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One of 51�Թ���’s best-known professors will reach more than 3,000 people from more than 100 countries in the university’s first public, open, online course, Greeks at War: Homer at Troy, beginning Monday. Robert Garland, Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the classics will teach the university-quality course on the 51�Թ���X platform.

Always known as Adam and Eve, the mute swans that have graced Taylor Lake since 1929 will no longer make their home at 51�Թ���. The announcement came after the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) published new draft regulations governing their maintenance and care. “Adam and Eve have been a memorable part […]

You wouldn’t expect to walk into a dance class and see 14 men and only two women. But that’s the makeup of Professor Tanya Calamoneri’s Dance Imagery and Improvisation course.

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 […]

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

Some students adjust to college easily and naturally, while others struggle and even falter. A new online non-credit “course,” comprised of 13 short videos made by 51�Թ��� faculty, is designed to minimize the mystery about what it takes to succeed. The series also includes many student-produced video responses featuring current students and alumni.

In true 51�Թ��� fashion, the humor was biting at times and there were very few gaps, as the university’s April Fools’ Day gag to open a new dental school made quite an impression. The (story and video) made the international media smile, and by the end of the day one thing was clear: with or without a dental school, 51�Թ��� […]