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The summer in photos, summer 2023

By University of Notre Dame

August 17^th, 2023

The statue of Mary regilded atop the Golden Dome on the Main Building. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Area Fourth of July fireworks go off behind the campus skyline during the 2023 regilding process. Photo by Matt Cashore

Students examine the different species of trees during a series of mini nature hikes at UNDERC in Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Nathan Swenson (left), the Gillen Director of UNDERC and professor of biological sciences, and graduate student Vanessa Rubio return from the field with leaf samples in a black plastic bag at UNDERC in Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Graduate student Vanessa Rubio records a lab measurement of a red maple in the Hank Research Facility at UNDERC in Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Scaffolding nears completion during the 2023 Dome regilding. Photo by Matt Cashore

Bryon Roesselet from Conrad Schmitt Studios cleans the surface on the statue of Mary before the regilding. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Bryon Roesselet and Patricia Cannata from Conrad Schmitt gild the statue of Mary atop the Golden Dome on the Main Building. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Bryon Roesselet from Conrad Schmitt Studios gilds the face of the statue of Mary atop the Golden Dome on the Main Building. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Bryon Roesselet from Conrad Schmitt Studios removes flakes of gold with a fine brush during the regilding process on the statue of Mary atop the Golden Dome. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Bryon Roesselet from Conrad Schmitt Studios gilds the lower section of the statue of Mary atop the Golden Dome on the Main Building. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Michael Prettyman from Conrad Schmitt gilds the right hand on the statue of Mary. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Jill Eide from Conrad Schmitt Studios polishes the statue of Mary. Photo by Barbara Johnston

The Mary statue on the Dome gleams just after the regilding. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Painter Guy Beauchame sands a pilaster by hand on the tower of the Main Building. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Painter Daniel Castro sands the inside frame of a window by hand on the tower of the Main Building. Photo by Barbara Johnston

Westminster Abbey, London. Photo by Matt Cashore

Tower Bridge, London. Photo by Matt Cashore

A sculpture sits outside the nearly finished Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. Photo by Matt Cashore

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