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There’s a new sign on the door at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE).

The blue skies and bright sunshine over Whitnall Field mirrored the energy inside James C. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Union on Saturday. More than 200 students, alumni, parents, and friends gathered in the Hall of Presidents to hear Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya tell his own entrepreneurship story.

While smog in China continues to make news, one of that nation’s newest composers is providing American audiences with a breath of fresh air.

Former Mexican President Felipe Calderón will deliver the next lecture in the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø on Saturday, April 13. His public remarks will begin at 5 p.m. in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Memorial Chapel and serve as a capstone for Spring Family Weekend, which begins on April 12. Calderón served as the 56th president […]

The Office of Alumni Relations officially opened registration for Reunion 2013 last Friday, beginning the countdown to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s annual celebration on Whitnall Field, May 30–June 2.

More than 100 alumni returned to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø last weekend to network with the Class of 2015 and offer career advice during the university’s first SophoMORE Connections program. The event brought an early end to winter break for nearly 350 undergraduates. It featured panel presentations, networking receptions, and a keynote address from Backflip Studios founder Julian […]

For the next year, on the 13th of every month, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø community members will be celebrating the Year of ’13. Tonight, Director Francesca Zambello ’78, H’12 will mark the day in her own special way when she brings Hector Berlioz’ Les Troyens back to the Metropolitan Opera stage at 6 p.m.

On November 13, President Jeffrey Herbst took the stage at the Palace Theater to profile Nelson Mandela. Recounting the South African leader’s life and political legacy, Herbst stood next to Mandela’s portrait — one of 29 canvases in the Great Minds exhibition, sponsored by Dick Resnick ’61, P’90.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s record-breaking Passion for the Climb fundraising campaign put the university in the national spotlight. It also caught the attention of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), one of America’s largest nonprofit educational associations.

If you believe that the outcome of this month’s elections could have changed anything fundamental about America, Christopher Hedges ’79, P’12 thinks you’re wrong. As a journalist and writer, Hedges spent two decades living and working in war zones. He has seen combat in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, […]