Penn’s adoption of the Ivy Day traditions began in 1873, marking the campus’s relocation to West Philadelphia and the construction of College Hall, the first building on the new campus. Since then, ...

The Class of 1946’s stone, installed in spring 1945, pays homage to the U.S. Navy, which had sailors stationed at Bates during World War II. The Class of 2021 stone features a raised fist as a symbol ...

Bates senior Abby Segal displays the Class of 2023 ivy stone. She says she sought to create a design “to reflect how we moved forward despite difficulty, and I wanted it to reflect Bates.” (Phyllis ...

There’s a reason English ivy is on the invasive plant list. It’s quite pretty when it grows up a wall or covers an otherwise unsightly fence, but it is not well-behaved.

There's nothing more romantic than a crumbling stone wall with tiny flowers and errant strands of ivy growing through. The charmingly unkempt style has been a staple of British and European ...