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  • Presidential portrait

    In our recent cover story on Handsome Dan, we mentioned that former president George W. Bush ’68 painted a portrait of Handsome Dan... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 8 2017 09:16am

  • Whitmen

    On this rainy morning, here’s a look at the Old Campus through the Whitman Gate, which was built in 1896 and honors former Corporation members... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 7 2017 09:06am

  • More signs of spring

    It’s chilly today, but the witch hazel is in bloom on campus, pointing the way to spring. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 6 2017 08:58am

  • The man who made Yale look like Yale

    James Gamble Rogers (1867–1947) the architect who designed eight Yale residential colleges, Sterling Memorial Library, the Law School, the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 3 2017 08:37am

  • Look out below

    If you were at Yale in the 1990s and early 2000s, you may remember when Stacks, a Cor-Ten steel sculpture by Richard Serra ’64MFA... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 2 2017 08:19am

  • On-campus housing

    The medieval scholar who presides over the entrance to Sterling Memorial Library has a little something extra adorning his head. Wonder if... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 1 2017 08:35am

  • Drive-in vista

    We walk the campus day after day looking for new views of Yale to share with you. And then there are days when we have to park on the roof of the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 28 2017 10:39am

  • Popping up

    We saw a welcome sign of spring on the Old Campus on this chilly morning. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 27 2017 08:37am

  • Coming down

    For a limited time: an inside look at Gibbs Laboratories. The 62-year-old building is being torn down to make way for a new science building, marked... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2017 08:27am

  • Election day

    Teaching assistants in nine Yale graduate-school departments vote today on whether to be represented by a union; it’s the first... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2017 10:19am

  • Day trip

    With Washington’s Birthday transferred to the nearest Monday, February 22 now passes without a lot of notice. But for 60 years at Yale, the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 22 2017 12:07pm

  • High minded

    If a lecturer in Strathcona Hall ever gets boring (perish the thought!), there’s always the ceiling to keep one occupied. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 21 2017 08:34am

  • The way of all Connecticut igloos

    Igloo update: with sunny skies and a record-high 57 degrees in New Haven yesterday, it didn’t stand a chance. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 20 2017 10:02am

  • Head and shoulders

    Just the topmost portions of students headed to class are visible over the wall outside the Beinecke Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 17 2017 08:35am

  • Caesura

    The Adams Center for Musical Arts—a $57.1 million renovation and new construction project linking Hendrie and Leigh Halls—has its grand... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 16 2017 08:47am

  • Songs of love

    On the Yale a cappella calendar, February 14 belongs to Shades of Yale, which traditionally offers an evening of romantic songs at its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 15 2017 09:02am

  • Two hearts are better than one

    In the ceiling of the gateway into Trumbull College, a romantic gesture. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 14 2017 08:23am

  • Seasonal shelter

    There’s new construction on Cross Campus. And judging by the wine box and beer cans found inside this morning, it could best be described as a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 13 2017 10:39am

  • The snows of yesterday

    Final snow tally for New Haven: 12 inches. It was enough to cause Yale to cancel afternoon classes, but it’s back to business today. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 10 2017 09:55am