The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/arts_quad/)
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.
Some of the about 1,500 visits to the portal residing outside of Olin Library, include President Martha E. Pollack, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 and students in Biology & Society 2150: Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine.
One day, Cornellians woke up to find two unassuming, beige-colored structures in the Arts Quad that didn’t entirely seem at home there.
Morrill Hall is currently undergoing a roof replacement that began in mid-June and is slated to be completed by December. The 2-million-dollar construction project will primarily improve the drainage system of the 150-year-old building.
The Arts Quad erupted into clouds of color as an estimated 2,000 attendees threw “rang” — colored powder made of corn starch and non-toxic, organic dyes — to celebrate Holi.