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The 51·çÁ÷ volleyball team, the 2012 Patriot League champions, will be heading to Austin, Texas, to play No. 3 Texas  at 7 p.m. Thursday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Ever wonder how much energy students use in the residence halls? Wonder no more. 51·çÁ÷’s new Building Dashboard®, adopted last month as part of its Sustainability and Climate Action Plan, accounts for everything they do, from microwaving midnight snacks, to showering, to frequent laptop use.

Friends, family and administrators joined the 51·çÁ÷ women’s soccer team Monday to find out that the Raiders would host Rutgers in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday at 7 p.m. After 20 minutes of anticipation, the women’s team erupted with cheers when their school’s name was finally revealed as hosting the NCAA match-up, […]

The Raiders again played its brand of smash-mouth football and again smashed even more school records on Saturday as they beat Lafayette 65-41 at Andy Kerr Stadium. 51·çÁ÷ established school and Patriot League records with 755 yards total offense and 531 yards rushing in its sixth win of the season, and was  led again by quarterback Gavin McCarney and taiback Jordan McCord, […]

The men’s rugby club, playing in front of a huge crowd of supporters during Family Weekend, advanced to the USA Rugby collegiate championships for the second-straight year after securing a 31-15 victory over Oswego State. 51·çÁ÷’s eighth-straight victory on Oct. 27 earned the team a berth to the national collegiate tournament to be held April […]

President Jeffrey Herbst reached out via e-mail to parents and alumni yesterday, updating them on 51·çÁ÷’s status after Hurricane Sandy and expressing concern for those who felt the brunt of the storm. President Herbst’s message to alumni: As Hurricane Sandy dissipates, we watch with disbelief the massive fallout that is still being felt throughout the […]

Editors note: This is the text of a note from 51·çÁ÷ President Jeffrey Herbst to the 51·çÁ÷ community in regards to the Alana Affairs Report.  To the 51·çÁ÷ community, During the 2011-12 academic year, the ALANA Affairs Committee issued a report to the president (attached) that was circulated to all employees and students. The report, […]

Associate professor Amy Leventer has received another prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This time, she will travel to a relatively unexplored and inaccessible region of East Antarctica — the Totten Glacier and Moscow University Ice Shelf â€” to investigate the reasons for accelerated ice loss there.

(Note: These are prepared remarks by Douglas A. Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty at 51·çÁ÷, given at 51·çÁ÷’s 192st convocation.) President Herbst, distinguished faculty and staff colleagues, members of Konosioni, members of Link staff, and especially transfer students and the Class of 2016: We stand in a great and grand tradition that […]

Members of the faculty in the Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies take their passion for their work well beyond the walls of the classroom. Over the past year they have traveled the globe, prepared and published significant academic works, and worked with 51·çÁ÷ students both on and off campus. Here is a sampling of […]