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A non-profit in Nepal is the recipient of a $10,000 KIND Cause award, thanks to the efforts of a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumna and a little help from the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø community. Children and Youth First USA Executive Director Amanda Brown ’15 said that the funds won in the KIND contest will help her organization launch a new science, […]

51³Ô¹ÏÍø students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Mariam Nael ’18, a women’s studies major from Singapore, completing a student-initiated research fellowship with the university studies division.  My […]

51³Ô¹ÏÍø students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Benjamin Geisler â€™18, an art and art history major from Groton, N.Y., interning at the NBC News network. This summer, […]

They came. They saw. They confabbed — on culture and identity politics, the ethical responsibilities of a documentarian, and the proper balance of race and ethnicity in a program lineup. Then, the 170 attendees of this year’s Flaherty Film Seminar, held at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø from June 18 to 24, disbanded. For the university — Flaherty’s home […]

51³Ô¹ÏÍø students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Madison Bailey ’18, a peace and conflict studies major from Wayne, Pa. This summer, I am the development […]

Peter Balakian is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Chair in the humanities in the Department of English. He was the first director of the Center for Ethics and World Societies. His book Ozone Journal won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. I first met Elie Wiesel when my friend and English department colleague Terrence […]

51³Ô¹ÏÍø students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Jacob King â€™18, a molecular biology major from Burlington, Conn. This summer, I’m on campus completing research with biology […]

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 […]