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Carol Bleser, the first woman to be a full-time faculty member at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ and the first to become a full professor at the university, died last month in Bellport, N.Y. At ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ from 1970 until 1985, Bleser was first hired as an associate professor of history. She also would serve as interim director of Women’s […]

This month’s Year of ’13 list, presented on a very special #¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵday, is by Andy Daddio, ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ photographic services coordinator. He selected his 13 favorite campus photos that he has taken so far from an archive of more than 220,000 photographs.

¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ Director of Athletics Victoria M. Chun ’91 MA ’94 was recognized as a Sports Business Weekly Game Changer for 2013. Chun said she never imagined that 26 years after coming to ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ she would be running the school’s athletics department. The entire ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ community is proud of Chun’s achievements. Read the full story here. Please […]

We wanted to catch you up on some of the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ Day happenings happening around the world. ABC News’ morning show, Good Morning America, invited alumni and students to celebrate ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ Day outside their Times Square Studio in New York City. You can watch a video clip below:

On Sunday, September 15, a new musical ensemble— the Thunder and Lightning Orchestra — will debut at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ with a special free concert. Under the direction of Professor Marietta Cheng, 13 virtuoso string musicians will fill  Memorial Chapel with the melodies of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky at 3:30 pm. The concert’s repertoire will provide a nice […]

Members of the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ community joined millions of other Americans today in remembering the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Students, alumni, faculty, and staff reflected on the 12th anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001. We offer this speech by former ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ President Rebecca Chopp as another way […]

Members of the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ Speaking Union traveled to Madrid, Spain, this summer to compete in an all-Spanish-language debate tournament, representing one of just three schools from the United States at the international event. Gisselle Perez-Leon ’15, Benjamin Rangel ‘15, and Arlene Robles ’15 spent 11 days in Spain for the World University Debate Championship in […]

Several faculty members recently were awarded a major National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that will allow for interdisciplinary cooperation between the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program and provide students access to equipment usually not found in undergraduate research facilities. Professors Bruce Hansen, Arnold Ho, Spencer Kelly, Carrie Keating, and Doug Johnson jointly applied for […]