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  • Before the big dig

    The humidity has broken, and it’s a nice morning to sit in the Hall of Graduate Studies courtyard while there’s still time: HGS will... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 18 2018 09:13am

  • It’s only natural

    Now in bloom outside the Peabody Museum: purple coneflowers—or echinacea purpurea, as they might call them at the Peabody. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 17 2018 10:11am

  • Stage door

    Since 1966, Yale Repertory Theatre has introduced hundreds of important plays, many of which have gone on to Broadway. What Yale Rep productions... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 16 2018 09:01am

  • Making progress

    Here’s a progress shot of Yale’s new science building, slated for completion in the fall of 2019. In the foreground, the Science Hill... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 13 2018 10:30am

  • Occupy Chapel Street

    A group called GoNewHavenGo took over two parking spaces on Chapel Street yesterday to promote car-free living in New Haven. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 12 2018 09:37am

  • Between the lions

    High school students gather in the courtyard of Lanman-Wright Hall for another day of Explo at Yale, an independent academic program that takes over... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 11 2018 08:57am

  • In the shadows

    With temperatures headed for the 90s today, people are finding shade wherever they can. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 10 2018 11:15am

  • Where the boys were

    One of Yale’s most peaceful paths has a raucous past: the brick buildings of Fraternity Row were built in the 1920s and ’30s for seven... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 9 2018 02:36pm

  • We do declare

    On display through next Wednesday at the Beinecke Library: one of 26 known copies of the Dunlap Broadside, the first printing of the Declaration of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 6 2018 10:16am

  • Go nuts

    This is surely Yale’s squirrelliest entrance. Who can guess what building it adorns? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 5 2018 10:19am

  • Bloom where you’re planted

    A Connecticut farm on a summer day . . . right on campus. School may be out, but it’s growing season at the Yale Farm on Edwards Street. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 2 2018 09:36am

  • Judge for yourself

    One of the many legal-themed carvings on the Sterling Law Buildings—we’re not sure, but we’re guessing it’s Justice Stone. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 29 2018 01:10pm

  • Court is in session

    It’s a rainy day in New Haven, but lots of kids are getting their exercise indoors at Payne Whitney Gym. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 28 2018 01:45pm

  • Summer breeze

    Another sight of summer: Wall Street Pizza (formerly Naples) has a sustainable passive air-conditioning system. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 27 2018 10:15am

  • The water’s fine

    As it heats up today, we’re looking with envy at the goldfish that get to swim in the Kroon Hall pond. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 26 2018 10:39am

  • Summer projects

    McClellan Hall on the Old Campus is one of several buildings undergoing renovations this summer. The facilities department has a schedule of summer... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 25 2018 10:13am

  • Lazy, hazy, crazy

    Today is the first full day of summer, and the campus is buzzing with tourists and participants in summer programs. 72 degrees and partly... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 22 2018 02:07pm

  • Passing through

    It’s officially called Memorial Hall, but most people call it the Woolsey rotunda. Either way, it’s Yale’s most glorious shortcut.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 21 2018 10:39am

  • I just adore a penthouse view

    The penthouse of Paul Rudolph Hall, née the Art & Architecture Building, has been a guest suite for visiting professors and a café... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 20 2018 09:24am