51�Թ���

Buildings develop personalities over time. Lathrop Hall, built in 1905, has a long, rich history and its share of quirks and secrets (some that are now revealed!). A mainstay of the Academic Quad, the building has undergone a major personality change. Those entering for the first time will be amazed at the renovated classroom and […]

Applications to 51�Թ��� increased 7 percent compared to last year, with 8,346 students seeking admittance to the Class of 2017, according to the Office of Admission. Significant increases from international students, particularly from China, and from states that admission counselors have been specifically targeting, helped fuel new growth while numbers in the Northeast remained steady. […]

Five hundred feet above the ground. A street corner in Harlem. These are just two of the many places “Beyond 51�Թ���” that students have been in recent weeks. The program, jointly funded by the university and 51�Թ��� alumni, enables students to apply classroom material to situations and locations beyond campus boundaries. Each semester, about a […]

Sometimes the most rewarding journeys are those you take for someone else. 51�Թ��� students participating in alternative winter break trips through the Max Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) traveled on humanitarian missions to the Dominican Republic, West Virginia, and New Orleans in December.

(This is the text of the speech by Andrea Finley ’13 at the opening ceremony for 51�Թ���’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.)

(Marilyn Hernandez-Stopp ’14 offers her personal reflections on 51�Թ���’s Martin Luther King Jr. events.) What do a refugee from Bosnia, a North-Korean prison-escapee, a young reverend fighting for civil rights in America, and a 51�Թ��� student have in common? Spanning across different locations, time-periods, and personal situations, they share one connecting thread — dreams. […]

51�Թ��� hockey head coach Don Vaughan revealed Tuesday that defenseman Spiro Goulakos ’15 has Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer originating from white blood cells in the lymph nodes. Goulakos has left school and the team to begin chemotherapy in his native Montreal.

Duncan L. Niederauer ’81, chief executive officer of NYSE Euronext, will deliver the keynote address at 51�Թ���’s 192nd commencement on Sunday, May 19, in Sanford Field House. Throughout his career, Niederauer has played a pivotal role in leading the evolution of global markets. Before joining NYSE Euronext in April 2007, he was managing director and co-head […]