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  • Progress on the Hill

    The new Yale Science Building is not scheduled for completion until this fall. But the exterior is beginning to come together. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 7 2019 09:49am

  • Water like a stone

    The fountain on Maya Lin’s Women’s Table is turned off for the winter, but the basin at its center is full of water—and a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2019 10:37am

  • Groundbreaking

    A peek over the construction fence this morning reveals the work being done on Hewitt Quadrangle to create the new Schwarzman Center. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 3 2019 10:22am

  • Baseline

    Good morning and happy new year! This is what 2019 looks like so far. We’ll keep you posted. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 2 2019 09:07am

  • Soggy solstice

    Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain? It's wet and gray in New Haven on the first day of winter, which also happens to be the last day of work... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2018 02:38pm

  • Inside Commons

    Part of the Grove Street façade of Commons has been peeled back to its brick innards in the renovation project to create the Schwarzman... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2018 11:48am

  • Now boarding

    Winter recess begins today, and many Yalies are getting on trains at Union Station. Alums, tell us what you remember about taking the train to or... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 19 2018 07:36am

  • Carrot or stick?

    We’re not sure whether this message from Yale Health is a promise of self-improvement (“better you!”) or a warning (“you... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 18 2018 01:14pm

  • The first taste is free

    Just in time for finals, Dunkin’ Donuts was offering free samples of espresso outside Payne Whitney Gym on Friday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 17 2018 09:00am

  • Merry Christmoose

    A few Old Campus dorms have lights up for the holidays—the Ezra Stiles first-years in Lawrance Hall have fashioned the annual moose head in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 14 2018 08:36am

  • Illuminating

    As we approach the shortest day of the year, the trip home from work gives us a nighttime view of the campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 13 2018 01:43pm

  • Hitting the books

    Reading period is here! Time to find a spot in the stacks. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 11 2018 09:52am

  • Works on paper

    The lobby of the Yale Art Gallery was packed on Friday for the Odds and Ends Art Book Fair. Small independent publishers and artist alumni of Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 10 2018 09:57am

  • To the letter

    Walking through Sterling Memorial Library this morning, we happened on the installation of signage bearing the new name of Yale's Center for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 7 2018 10:34am

  • Metro-North meeting

    A determined wooer has posted these flyers all over campus. What do you think? “Mutual interest” or a TA too polite to say “bug... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 6 2018 10:17am

  • Good morning, Harkness

    Nine o'clock was relatively quiet on the Old Campus this morning; students in Yale College do still have classes to attend through Friday, when... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 5 2018 09:59am

  • Open sesame

    Yale has many beautiful entryways. Not all of them are accessible to everyone; usually this gate to Trumbull College, on Rose Walk, is shut. We... Read on
    | December 4 2018 03:30pm

  • Festivals of lights

    It’s December, and the customary giant Christmas tree on New Haven’s green—standing not far from the customary giant... Read on
    | December 3 2018 10:15am

  • Sidebars

    A stroll down the beautiful main hallway of the Yale Law School got us thinking about the many intense intellectual discussions that must have been... Read on
    | November 30 2018 03:40pm