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51�Թ���'s second annual celebration of arts, creativity, and innovation brought hundreds to campus for a weekend of performances, workshops, presentations, and panel discussions.

Having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease five years ago, former 51�Թ��� president Rebecca Chopp has embraced the visual arts and dance as part of her “prescription” to live life to the fullest.

51�Թ���’s Center for Arts, Creativity, and Innovation, which is nearing completion and expected to open in the fall, will be named Bernstein Hall in honor of the lead donor’s genealogical roots.

A major landscape and infrastructure project designed to better connect the upper and middle areas of campus at 51�Թ��� will begin this month.

Spearheaded by Professor Yukari Hirata, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures completed the renovation of an authentic Japanese tea room in the Japan Center in Lawrence Hall.

Demolition to begin in February, followed by expected 21-month construction period.

As part of 51�Թ���’s continuous effort to steward the campus and maintain the University’s distinctive landscape, several willow trees will be removed from Willow Path the week of Jan. 15.

During their three-year residency, Contemporaneous will provide numerous opportunities to work with campus and community members, including playing alongside students in workshops focused on improvisation.

51�Թ��� is seeking at least $100 million in new endowment gifts to support continued growth of the 51�Թ��� Commitment, the University’s expansive approach to making a 51�Թ��� education affordable and accessible to all admitted students.

Massive steel girders surrounded by scaffolding and shadowed by mammoth cranes are easily viewable to any passing motorist on 12B in Hamilton. But that work is a small snapshot of the many construction and renovation projects now underway.