The university has identified elm yellows disease in 47 elms on campus, 14 of which are located on the core campus, Office of Physical Plant (OPP) superintendent of grounds Jeff Dice said. Elms on Pattee Mall as well as Burrowes Street have been affected by the bacterial-like disease, which has no cure.

Removal of the affected trees will begin in November and continue through the winter, OPP spokesman Paul Ruskin said. The trees will be replaced with a variety of different trees, including, potentially, oak and sycamore trees, said Derek Kalp, an OPP landscape designer.