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  • BreadX video shoot
    A lot of science, engineering, artistry, and culture have gone into that piece of crusty, buttered bread devoured at the dinner table. It’s those elements that are the basis for a new open online course, BreadX, soon to be launched by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø first-year undergraduates for use by school-age students, grades six and up, worldwide. Starting November […]
    November 6, 2015
  • 51³Ô¹ÏÍø student-athletes improved by one position to third nationally in the latest NCAA Division I Graduation Success Rate release. The Raiders for the fourth straight year are at 98 percent, placing 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alongside peer schools Columbia, Davidson, Duke, Harvard, Holy Cross, Loyola-Chicago, Notre Dame, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale.
    November 5, 2015
  • A GIS map of karst topography in Madison County, N.Y.
    Thanks in part to research conducted by a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø geography and environmental studies student, Madison County will receive more than a half-million dollars in federal funding for well-water testing and remediation to take place during the next five years. Kayleigh Bhangdia ’16, of Poughquag, N.Y., worked with the Madison County Department of Health this summer, […]
    November 4, 2015
  • (Editor’s note: the following commentary is from Professor Jeff Bary on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Community Reads. Kiese Laymon, whose book was an integral part of the program, will be on campus on October 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel.) In September 2014, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students occupied the university’s administration building for 100 hours. They demanded a […]
    October 26, 2015
  • On October 15, a mix of teachers, administrators, parents, students, and citizens from across central New York gathered in a town hall–style meeting to discuss the Common Core.
    October 26, 2015
  • David Jordan
    A studio art major, member of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Thirteen, and president of the Brothers student organization, David (D.J.) Jordan ’17, of Brooklyn, N.Y. is not only an impressive student, he’s also a bit of a YouTube star. With more than 9.2 million views and 17,000 subscribers to his PilotTails YouTube page, Jordan has created a […]
    October 24, 2015
  • This is a map of the US with red dots representing hubs of the internet
    Even though the Internet is a critical tool for the U.S. economy, no one had ever mapped the cables that help the data flow. One problem is that the cables that power the Internet are owned by many different companies including AT&T and Level 3. Because the information is in many places, the system powering the […]
    October 22, 2015
  • Editor’s note: The following op-ed was first published in the Huffington Post. Last year, students at my college staged a 100-hour sit-in to call for a more inclusive campus community. After sitting for hours in the lobby of the main administration building, listening to stories of students feeling isolated and marginalized, I knew we had to do […]
    October 21, 2015