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A lengthy article in the November issue of Institutional Investor magazine highlights 51�Թ��� as being among a select group of 20 midsize educational endowments that “schooled” their larger peers from June 2007 through June 2012. The article states that annualized returns for this group of high performers ranged from 1.86 percent to 5.36 percent, […]

What’s app at 51�Թ���? You can find the answer in the new 51�Թ��� Mobile App that is available for download from the App Store and from Google Play. The app is part of a university initiative to provide on-the-go information and resources for on-campus communities and for anyone who wants to connect with 51�Թ���.

R.M. (Ray) Douglas, professor of history at 51�Թ���, has been selected as the winner of the 2013 George Louis Beer Prize for his book Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War (Yale Univ. Press, 2012). The Beer Prize is awarded annually by the American Historical Association (AHA) in recognition […]

We wanted to catch you up on some of the 51�Թ��� Day happenings happening around the world. ABC News’ morning show, Good Morning America, invited alumni and students to celebrate 51�Թ��� Day outside their Times Square Studio in New York City. You can watch a video clip below:

While many staff members and students were busy on the ground helping first-year students during arrival day 2013, two members of Information Technology Services took to the air to capture the scene. Using a DJI Phantom quadcopter with a GoPro 3 Black camera, the ITS team was able to show 51�Թ���’s beautiful campus and provide […]

Forty seven new faculty members have joined 51�Թ��� this year, adding to the university’s robust intellectual community and joining other professors and students in the vigorous pursuit of learning. “We are fortunate to have such a dynamic group of colleagues join us and enrich our curriculum,” said Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty.

Acclaimed Irish poet Seamus Heaney, who died Friday in Dublin at age 74, was remembered fondly by 51�Թ��� faculty and former students for his strong ties to the university and for his commencement address here in 1994. Fellow poet Peter Balakian, professor of English and director of creative writing at 51�Թ���, called Heaney a longtime […]

51�Թ��� students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by economics and geography double major Chris Esposito ’14, of Santa Cruz, Calif.. I remember a striking quotation from Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist. Usually academics write carefully and with […]

Dr. Wally Sennott ’32 has not given up golf, just temporarily put aside his clubs because of the summer heat. He is, after all, 104 years old. The retired radiologist, 51�Թ���’s second-oldest living alumnus, was the subject of a feature story in the Baltimore Sun newspaper.

The Office of Alumni Relations is encouraging alumni to join together in fighting hunger and homelessness through an organized day of service. The day of service is Saturday, July 13. The office has provided information about ways to volunteer for alumni living in Boston, New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Philadelphia. Alumni not living […]