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  • Portrait of the architect

    The rich ornament of Yale’s early–twentieth century neo-gothic buildings includes the visages of the architects, craftsmen, and patrons... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 24 2020 08:49am

  • Glass house

    Here's a construction update from that old empty plaza behind the Becton Center, which will soon be home to the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 25 2020 08:40am

  • Eli go bragh

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This gentleman is William Erigena Robinson, Class of 1841, 1842 Law, Yale’s first student from Ireland. He went... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 17 2020 07:54am

  • He's working on his dogtorate

    Bragging about your child the honor student is so 2010s. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 20 2020 07:54am

  • The long way

    Workers have begun converting another block of Wall Street into a pedestrian path. In the meantime, some pedestrians will get extra exercise on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 11 2020 08:01am

  • Group effort

    Since Sol Lewitt left his wall drawings to Yale after his death in 2007—actually, they are instructions for wall drawings that anyone can... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 10 2020 08:25am

  • Responding to an outbreak

    Most Yale students are on spring break now, but concerns about COVID-19 have begun to affect life at the university. Administrators have asked that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 9 2020 09:57am

  • Can't be too careful

    Today is Friday the 13th, which got us thinking about Yale superstitions, two of which are suggested by this photo. Depending on who's telling the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2020 08:02am

  • Happy birthday, by George!

    Happy 335th birthday to George Berkeley, the Anglo-Irish philosopher, bishop, and early benefactor of Yale. (Berkeley College, the Berkeley Divinity... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 12 2020 08:23am

  • Time and change

    Don’t forget to set your clocks forward this weekend! Our phones and many digital clocks reset themselves these days, but Yale’s big... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 6 2020 08:19am

  • Blowin' in the wind

    Time for another campus challenge: who knows where at Yale this weather vane can be found? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 5 2020 07:48am

  • Really more of a semicolon, though

    Because our mission statement mandates that we “portray Yale in all its complexity,” we just wanted you to know that there was a giant... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 4 2020 08:33am

  • Fresh air

    With temperatures reaching the 50s yesterday, students took to the Cross Campus lawn to enjoy the sunshine. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 3 2020 08:21am

  • Snows of yesteryear

    We illustrated our March 1945 cover with a snowy campus scene. Seventy-five years later, we’re looking out today at a campus that hasn't seen... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 2 2020 10:19am

  • Good sign

    As February wanes, we spotted another hopeful sign of spring: witch hazel on Grove Street outside Silliman College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 28 2020 07:59am

  • Recommended reading

    Bass Library solicited suggestions of books and other art by and about people of color. Who’s got further suggestions? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 27 2020 08:00am

  • Disappearing dinosaur

    The Peabody Museum’s Great Hall is closed, but you can watch the disassembly of its Brontosaurus from the museum's second-floor discovery... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 26 2020 08:32am

  • Perennial tradition

    Every year around this time, we stalk the area around the High Street gate, waiting to bring you breaking news of the arrival of these little... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 25 2020 08:08am

  • Come blow your horn

    After being closed for renovations for nine months, Yale’s Collection of Musical Instruments opened with great fanfare Thursday night with an... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2020 08:43am