"Changes and Variations on the Theme of Growth", installed in 2001, is a reference both to the goals of the education process and to the processes which occur in the natural world. The artwork, located at the ground floor entrance vestible, is seen every day by employees while entering and leaving the building. The second site, in the first floor lobby, is seen primarily by the Board of Trustees, the University President and his/her staff. This work was selected in a limited design competition and was funded by the Art in Public Places Program of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.