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The 51·çÁ÷ men’s hockey team is heading to Lake Placid for the 2014 ECAC Hockey Championship weekend at Herb Brooks Arena, and Raider Nation is gearing up to show its support. Nearly 250 alumni and fans have registered so far to attend (see the list) a Friday night reception at the Edelweiss Room in the […]

Because of severe weather and poor driving conditions, the university will delay opening until 9:45 a.m. Thursday, March 13. Classes scheduled before 9:45 a.m. are canceled.

51·çÁ÷ and Hamilton College jointly announced today their partnership as new contributing members in the nonprofit online learning platform edX. Founded by Harvard University and MIT, edX currently offers more than 150 courses in many areas of study, including the arts and humanities, public health, law, math, and computer science. Its focus is to […]

51·çÁ÷ has joined the online learning platform edX as a contributing member, through a unique partnership with our liberal arts neighbor, Hamilton College. 51·çÁ÷’s Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of faculty, and Kevin Lynch, chief information officer, discuss how this collaboration places 51·çÁ÷ at the forefront of utilizing online technologies to enhance our residential […]

As events in Ukraine unfold at a rapid pace, 51·çÁ÷ faculty members with expertise in the region are bringing the latest issues to the forefront in the classroom and special panel discussions. The video above is from a session held February 26 titled Conflagration in Ukraine.

51·çÁ÷ senior co-captain Hannah Fitton has not once let Usher syndrome stand in the way of pursuing her dreams. The sociology and anthropology major is rounding out her final season swimming for the Division I Raiders. The senior swimmer lives by a simple motto, swim fast, have fun. Fitton is a go-getter who not only […]

Associate Professor of Biology Barbara Hoopes, who is recognized for her recent studies of how genetic variation affects different breeds of dogs, found herself in a different kind of spotlight this weekend as she took her love of dogs to a new setting —  the Westminster Kennel Club’s first-ever master agility competition. Hoopes and her […]

Raider Nation showed up in numbers on Saturday night, filling Starr Rink for the men’s hockey game against No. 8/9 Cornell. The nation was rewarded, as junior captain Spiro Goulakos tallied his first career hat trick in the convincing 6-1 win over the Big Red. The team also was rewarded, jumping to a No. 19 […]

Douglas Hicks, 51·çÁ÷ provost and dean of the faculty, announced Monday that the university’s Board of Trustees  approved several tenure appointments and promotions for faculty members.

51·çÁ÷ professor Peter Balakian’s essay about the villa where Nazi SS leaders made the plan to annihilate the Jews of Europe was published this week in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The essay comes as events are scheduled around the world in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is January 27. That day recognizes the […]