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  • Quick change

    Yesterday on Old Campus: 15,000 folding chairs. Today: one big tent. Alums, are you ready for reunions? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2018 10:10am

  • Setting the scene

    The chairs are in place, and we’re almost ready for commencement on Monday. Alums, what’s your favorite memory from commencement at Yale? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2018 08:48am

  • Calm before the storm

    On Monday, the Old Campus will host 15,000 people for Yale’s 317th commencement. Yesterday afternoon, it was just a nice spot for a game of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 15 2018 09:00am

  • Open house

    Hundreds of high school seniors converged on campus yesterday for Bulldog Days, where Yale will try to close the deal with admitted students. Alums... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 24 2018 08:46am

  • This is more like it

    The morning after a blizzard that did not live up to expectations, it’s sunny and beautiful on the Old Campus. All we need now are the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 22 2018 01:16pm

  • Spring has sprung?

    As the vernal equinox approaches today, the visible signs of winter have all but vanished. But we’re told to expect up to a foot of new snow... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 20 2018 08:53am

  • Pick up sticks

    Paul McCarthy, who works in grounds maintenance, was cleaning up fallen limbs from the last winter storm this morning. He was cheerful despite the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 12 2018 10:27am

  • Twenty-four little hours

    What a difference a day makes: yesterday was gorgeous and sunny, as seen in this shot on Old Campus. Today, the university has canceled afternoon... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 7 2018 07:52am

  • Something’s up

    In the week before spring break, here’s a sign of hope on Old Campus. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 5 2018 10:12am

  • A good start

    On Old Campus, a short-attention-span igloo. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 19 2018 10:28am

  • Waiting

    Undergraduate residences officially opened for the spring term yesterday, but students must not be in a hurry to get back: the Old Campus is still... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2018 10:20am

  • Frozen

    The earth is white with snow on the Old Campus this morning. And it is freaking cold. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 2 2018 10:16am

  • It begins

    The winter’s first snow looks a little worse for the wear today, but there was a nice, powdery four inches or so yesterday morning. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 11 2017 11:24am

  • Reading the walls

    In our current cover story on the new residential colleges, we talk about the ornament in the colleges, which includes some intentionally arcane... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 8 2017 12:47pm

  • The gates are open

    If you’re coming back for The Game (or here for the AYA Assembly), there’s still a bit of fall color left to see. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2017 08:39am

  • Making an entrance

    Autumn has decorated the High Street entrance to Linsly-Chittenden Hall, home of the English department and many classrooms large and small. Alums... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 8 2017 10:26am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Nightfall

    Night comes a little earlier to the Old Campus now that we’ve set our clocks back. Some in New England have proposed a move to Atlantic... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 7 2017 08:52am

  • Some drizzle must fall

    On the Old Campus this morning, some fall color—and some of that New Haven drizzle you all remember so well. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 6 2017 10:30am

  • Family time

    It is gorgeous and unseasonably warm today as Yale welcomes students’ kin for Family Weekend. Alums, how did it go when your family visited... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 3 2017 01:10pm