle racks? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 8 2022 08:48am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Under cover

    With temperatures in the 90s yesterday, the word of the day on Cross Campus was “shade.” Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 5 2022 08:00am

  • Incredible hulks

    Where better than at Yale’s own “concrete monster” to mount an exhibition about the preservation of brutalist architecture? SOS... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 10 2022 08:00am

  • Fruits of increase

    On a recent stroll through the Divinity School’s community garden, we spotted some blackberries that will surely be tasty in another week or... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 3 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: working remotely

    Summertime doesn’t typically get a lot of documentation in an alumni magazine, but this cover from July 1955 fits the bill. That’s... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 4 2022 08:00am

  • State of the art

    It always makes us smile to see an e-reader carved in stone in Pauli Murray College. It’s part of a series on the history of the book that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2022 09:37am

  • Mystery Monday: official residence

    Yale has a few houses reserved for the use of certain university employees. Where is this house? And who lives there? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 1 2022 09:21am | Ico comments 4 comments

  • Full flower

    At least once a summer, we like to give a shout-out to Yale's grounds maintenance crew for keeping the campus beautifully in bloom all summer. Nice... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 29 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: last one in

    In our September/October 2009 issue, we celebrated summer at Yale’s Outdoor Education Center, a sylvan spot on Powers Lake in East Lyme... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 28 2022 08:00am

  • CITY life

    It is, thankfully, a little cooler in New Haven after a hot spell—a nice day to enjoy the tables outside Tsai CITY, perhaps. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 27 2022 07:59am

  • Have instruments, will travel

    One of the things we love about July at Yale is seeing the students of the Morse Summer Music Academy traversing the campus. Musicians in the New... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 26 2022 08:35am

  • Mystery Monday: have a seat

    Today’s mystery: where on campus can you find this elaborately carved bench? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 25 2022 08:58am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Chill at the library

    It’s always a treat to step into the beautiful nave of Sterling Memorial Library. But we found another good reason yesterday: some of the best... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 22 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: arrival of the lipstick

    In our June 1969 issue, we documented the arrival of Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, by the late Claes Oldenburg ’50, in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 21 2022 10:10am

  • Claes Oldenburg '50

    Sculptor Claes Oldenburg ’50 died on Monday at age 93. Known around the world for his “colossal monuments,” he is best remembered at... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 20 2022 08:06am

  • A good soaking

    Yesterday brought some much-needed rain to the campus. The rest of the week looks hot and sunny. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 19 2022 09:17am

  • Mystery Monday: green architecture

    Once upon a time, the buildings of the Ivy League really were covered in ivy—until it was better understood how destructive the creeping vines... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 18 2022 08:00am