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  • A woman in full

    The earliest full-length portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, dating from around 1567, is on loan to the Center for British Art until the fall. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 2 2020 08:42am

  • Season’s greetings

    The President's House is decked out for the season. (Note the skis and skates at the front door.) We wish you all the best for the holidays and in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 23 2019 09:05am

  • Not a creature was stirring

    Where’d everybody go? Classrooms like this one in Linsly-Chittenden are quiet until January 13, when the spring term begins. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2019 03:38pm

  • Crystalline

    Final exams in Yale College and the Graduate School ended yesterday afternoon, and students are leaving behind an icy campus for winter break. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 19 2019 08:07am

  • Standing in judgment

    The Sterling Law Building is well known for its stone carvings depicting real and allegorical figures related to the law, like this English judge... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 18 2019 07:33am

  • Ice ice baby

    It’s a day of freezing drizzle, ice-covered trees, and slippery sidewalks. And winter doesn’t even begin for four more days. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 17 2019 10:52am

  • Displaying Common Sense

    A first edition of Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet Common Sense is on display through January 20 at the Beinecke Library, along with other... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 16 2019 12:05pm

  • Big snow

    Most of Wednesday’s snow has disappeared, but there are a few large flurries in the south court of Berkeley College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 13 2019 08:18am

  • A new face on Grove Street

    Most of the scaffolding is down on the Grove Street side of Commons, so we can see the façade of the building’s new addition—part... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 12 2019 08:00am

  • A dusting

    Our second snow of the season, like the first one, is just enough to decorate the campus without causing any trouble. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 11 2019 10:29am

  • Hog wild

    Like some of Yale’s older buildings, Franklin and Murray colleges have ornamental carvings that require decoding. We’re especially fond of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 10 2019 08:05am

  • See the campus shimmer

    A few hardy sightseers braved the rain to take this morning’s campus tour. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 9 2019 11:22am

  • Time to read

    Today is the last day of classes in Yale College, which means study space in places like the Starr Reference Room at Sterling Library will soon be... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 6 2019 07:54am

  • Disappearing dinos

    Time is running out to see the Peabody Museum’s dinosaur hall before it closes on December 31 as part of the museum’s three-year... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 5 2019 07:48am

  • Too cool

    Someone made a little friend for President Woolsey with material from Monday night’s snowstorm. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 4 2019 08:46am

  • Do not go gentle

    It may be December, and there may be a bit of snow on the ground, but autumn’s not quite over in the courtyard of Grace Hopper College. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 3 2019 07:56am

  • Hello, December

    Students came back from Thanksgiving break to the season’s first snow—a rather modest one. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 2 2019 12:56pm

  • Geese and pyes

    Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating! In case you need some help planning your day tomorrow, here's an account from the diary of Jeremiah... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 27 2019 01:43pm

  • A place for entrepreneurs

    What’s going up in the plaza behind Becton Center? A new two-story, glass-walled ovoid home for the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 26 2019 12:53pm