The goal of UB's UNITY interactive art project was to create a "canopy of interconnectedness."

The event, sponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center, was based on a similar project launched by Nancy Belmont last June in Alexandria, Virginia.

Chantel Adams winds her yarn among poles.

UB’s UNITY project featured a circular arrangement of 16 poles, each pole labeled with an identifier.

Kathleen Murphy takes her yarn to another identifier pole.

The project takes shape.

Renee Ruffino untangles her yarn.

UB’s UNITY project was organized by the Diversity Advocates at the Intercultural and Diversity Center in an attempt, according to IDC associate director Terri Budek, to “counter the divisiveness and negativity of our country’s national political conversation.”

Chrys Terrado helps Renee Ruffino with her yarn.

In the end, we're all connected.