Cornell used to have one of the largest collections of plaster casts in North America. But casts fell out of favor, and the collection deteriorated. 'Firing the Canon,' a video about the College of Arts and Sciences' sesquicentennial exhibit, explores how Cornell's prized collection was 'embraced, defaced and dethroned.'
When Milton Hershey decided to provide the gift of education to children from impoverished backgrounds, he wasn't looking for recognition. His vision was simple and humble: he wanted to share life-changing opportunities and build a supportive community for students to call home.
Every year in March, in a tradition that goes back more than 100 years, an enormous dragon created by first-year architecture students parades across campus. Accompanied by AAP students in outrageous costumes, the dragon lumbers to the Arts Quad where it does battle with a phoenix created by rival engineering students.