Carnegie Mellon installed "Walking to the Sky," a 100-foot-tall, seven-ton sculpture created by internationally renowned alumnus Jonathan Borofsky (A'64), on its campus in front of Warner Hall just off Forbes Avenue. The sculpture is a gift from Carnegie Mellon Trustee Jill Gansman Kraus (A'74) and her husband, Peter Kraus, of New York City.
"Walking to the Sky," first seen in the U.S. in New York City's Rockefeller Center, is part of Borofsky's ongoing exploration of universal human forms. The sculpture depicts a little girl, businesswoman, young man and several other individuals scaling a soaring 100-foot-tall stainless steel pole. Three people are looking upward from the base of the pole, which points to the east at a 75-degree angle.