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Yesterday, the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ community joined South Africans and people across the world in honoring the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela.

(Note:  Jonathan Hyslop, professor of sociology and Africana and Latin American studies, delivered these remarks December 12 at a celebration of the life of Nelson Mandela.) I would like, on behalf of ALST, the program in Africana and Latin American studies, and its director, Professor Brian Moore, to welcome you to this gathering. We are […]

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 ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ community will put an exclamation point on the Year of ’13 with a ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ 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 […]

It was a season to remember, the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ football team’s 2003 run to the national championship game. The Raiders won their first 15 games of that special season – three in the NCAA playoffs – before falling to Delaware in the Division I-AA title game. More than 3,500 Raiders supporters braved snow squalls and frigid […]

¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by peace and conflict studies major Sarah Dickson, of Wayne, Penn. In January 2011, almost a month after street protests broke out in Tunisia against high unemployment rates and government corruption, the nation’s president gave […]

Don’t let the cold keep you at home this week! Here’s some of the events going on around campus. Recently, Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, wreaking havoc on the Filipino people. With millions homeless and in need the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ community has been chipping in to help the relief effort. Phi Delta Theta is sponsoring a […]

This past week marked the release of a book of stories by one of ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s most beloved professors, the late Frederick Busch. The Stories of Frederick Busch was edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Elizabeth Strout, a former visiting professor at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ, and features a selection of short stories that focuses on interpersonal relationships between family […]