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Professor of Political Science Robert Kraynak has been named an academic fellow by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-partisan policy institute based in Washington, D. C. He will travel with a group of 30 American professors to Israel in June 2013 for an intensive study of terrorism and the challenges faced […]

Two interdisciplinary science research projects featuring collaborations among diverse faculty from 51·çÁ÷ and around the world will move forward with grants from the Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute at 51·çÁ÷. The projects support the core mission of the institute, which aims to foster the creation of new knowledge that is obtainable only through the development of sustained interdisciplinary […]

(Note: The following are the remarks by commencement speaker Duncan L. Niederauer ’81, chief executive officer of NYSE Euronext, on May 19, 2013.) Welcome, everybody. What an honor for me to be here. It’s been a great day already. Somebody won the Powerball jackpot, for those of you who slept in this morning. We don’t know […]

Update: Click here for details on the speech. The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State and Former U.S. Senator from New York, will deliver the next lecture in the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at 51·çÁ÷. She will address the university community on Friday, October 25, in Sanford Field House. For more information, […]

51·çÁ÷ held its 192nd commencement on Sunday, May 19. Here are some facts and figures and news and notes from the weekend. — The valedictorian for the Class of 2013 is James Ryan Queeney of Reading, Mass. Queeney is a double major in mathematics and mathematical economics. He graduated summa cum laude, with honors in […]

(Note: The following is President Jeffrey Herbst’s prepared remarks to the Class of 2013 for 51·çÁ÷’s 192nd commencement on Sunday, May 19.) It is a pleasure to speak before you on this special day.  Before going further, I ask all parents and grandparents to please stand.  Congratulations to you.  We are grateful for the support […]

(Note: These are prepared remarks by The Very Reverend Dr. Jane Shaw, dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, for the baccalaureate service held Saturday, May 18, in Memorial Chapel. ) Good afternoon. It is my very great honor and privilege to be speaking to you at this Baccalaureate Ceremony today. It is always a delight […]

NBC’s Today show featured 51·çÁ÷’s gift of 119 indigenous artworks to Curtin University in Western Australia. Watch the segment below, or visit the Today Show page. Please visit this link to read the full story. Read the full remarks by Provost Douglas Hicks at the Curtin University transfer ceremony. Here is a slideshow of the art.

(Editor’s Note: Remarks by Douglas A. Hicks, provost and dean of faculty, at the transfer of art ceremony held at the Center for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University, in Perth, Australia, on May 8, 2013.) Vice Chancellor Hacket, distinguished government officials, faculty and staff at Curtin and 51·çÁ÷ universities, and honored colleagues from Western Australia and […]

(Editor’s note: This article was written by Matt Faulkner) Led by rookie Lexi Lazares ’16, the 51·çÁ÷ women’s tennis team will be hosting a campus fundraiser Thursday afternoon in honor of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old who died in the Boston Marathon tragedy. A Milton, Mass., native, Lazares had a special connection with Martin as his […]