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In recognition of the excellent services provided to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and the Hamilton community by the Southern Madison County Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. (SOMAC), 51³Ô¹ÏÍø recently announced that it has donated $50,000 to its ongoing fundraising campaign. Phase one of SOMAC’s two-phased campaign raised $70,000 from more than 200 donors in the community and covered […]

51³Ô¹ÏÍø students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Rohan Mehta ’14, an intern at Facebook. I’m a rising senior at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, and this summer I’m working as a software engineering intern at Facebook at their headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. […]

  The Year of ’13 saw a tremendous outpouring of support for 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students. This week, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø reported that alumni, parents, and friends committed more than $48 million between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013.

In celebrating the Year of ‘13, we are posting a story or list that pertains to our lucky number on the 13th of each month. This month, we’ve compiled a list of summer research projects. There are more than 100 students on campus conducting research, including some who just finished their first year at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, […]

A July 11 New York Times op-ed, co-authored by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø President Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills, director of the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation, examines the World Bank’s diminishing role in Africa while encouraging the institution to steer away from investing in poorly run governments. Herbst and Mills last co-authored an op-ed in the Times on July […]

For the fifth straight year, Slater Brothers Entertainment will bring Hollywood to the village of Hamilton.  The Hamilton International Film Festival is slated for August 1-4, and organizers are promising even more events this time around. “What makes this festival truly special is how well you end up bonding with other festival attendees (both the invited […]

This week, USA Today reported that Chinese students are visiting colleges and universities in the United States in an effort to learn more about getting into grad school. “U.S. summer camps are increasingly popular in countries such as China, where the rising middle class can send their children to experience American life — and possibly set […]

Jacob Mundy, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies,  was recently featured in a Washington Post video on Western Sahara. The co-author of Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution, Mundy is increasingly being called upon for his expertise on Western Sahara.