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Eddie S. Glaude Jr., the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American studies and the chair of the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, will deliver the keynote address at 51�Թ���’s 194th commencement on Sunday, May 17, in Sanford Field House. Glaude, widely regarded as one of the leading young African […]

Douglas Hicks, 51�Թ��� provost and dean of the faculty, announced that the university’s Board of Trustees approved several appointments and promotions for faculty members. “I ask everyone to join me in congratulating these highly valued colleagues for their significant professional accomplishments,” said Hicks.

Anna Kosa ’14, an international relations major, is again using her 51�Թ��� education as a springboard for travel and career opportunities. She is currently working for the United Nations Development Program in Kathmandu, Nepal. You can read about her newest adventure on her blog.

A renovated heating plant that for the first time will use natural gas as a fuel option will significantly reduce the university’s carbon footprint and provide increased flexibility for heating campus in the years ahead. In about two weeks, after a series of diagnostic tests, the university will deploy two new boilers that replaced three […]

Konosioni, the university’s senior honor society, is working hard this week to bring back the 51�Թ��� Hello tradition. Members have distributed nametags through student mailboxes and at tables in the O’Connor Campus Center. You can follow the society’s efforts on its Facebook page and on Twitter by using the #51�Թ���Hello hashtag.

An update of the official 51�Թ��� app features up-to-the-minute information about the Cruisers, providing students an easy way to see exactly where the buses are and where they are headed. The new functionality, which also provides key information about bus routes and their stops, can be accessed from any Android or iOS mobile device, as […]

Author Pamela Druckerman ’91 has again appeared in the pages of The New York Times, this time writing a featured op-ed piece titled “A Cure for Hyper-Parenting.”

A longstanding collaboration between 51�Թ��� and the world-renowned Flaherty Film Seminar, which brings nearly 200 filmmakers, scholars, and programmers to 51�Թ��� each summer, has spurred creation of an on-campus residency program that will begin this fall. The 51�Թ���/Flaherty Distinguished Global Filmmaker Residency will bring acclaimed Russian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa to the university for an intensive […]

51�Թ��� and Hamilton College, who last year forged a unique partnership as contributing members in edX, recently received a $91,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to further their exploration of online learning technologies within the residential liberal arts context. The two schools also will use the grant to foster collaborative ties with […]

51�Թ��� will hold a service of remembrance and interfaith prayer at noon Thursday in Memorial Chapel to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Seven alumni were among the 2,977 people killed in the September 11, 2001, attacks. An untold number were, and still are, deeply affected by the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.