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When President Jeff Herbst joined 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, one of the first students who came to see him asked for advice about working for a non-governmental organization in Africa. Yet, for two reasons she had never been to the region: 51³Ô¹ÏÍø offered no such study group opportunity, and her financial aid package was not portable to non-51³Ô¹ÏÍø […]

While stories of insider trading continuously populate the news, Jonathan Streeter ’90 visited campus last week to give his perspective as deputy chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorneys Office in the southern district of New York. As such, Streeter is the lead prosecutor in USA v Raj Rajaratnam et al., which has […]

My biology class headed to the Ho Tung Visualization Lab one day this week to watch a film in place of a regular class lecture. The theater-type room was a great environment to see the National Geographic documentary.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s sustainability groups gathered Tuesday in the Ho Science Center atrium for the first Greentivities Fair, an effort to raise awareness about their work, recruit new members, and offer tips to help students act more environmentally friendly. An added benefit was that those like-minded students with green goals had the chance to get together and […]

More than 300 students, faculty, and staff members gathered Tuesday at Memorial Chapel for a campuswide forum on the topics of inclusiveness, bias, and multiculturalism.

As an economist, Takao Kato studies unintended consequences of public policy decisions. As a professor at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø with many international students in his classes, he considers their prospects for gainful employment in the United States. That connection inspired a research project he conducted with Chad Sparber, assistant professor of economics.

If the blue smear on 4-year-old Liam Rogers’s smiling face, courtesy of the clump of cotton candy in his hand, was any indication, Friday afternoon’s Gate-Town Connection Barbecue on Whitnall Field was a success for its student organizers.

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group founder and president, will deliver the next lecture in the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, kicking off entrepreneur weekend on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Day, Friday, April 13, 2012. Branson will speak to the campus community in Sanford Field House at 6 p.m. Ticketing information will be posted online.