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The University’s Alma Mater statue will be moved off campus for potentially up to a year. According to a press release, a private firm was recently approved to repair the sculpture for $99,962.
You may have seen a photo making the rounds, of a group of people recreating the pose of the Alma Mater statue on the University of Illinois campus, after the Skip to main ...
A University employee reported on Friday afternoon that someone damaged the Alma Mater statue at the corner of Wright and Green streets. “On the Alma Mater herself, it looks like someone took a sharp ...
URBANA, Ill. (AP) – The Alma Mater sculpture that’s greeted students at the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus for more than 80 years is going on break.The (Champaign) News-Gaz… ...
The Alma Mater statue, known to thousands of alumni who posed beside her on graduation day at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, returned to her perch on campus this morning after two ...
Subsequently, Alma Mater’s role has been incredibly dynamic, with the statue being used to represent various organizations and perspectives. “Alma Mater is, as it were, a person who cares for all the ...
Unidentified protesters poured red paint over the bust of the famous “Alma Mater” (1903) statue on Columbia University’s Manhattan campus on the first day of classes, Tuesday, September 3.
On the first day of fall classes, a group of anti-Israel agitators splattered red paint all over the Columbia University Alma Mater statue, which was installed in 1903.