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It has been said that celebrity is as celebrity does. And in some cases, what it does can change the course of presidential politics. In his recent book, Liking Ike: Eisenhower, Advertising, and the Rise of Celebrity Politics, David Blake ’85 analyzes the role of fame in American politics — from the 34th president to […]

Retired army general David Petraeus, former commander of American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and director of the CIA, delivered 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Family Weekend keynote speech in Memorial Chapel on October 28.

Escaping snowy Hamilton for a week in January, four Sophomore Residential Seminar (SRS) classes traveled abroad to London, Crete, India, and Paris.

Democracy — typically applied to politics — has found a place in music. The Grammy Award–winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, famed for its lack of a conductor and uniquely democratic approach to music making, visited 51³Ô¹ÏÍø this semester for a performance and discussion about the applications of a collaborative organizational structure. The New York City–based orchestra was […]

Call it modern Mesopotamian claymation. With the help of the latest Artec3D equipment, archivists and instructional technologists have teamed up to produce 3D scans and models of the university’s collection of 4,000-year-old Sumerian cuneiform tablets. Cuneiform, one of the earliest systems of writing, was developed by the ancient Sumerian people of Mesopotamia. Recognizable for its […]

Avery Blank ’08 is an attorney, business and career strategist, and women’s advocate.

Thirty minutes before the doors opened to the James C. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Union, a line of first-year students and their families began to form in anticipation of new student registration Sunday morning. Huashuo Zhang ’20 and Carrie Zhang ’20 were part of the line, waiting to receive information about the next three days of orientation. […]

Caroline Danehy ’19 never expected to appear on national television. But a stroke of inspiration at a special summer camp offered her the chance to make an appearance on the Animal Planet series Treehouse Masters. Two years ago, Danehy, then a junior in high school, decided to spend a summer day volunteering at Sunrise Day […]

Veins of neon green trace a path across a stark black background in a photo taken by Claire Kittock ’17 and Noor Anvery ’17, displaying a web of microscopic neurons within the brain of a genetically altered fruit fly. Kittock and Anvery captured the photo through a microscope while researching the cellular architecture of different […]

As summer weather arrived in the Chenango Valley last weekend, so, too, did more than 2,100 visitors to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s 2016 Reunion. This year’s event drew members of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø community from class years ending in ones and sixes and featured several notable anniversaries: the 20th of Delta Delta Delta sorority, the 30th of the Alumni […]