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  • Group portrait of students, faculty, and alumni standing on the Highline in New York City
    Editor’s note: Last spring, Miranda Gilgore ’18 took part in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s public arts and humanities immersion trip to New York City. As she prepares for her summer months as a camp counselor in the Adirondacks, Gilgore reflected on the experience and how it has changed her outlook on her majors, her hobbies, and her long-term […]
    June 8, 2016
  • Panelists discussing the with Jeff Fager on the left
    51³Ô¹ÏÍø launched its professional networks to promote alumni engagement, cultivate new professional opportunities for members, and support undergraduate career development. Since then, thousands of alumni, parents, and students have engaged with professional networks by attending online, regional, and on-campus events. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø launched the new Marketing, Media, and Communications Network and brought alumni, parents, and students together to discuss the state […]
    April 29, 2016
  • 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's women in law panel
    Four women working in law came to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in March to share their stories as participants in roundtable and panel discussions. Christine Amalfe, Avery Blank ’08, Natalia Delgado ’03, and the Honorable Karen Peters talked about how they got into law as well as the triumphs and challenges of their careers. Here are some highlights.
    April 15, 2016
  • Wolk Medical Conference attendees ask a question of Michael J. Wolk '60.
    Students seeking their vocation in America’s challenging health care system could benefit from a liberal arts mix of biology, economics, and philosophy. Kicking off the 2016 Michael J. Wolk ’60 Conference on Medical Education last month, the nationally renowned cardiologist and conference namesake stated that just five percent of the population consumes 50 percent of […]
    March 2, 2016
  • ctor Michael Shannon prepares for a scene in the filming of Pottersville in Hamilton, N.Y., in January
    When actor and director Ron Perlman cast 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s hometown of Hamilton, N.Y., as the setting for his new movie, Pottersville, in January, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø film and media studies students were ready for internship opportunities in movie-making magic. The light-hearted comedy stars Michael Shannon and Judy Greer, and includes the acting talents of Michael Torpey ’02. The […]
    February 12, 2016
  • Students receive alumni career advice at SophoMORE Connections, January 15-16.
    From January 15 to 16, the sophomore class got to experience one of the many amazing opportunities 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has to offer students when it comes to figuring out what the heck all of us are going to do when we graduate. This weekend to remember was called SophoMORE Connections, during which tons of alumni traveled back […]
    January 27, 2016
  • When siblings Caroline ’19 and Jake Danehy ’16 set out to make the eco-friendly clothing line that would eventually become Fair Harbor, Caroline was still in high school, and the idea was firmly rooted in soil, not the sea. “We had an initial idea called Three R Clothing. It stood for reuse, refresh, and revitalize. […]
    January 25, 2016
  • Portrait of Sian-Pierre Regis ’06
    This weekend, January 15–16, SophoMORE Connections returns to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. Keynote speaker Sian-Pierre Regis ’06, Swagger founder and pop-culture/social contributor to CNN/HLN, heads a long list of alumni arriving on campus. They’ll talk with students about life after commencement — and how to take advantage of the full suite of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø resources between now and then to […]
    January 13, 2016