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McGraw Hall Slated for Interior Renovation
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Cornell’s McGraw Hall is getting a makeover, with renovations planned for the building’s antiquated interior.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/arts_quad/)
Cornell’s McGraw Hall is getting a makeover, with renovations planned for the building’s antiquated interior.
Fall Fest returned this year to the Arts Quad, welcoming students, alumni, and families to celebrate student organizations and the fall semester.
Film showings have returned to the Arts Quad this semester, but without student input, which many consider valuable.
Tents are returning to the arts and ILR quads for spring after appearing on campus during the spring and fall of 2021. Students said they will use the tents to study, socialize and enjoy the weather.
Disregarding Olin, the Arts Quad is architecturally cohesive. McGraw, Morrill, and White Hall form a symmetrical, vaguely gothic trio. While the buildings themselves may be crumbling and held together by metal beams, in part due to the chronic underfunding of the humanities, they’re nevertheless exactly what you would picture an Ivy League university to look like, especially with the iconic Slope right behind it.
Just as Ithacalves have become a ubiquitous symbol of the Cornellian campus experience on the Hill, so are our quads. I have compiled a list, ordered worst to best, of the glorified courtyards that define the outdoor gathering experience for Cornellians
When Julia Haber — a recent graduate of Syracuse University and the founder of branding company WAYV — approached Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s Director Zachary J. Shulman, ’87 J.D. ’90 with a proposal for an entrepreneurship pop-up event on campus, Shulman gladly agreed.
Cornell students brought the universe to Cornell as they participated in astronomy-themed activities on Wednesday, April 25 as part of the People’s Climate Week on the Arts Quad.
Life jackets emblazoned with the testimonials of refugees have lined the Arts Quad this week — a nod to the over 30 thousand refugees who have perished trying to reach Europe, the Independent reported — in just one in a series of events organized by student groups to highlight one of the world’s most pressing humanitarian crises.
On Monday morning, students made their way across the Agriculture, Engineering and Arts quads that were flooded with signs sharing messages about incarceration and drug epidemics in the United States.