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Ret. Gen. Colin Powell — former U.S. secretary of state and one-time leader of 350,000 troops — knows how to make an entrance. “Sit down, you’re making me nervous,” barked the general in the good-natured tone perfected over five decades of Army leadership, politics, and diplomacy. Having stared down world leaders and stood up to […]

Geoffrey Canada, nationally recognized for his pioneering work helping children and families in Harlem and as a passionate advocate for education reform, will deliver the keynote address at 51�Թ���’s 188th commencement exercises at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17, in Sanford Field House. During the ceremony, 51�Թ��� will award Canada a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary […]

Paul Ridley ’05 is back on land. The 25-year-old alumnus completed his solo rowing trip across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday afternoon after nearly 3,000 miles of rowing. Ridley’s record-setting trip, which raised funds for cancer research, was highlighted today in a CNN.com story, which for a time was among the top ten most viewed news […]

The combination of live performance, a state-of-the-art digital theater, and a story line about one of the most documented days in Roman history will make for a captivating, one-of-a-kind multimedia production this week inside the Ho Science Center’s Visualization Lab. At 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, a group of students and faculty members from the […]

Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House of Representatives, easily moved from lecturer to town hall host Thursday night as he initiated a rigorous dialogue with students and community members who filled every available seat and lined the aisles of Memorial Chapel. Gingrich spoke without notes during his lecture, in which he said America is […]

More than 35 alumni will visit campus this weekend to discuss ways that 51�Թ��� can continue to support diversity and build on its efforts to develop an inclusive community. Students, faculty, and staff also will take part in the Community Summit, which opens Friday night with remarks by senior administrators, including President Rebecca Chopp and […]

Independent filmmaker Alan Berliner, who is not afraid to point the camera at himself for his experimental documentaries, will spend a week on campus teaching, showing his films, and discussing an exhibition of two of his installations. The film screenings, lecture, and exhibition are all free and open to the general public during Berliner’s visit, […]

51�Թ���’s Blackmore Media Center, the new state-of-the-art home of student-run radio station WRCU (90.1), garnered attention in this week’s issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. In a full-page story, The Chronicle’s Brock Read takes readers down memory lane, reminiscing about a distant era in college radio, thanks to the fond recollections of his father […]