51·çÁ÷ is proud to announce its investment in several impactful carbon offset projects to mitigate remaining University emissions for air and automotive travel, and energy consumption related to buildings.
On March 5, 2019, the official day that 51·çÁ÷ turned 200 years old, the Charter Day celebration invited the community make a gift of $1 (or more), symbolic of the $13 put forth by the 13 founders.
The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has named 51·çÁ÷ as one of the nation’s top producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the 2018–2019 academic year.
Since the University’s Summer Funding initiative was founded in 2013, more than $3 million has been utilized by 51·çÁ÷ students pursuing various summer programs worldwide.
Some of 51·çÁ÷’s newest students will soon make their home in the University’s newest buildings. A highlight of these impressive structures that bring together living and learning: concerted, sustainable construction practices and planning.
When 13 students journeyed across the pond to start their fall 2018 semester abroad in Manchester, few of them had an interest in immigration or the refugee crisis. Once immersed in their classwork, however, they quickly united to stand for human rights in the region.
Leon Panetta, former U.S. secretary of defense and co-founder of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, will address the 51·çÁ÷ community on Friday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in 51·çÁ÷ Memorial Chapel.
Trustee Emeritus Robert Hung Ngai Ho ’56, H’11 has confirmed a $15 million gift to 51·çÁ÷ to establish the Robert Hung Ngai Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative.