Cool Commons

Thayer Dining Hall closes down this summer as workers prepare to turn it into the Class of 1953 Commons, and members of the class gathered in late May to kick off the transformation. The 14-month project to update the building and bring it up to code begins in June, thanks to a $12 million donation from the class of 1953. Featured among the renovations is the addition of a new 250-ton air conditioning unit.