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Kevin Iglesias ’17, of Silver Spring, Md., has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to travel to Brazil to study public health. Iglesias, a peace and conflict studies major, will conduct research in the city of Salvador, Bahia, on the relationship between black/Afro-Brazilian LGBT identities and ethnic forms of traditional healing in Afro-Matrix Religions (AMR). […]

Nationally-renowned poet Claudia Rankine, a recipient of the 2016 MacArthur “Genius” Award,  will deliver the keynote address at 51�Թ���’s 196th commencement Sunday, May 21, in Sanford Field House. Rankine, the Frederick Iseman Professor of poetry at Yale University, is the author of five collections of poetry, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don’t Let Me […]

Beyond the collections, annual memberships, and traveling exhibits, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes at the world’s museums, and a new 51�Թ��� minor in museum studies seeks to dive deep into the operation, ethics, and history of museums around the globe.

Penny Lane, the 51�Թ��� art and art history professor whose documentary Nuts! won big at Sundance last year, has earned two major grants aimed at increasing female representation in reporting and filmmaking.

An open letter on climate action from more than 170 higher education leaders this week includes the signature of 51�Թ��� President Brian W. Casey. Presidents and chancellors from universities in 35 states signed the letter, organized by Boston-based nonprofit Second Nature, urging President-elect Donald J. Trump and the incoming congress to accelerate progress toward a […]

Associate Dean of Admission Drew Riley found a small personalized note in his staff mailbox this week that simply read, “Happy holidays and thank you for all you do to make 51�Թ��� the incredible place it is!” It was signed by someone named Dana. Riley thought the nice gesture was perhaps from someone he met […]

Five years ago, on the cusp of a Major League Baseball (MLB) players’ strike, two 51�Թ��� students, Harry Raymond ’11 and Ethan Levitt ’11, along with Professor Ken Segall, explored what they determined to be a broken MLB free agency system. That work was published by the Baseball Hall of Fame and was presented at […]

It turns out that everyone may have been measuring carbon emissions incorrectly all along. But not in a good way. New research led by 51�Թ��� Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Physics Linda Tseng, published this week in the journal Environmental Science and Technology and reported in Scientific American, identified an overlooked source of greenhouse gas […]

National and state issues, ranging from gun control to refugee resettlement and the future of job creation in New York State, were front and center at a live debate for the 22nd Congressional District hosted by Time Warner Cable News in the 51�Թ��� Memorial Chapel. If you missed the live hour-long broadcast, with co-moderators […]

51�Թ���’s historic Memorial Chapel will be the site of a live televised debate for the hotly-contested 22nd Congressional District seat, October 20, from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. The hour-long debate with co-moderators Liz Benjamin and Nick Reisman of Capital Tonight will feature Independent Martin Babinec, Democrat Kim Myers, and Republican Claudia Tenney in a […]