Every year in March, in a tradition that goes back more than 100 years, an enormous dragon created by first-year architecture students parades across campus. Accompanied by AAP students in outrageous costumes, the dragon lumbers to the Arts Quad where it does battle with a phoenix created by rival engineering students. This rite of spring is one of Cornell's best-known traditions.

Dragon Day 2018 will be livestreamed. The parade will start at approximately 1 p.m. (schedule is subject to change) and the parade route is as follows:

Leaves Rand Hall around 1 p.m. 
Travels east on University Avenue 
Turns right (south) on East Avenue 
Turns right (west) on Campus Road 
Turns right (north) on South Central walkway through Ho Plaza 
Enters the Arts Quad between Uris and Olin libraries 
Proceeds to the north end of the Arts Quad by Sibley Hall