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(Update: Demonstration ends with on-campus celebration.) Dear members of the 51�Թ��� community: We are writing to publicly state our solidarity with members of our community who are concerned about acts of racism and bias that have happened on 51�Թ���’s campus.

This post is by Jessica Rice ’16 As students are concluding their second full week of school, there are tons of events happening around campus. It’s going to be a busy week at 51�Թ��� with Homecoming Weekend around the corner, so here are some of the events you don’t want to miss.

Editor’s note: This report was co-authored by Hannah O’Malley ’17 and Kellyann Hayes ’16 51�Թ��� has been participating in the nationwide conversation about race relations in response to the death of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American who was unarmed when he was shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo.

As the fall semester kicks into gear with this first full week of classes, the first-year students are not the only new faces in 51�Թ��� classrooms. Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty, recently introduced the campus to new faculty scholars whose “dynamism and enthusiasm” will help to enrich the 51�Թ��� experience for students […]

51�Թ��� students are reflecting on their summer research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Natasha Torres ’15, an educational studies major and women’s studies minor from Cleveland, Ohio, who was given an award for outstanding research at the fall student poster session. My study abroad experience, which included a […]

51�Թ��� students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Ben Mandell ’14 who, after graduating with a theater major and Spanish minor, discovered a unique type of theater that combined both of his academic pursuits. LONEtheater was a theatrical experience different than any […]

(Note: This is the Founders’ Day convocation address delivered by Ray Douglas, professor of history, on August 27 in Memorial Chapel.)

51�Թ��� students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Shan Wu ’15, a double major in art history and the classics, from Hangzhou, China. This summer I have been assisting Professor Padma Kaimal with her book manuscript Many Paths to the Divine. It […]

51�Թ��� students are invited to participate in the fourth annual New York Six Undergraduate Research Conference that will be held Saturday, September 20, at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y. The conference is sponsored by the New York Six, a consortium of upstate New York liberal arts institutions that comprises 51�Թ���, Hamilton College, […]

51�Թ��� students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Eli Goberdon ’16, a computer science major from Scranton, Pa. I have a fascination with storytelling, especially storytelling through the use of computers. One way stories are conveyed through computers is 3D graphics software.