Students in the College of Arts & Sciences are curious, creative and inspired. Despite a second year of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, seniors have continued to conduct research, expand their intellectual pursuits and create deep friendships and memories. Explore the extraordinary journeys of this year’s graduates and see how their paths have prepared them not only for a successful and meaningful career, but also for a life well lived. Photos this year come from the students themselves.
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Monti Wilkins, left, director of Morrison Hall, and Jesse Wright, an artist and Ithaca High School teacher, talk after a section of tableaux dedicated to Toni Morrison was installed in Morrison Hall. Hanging near an image of Morrison, this painting on wood panels features Ithaca High senior London Smith, whose blue sunglasses reference Morrison’s novel, “The Bluest Eye.”