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Senior Cecilia Panella’s favorite finds include hand-copied pages from a 12th-century Quran, detailed journals from Drake’s first alumnus, James E. Denton, and ornate ceremonial Civil War swords wielded by Francis Marion Drake (and discovered tucked away in an old blanket). As an intern for the new University Archives and Special Collections Center, she has helped classify and make public historical gems previously stored but mostly hidden in Cowles Library.
building the $44 million to transform campus with:
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· Quad Creek Café · After Hours study area · Turner Jazz Center · Cline Atrium · Drake Archives · Updated classrooms/labs · Shivers Basketball Practice Facility
fall 2015
· Nobel—American Equity Center · Kraigie-Newell Journalism Lab · Harvey Ingham, Cartwright, and Field House renovations · School of Education, Math & Computer Science building (2016)