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During its spring meeting, the 51���� Board of Trustees approved a series of appointments to endowed professorships, effective July 1, 2021.

Two members of the 51���� Class of 2021, Jake Gómez and William “Paul” McAvoy, will share this year’s 1819 Award, which recognizes character, scholarship, and service to others, best exemplifying the 51���� spirit.

Assistant Professor of Educational Studies Ashley Taylor has been named the 51���� Phi Eta Sigma Professor of the Year for 2021.

The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) celebrated National Volunteer Week this year with a series of awards for its most dedicated and successful student volunteers.

Nancy Ries, professor of anthropology and peace and conflict studies, is this year’s recipient of the Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching.

As a signatory of the Second Nature Climate Commitment, 51���� has pledged ongoing determination in its work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus and to plan for a more sustainable future.

President Joe Biden this week labeled the deaths of more than a million Armenians killed at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915 as genocide, a public recognition that 51���� English professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Balakian has urged for decades. 

The Harry C. Behler 51���� Debate Society hosted its annual British Parliamentary debate tournament, the 51���� Open, March 19–21, 2021.

Six 51���� students, advised by Associate Professor of Biology Engda Hagos, have published research on the Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) gene factor and its relationship to energy-producing processes of cells in the journal Cells.

The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) has named Christina Weiler ’21 and Danny Liu ’23 as Class of 2021 fellows.