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  • Mystery Monday: court is in session

    Today’s mystery: where on campus can you find these squash rackets carved in stone? Read on
    Mark Branch ’86 | August 17 2020 08:00am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Stories in glass

    Artist Barbara Earl Thomas has been commissioned to create new stained glass panes for the windows of the Grace Hopper College dining hall. The new... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 14 2020 07:39am

  • War's end

    Saturday is VJ Day, the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II. As the wartime version of the Yale Daily News... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 13 2020 07:53am

  • L'esprit de l'escalier

    Otherwise, how are we going to get good at it? Spotted in the hallway near the magazine’s office at 2 Whitney Avenue. Most Yale staff are... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 12 2020 09:04am

  • Mobile home

    Traffic was stopped on Trumbull Street Saturday morning as a house once owned by Benjamin Silliman was carried a block down the street to a new... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 11 2020 07:52am

  • Mystery Monday: a building remembered

    This week’s Mystery Monday poses two questions: where on campus can you find this stone carving, and what does it depict? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 10 2020 07:53am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Good chemistry

    Happy 241st birthday (tomorrow) to Benjamin Silliman, Sr., a noted chemist and Yale’s first science professor. His statue, sculpted by... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 7 2020 08:13am

  • High way

    More progress in the conversion of campus streets to walkways: High Street between Wall and Grove is getting its turn. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 6 2020 08:55am

  • After the storm

    A broken tree branch was blocking York Square Place this morning outside Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Tropical Storm Isaias brought down trees all over... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 5 2020 09:11am

  • Street food

    In July, New Haven closed a lane of College Street and rerouted pedestrian traffic to allow restaurants and bars more room for outdoor dining during... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 4 2020 08:10am

  • Mystery Monday: looking up

    Another Monday, another mystery: who can tell us where on campus this photo was taken? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 3 2020 07:58am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Oak city?

    Few of us remember seeing Hillhouse Avenue lined with majestic elm trees; the last of them died in 1972 after decades of struggle with Dutch elm... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 31 2020 08:42am

  • Pole watcher

    We spotted an old friend in Hewitt Quadrangle: the Ledyard Flagstaff, which was temporarily removed two years ago when construction of the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 30 2020 08:30am

  • Taylor made

    As part of its parent company’s bankruptcy plan, the clothing retailer Ann Taylor closed a number of locations on Sunday, including its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 29 2020 08:21am

  • Another mai tai, please

    The triangular plaza between Broadway and Elm Street—now being promoted as Broadway Island—is a good spot to relax and enjoy takeout... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 28 2020 08:46am

  • Mystery Monday: stone scholar

    This fellow is going all in on the studious look for his Zoom classes this fall. Can you tell us where on campus this carving can be found? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 27 2020 08:35am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Grab and go

    How to take a book out of the library in the age of Covid-19: request book online, wait for it to be quarantined for 36 hours, then go to Bass... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 24 2020 07:58am

  • Have a seat

    There was plenty of room on the Yale Shuttle yesterday morning, even allowing for social distancing. But riders always have Handsome Dan for company. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 23 2020 07:54am

  • Who is that masked man?

    Sage Boy, the oft-adorned sculpture outside the School of the Environment’s Sage Hall, could not be more 2020 this week. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 22 2020 08:11am