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Proud families and professors alike cheered on the nearly 700 graduating members in the Class of 2022 at the University’s 201st Commencement exercises, Sunday, May 22.

Two members of the Class of 2022, lauded for their commitment to the community and their classmates, have been awarded the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni Corporation 1819 Award.

Three members of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty have been awarded the University’s 2022 Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times critic at large, and co-host of the podcast Still Processing Wesley Morris will provide remarks at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s 201st commencement, Sunday, May 22. 

Students, faculty, and staff gathered in Memorial Chapel on Tuesday morning for a vigil of solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The gathering was one of several moments during which 51³Ô¹ÏÍø community members have joined together to show their support for victims of the invasion since it began on Feb. 24.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s interdisciplinary experts in authoritarianism and the postsocialist regions of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia have collaborated to educate students and the greater public about the crisis in Ukraine and to raise awareness about organizations providing relief for refugees of the conflict.

International lawyer and professor Amal Clooney will be the 2022 Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders speaker at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, Saturday, March 5.

Join 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Africana, Latin, Asian, and Native American (ALANA) Cultural Center Director Esther Rosbrook for a discussion about the University’s cultural programing and support services provided by ALANA.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor Amy Leventer and former geology student Molly O. Patterson ’08 are the recipients of a portion of a $3.2 million U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grant.

Joe Hernon, associate vice president for campus safety, emergency management, and environmental health and safety, is working with other veterans on campus to create a new affinity group to bring together military veterans from across campus for comradery and support.