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We asked students, 13 of them, of course, to each share a highlight from the past year at �Ա���Ƶ. The students were in the library finishing papers and prepping for finals before leaving for winter break. (Also see this look back at the Year of ’13.) Manuel Heredia-Santoyo ‘14 Sonoma, Calif. Art and art history […]

�Ա���Ƶ’s endowment broke through the $800 million mark in November 2013 and recently drew positive attention in Institutional Investor magazine. �Ա���Ƶ was cited as one of 20 midsize educational endowments that “schooled” their larger peers such as Harvard and Yale from June 2007 through June 2012. Strong performance has continued into its most recent fiscal […]

Forbes today put the media spotlight on �Ա���Ƶ’s incredibly successful Year of ’13 Challenge and the key role that student-run WRCU-FM played in the campaign that raised $5.1 million in a single day. Read the Forbes article titled Radio Power: How �Ա���Ƶ Raised $5.1 Million In One Day here.

The technology might change, but the beauty of �Ա���Ƶ’s campus remains the same. We hope you enjoy this video shot with a GoPro 3 camera aboard a DJI Phantom quadcopter, and edited with a vintage flair. Enjoy the holidays!

Prospective student interest in �Ա���Ƶ continues to steadily grow, with Early Decision applications increasing by 9 percent this year compared to 2012, according to the Office of Admission. Vice President and Dean of Admission Gary Ross said this year’s group of admitted ED I students have a stronger academic profile than those admitted during […]

Update: Forbes wrote a feature about the event. The story was also featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Syracuse Post-Standard. The �Ա���Ƶ community made history on Friday, December 13, answering a �Ա���Ƶ Day challenge that raised more than $5.1 million in gifts and matching funds from 5,683 supporters. “To our knowledge, this is […]

Editor’s note: President Jeffrey Herbst sent this message to members of the �Ա���Ƶ community in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 14, after the successful conclusion of the Year of ’13 Challenge. Yesterday, �Ա���Ƶ launched the Year of ’13 Challenge in honor of the last �Ա���Ƶ Day of 2013. If 1,300 alumni, parents, and […]

What a #�Ա���ƵDay — and it’s far from over. It started with a simple challenge: if we received 1,300 gifts today, an anonymous donor would give $1 million for financial aid. You crushed it before noon. So two more donors stepped up and added a new challenge: 1,300 more gifts by midnight, and they’ll give an additional […]

In celebrating the Year of ‘13, we have been posting a story or list that pertains to our lucky number on the 13th of each month. In closing out this special year, this final installment is a list of 13 (in no particular order) of the biggest events from this past year.  If you have […]

This Friday, December 13, the �Ա���Ƶ community will put an exclamation point on the Year of ’13 with a �Ա���Ƶ Day celebration that reaches into hearts and homes around the world. The day begins at 6 a.m. Eastern time, when WRCU-FM kicks off a full schedule of special programming. Listeners visiting wrcufm.com or tuning to […]