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  • Innovators upend traditional routines. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is celebrating and invoking that spirit during its third annual Thought Into Action Entrepreneur Weekend, April 11–12. The result promises to be an exciting and informative experience for the university’s community of entrepreneurial students, parents, alumni, and faculty. Entrepreneur Weekend begins at 6.p.m. on Friday in Cotterell Court with a […]
    March 10, 2014
  • The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø community is mourning the tragic loss of a beloved friend and teammate, Brian Crockett ’13, who died last week after complications related to surgery. He was 22 years old. “Anyone who had come in contact with Brian knows what a great person he was. He was one of the most unique personalities to […]
    March 10, 2014
  • 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has many talented student music groups. Take some time this weekend to check one out! This Sunday the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Chamber Players will perform their concert Building Blocks in Memorial Chapel at 3:30 p.m. With a program including a Mendelssohn Octet, Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet, music by Bias Galindo, and featuring the premiere of a newly discovered Sinfonia by […]
    March 9, 2014
  • Douglas Hicks (left), 51³Ô¹ÏÍø provost and dean of faculty, and Pat Reynolds, Hamilton vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, are helping spearhead the schools' edX partnership.
    51³Ô¹ÏÍø and Hamilton College jointly announced today their partnership as new contributing members in the nonprofit online learning platform edX. Founded by Harvard University and MIT, edX currently offers more than 150 courses in many areas of study, including the arts and humanities, public health, law, math, and computer science. Its focus is to […]
    March 6, 2014
  • Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of faculty, and Kevin Lynch, chief information officer, see great potential in the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøX platform. (Photo by Erica Hasenjager)
    51³Ô¹ÏÍø has joined the online learning platform edX as a contributing member, through a unique partnership with our liberal arts neighbor, Hamilton College. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of faculty, and Kevin Lynch, chief information officer, discuss how this collaboration places 51³Ô¹ÏÍø at the forefront of utilizing online technologies to enhance our residential […]
    March 6, 2014
  • Some class discussion at Professor Moran's home.
    When Neal Barsch ’14 found out he would be representing Sierra Leone at the National Model African Union in Washington, D.C., he knew he would need to make some fast friends to accomplish his small country’s diplomatic goals. “If I wrote a resolution based on just what was just good for Sierra Leone, it wouldn’t […]
    March 5, 2014