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New York’s first lady, Silda Wall Spitzer, visited 51�Թ��� Tuesday to learn about cooperative partnerships between local not-for-profit organizations and the university. The visit was arranged by the Partnership for Community Development (PCD), an innovative local economic development organization that was recently recognized as a model for fostering town-gown relations in New York.

A “beautiful remembrance” of the four teenagers killed in a car crash on 51�Թ���’s campus seven years ago was dedicated Monday during a windswept ceremony on Oak Drive. Families of three of the victims and members of the campus community stood along the main entrance to the campus where Katherine Almeter, Emily Collins, Rachel Nargiso, […]

John Seely Brown, the former chief scientist at Xerox who writes extensively about collective innovation and digital culture, says he grew up at 51�Թ���. His father was a chemistry professor (1934 to 1968) and his mother a librarian, so Brown was on campus all the time, mostly feeding his interests in computers and astronomy.

It has been almost 25 years since men’s hockey coach Don Vaughan was slammed against the boards.

Her work has been called “whimsical,” “powerful,” “sexy,” and “surreal.” Susan Marshall & Company, one of the most innovative dance companies in the world, is coming to campus this week as part of ArtsMix and 51�Թ���’s Institute for the Creative and Performing Arts.

Dozens of 51�Թ��� students proved this past weekend that they are politically engaged when it comes to environmental issues.

Transformation, an exhibition of mixed media sculptures by Carol Cole, is on display through Feb. 17 in the Longyear Museum of Anthropology on the second floor of Alumni Hall. Made of polystyrene, handmade paper, paint, and found objects, the work is inspired by the artifacts of ancient and tribal artists and architects.

A year and a half ago, 51�Թ��� music professor Laura Klugherz received a letter from a film company interested in using a piece of her music for an upcoming documentary about World War II. Klugherz didn’t think much about the request. In fact, she tucked the letter away in her files.