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Recent Sightings

May 2, 2000
Chihuly sculpture cleaning
Art department glass lab alumni John Elliott (foreground) and Rick Schneider carefully clean the 1,284 pieces of hand-blown glass that make up the 140-foot “Mendota Wall” sculpture by alum Dale Chihuly in the Kohl Center. The sculpture is cleaned once a year, usually before commencement.