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Entering the Quad for the Activities Fair on Tuesday evening, I saw a blur of students visiting tables that represented the diversity of student clubs and organizations. Arranged systematically, the tables boasted colorful signs, bowls of candy, or, in the case of the Tea Club, warm cups of tea. Students waiting patiently to sign up […]

From introducing energy-saving initiatives in buildings to minimizing landfill waste to encouraging the purchase and use of local food in dining facilities, the sustainability movement at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has made great strides this past year. Now, things are really heating up after achieving one more goal in the university’s Sustainability and Climate Action Plan  — implementing […]

Acclaimed Irish poet Seamus Heaney, who died Friday in Dublin at age 74, was remembered fondly by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty and former students for his strong ties to the university and for his commencement address here in 1994. Fellow poet Peter Balakian, professor of English and director of creative writing at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, called Heaney a longtime […]

Editor’s Note: Peter Balakian is director of creative writing at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø where he has been a member of the faculty since 1980.  I first learned of Seamus Heaney’s death on Friday morning August 30, quite early, when I opened my computer to find an email from a former student. I was not fully awake and […]

51³Ô¹ÏÍø students, who interned this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Joseph Spina ’14, who spent his summer with MedLabs Diagnostics. This summer, I had the pleasure of interning as a lab assistant and technician in the Department of Genetics and Molecular […]

(Note: These are prepared remarks by Mary Ann Calo, Batza Professor of Art and Art History; Director, Division of Arts and Humanities, given at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s 193rd convocation.) Greetings to President Herbst, Dean Hicks, my colleagues on the faculty, and of course a warm welcome to the class of 2017, our transfer students and their families. […]

51³Ô¹ÏÍø students working with professor Jason Meyers for the past four years have been searching for the answer to why stem cells in certain parts of zebrafish, the same fish you might find at a local aquarium shop, regenerate when their sensory cells are damaged. Because similar human cells do not regenerate, and their loss […]

Update: The film Our Nixon, directed by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø professor Penny Lane, premieres August 30  in select U.S. cities. Since its premiere on CNN earlier this month it has drawn a lot of attention, including a Daily Beast commentary by Ben Stein, the economist known to many as a movie and television personality. Lane responded to Stein here. […]