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  • Greek to us

    These inspiring words are above the main entrance to the Sterling Hall of Medicine. Who can tell us what they mean? (We googled it, but we’re... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 31 2020 02:05pm

  • Midcentury Mansfield

    These days, Yale calls this housing complex the Mansfield Street Apartments. Who remembers what they were called when they were built (to the design... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 30 2020 08:34am

  • There will be blood

    Some Yalies will do anything do beat Harvard—including opening a vein. The American Red Cross at Yale is hoping to beat their Crimson... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 29 2020 08:12am

  • Still the Oldest College Daily

    Happy Birthday to the Yale Daily News, which turns 142 today! We’re especially grateful to the News for founding the Yale Alumni... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 28 2020 08:36am

  • Over our heads

    It’s been more than five years since the restoration of the nave of Sterling Memorial Library, but we’re still dazzled by the colors in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2020 10:06am

  • Guiding principles

    Can you walk backwards effortlessly? Can you keep a straight face while relating campus legends of dubious veracity? Recruiters are out on Cross... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2020 02:35pm

  • Snowy Stiles

    The first significant snow of the semester came on Saturday. Tiana Wang ’20 captured the scene in Ezra Stiles College while it was still fresh. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 23 2020 08:24am

  • A classy library

    Today, we’re told, is Library Shelfie Day, so here’s a shot of a couple of shelves in the magazine’s own library. These class... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 22 2020 08:37am

  • By the book

    Yale College alums might be pleased to know that while the printed course catalog known as the Blue Book is no more, its name lives on in verb form... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 21 2020 08:17am

  • All about the Benjamin

    Happy 314th birthday to Benjamin Franklin, rendered here in a scholarly pose in his namesake Yale residential college. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2020 07:44am

  • Collect ’em all!

    Available at the Center for British Art's museum shop: a full set of the wives of Henry the Eighth. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 16 2020 12:37pm

  • Good shopping weather

    Today is the first sunny day of the new semester. Things are looking brighter for students as they shop classes. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 15 2020 01:43pm

  • Sillidome

    January isn’t usually the best time to hang out in the courtyard. Unless you've got a cozy plastic igloo, as Silliman College does. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 14 2020 08:33am

  • Shop around

    Classes begin today for most Yale students, and for undergrads (like these heading into Linsly-Chittenden for class) it’s shopping period.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 13 2020 09:47am

  • Trompe l’oeil

    The café and gathering place between the new Yale Science Building and Kline Tower is up and running, but there’s still a lot of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 10 2020 08:21am

  • Alma mater

    Residence halls opened for the spring semester yesterday, which may explain the presence of this Yale mom on York Street. Let’s hear it for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 9 2020 08:41am

  • Falling leaves

    We’ve all had days like this: a scribe loses control of his papers in this carving from Sterling Memorial Library’s International Room. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2020 08:28am

  • You are here

    A gothic arch, some Briar Hill sandstone, leaded glass windows and an iron gate. This could be anywhere at Yale, but some of you know precisely... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 7 2020 08:03am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Memento

    If you visit the Yale Bands HQ in Hendrie Hall, you might run across this mellophone, autographed at the request of the members of the Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 6 2020 08:46am