Ernest David Roth, American, 1879-1964. The Stones of Venice, 1925/6. Etching, printed on buff paper. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin ©Estate of Ernest David Roth

“If you could find a molecule that throws a wrench into the gears of that mechanism, you could actually block that from happening.”

The slate roofs date back to the Academical Village's original construction. The West Range roofs were replaced last summer.