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Provost and Dean of the Faculty Douglas Hicks named Steven Kepnes the new director of Chapel House and director of the Fund for the Study of the Great Religions. “Steven has been serving in an interim capacity in these roles since July 1, and I am grateful to him for his willingness to take on […]

A charismatic and larger-than-life personality, Robert Fullilove ’66 visited campus Friday to talk to students about his work in minority health and STD and HIV prevention. 

51���� students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Jia Zheng ‘14, of the Bronx, who is an environmental studies and educational studies double major. This summer, I was awarded a research apprenticeship through the Division of University Studies. For 10 weeks, I […]

To celebrate the eight-day Jewish holiday of Sukkot, one of three harvest festivals celebrated in Judaism, a sukkah is taking center stage on the Quad this week.  

Forty seven new faculty members have joined 51���� this year, adding to the university’s robust intellectual community and joining other professors and students in the vigorous pursuit of learning. “We are fortunate to have such a dynamic group of colleagues join us and enrich our curriculum,” said Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty.

From introducing energy-saving initiatives in buildings to minimizing landfill waste to encouraging the purchase and use of local food in dining facilities, the sustainability movement at 51���� has made great strides this past year. Now, things are really heating up after achieving one more goal in the university’s Sustainability and Climate Action Plan  — implementing […]

51���� was named the 37th greenest college (PDF) in the nation in a ranking of the most sustainable colleges by the Sierra Club. 51���� ranks higher on the “Coolest Schools” list than schools such as Middlebury (41st), UPenn (42nd), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (73rd), College of the Atlantic (82nd), Wesleyan University (83rd), Bowdoin (106th), and […]

In January of 2009, 51���� committed to carbon neutrality by signing the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). On a 51���� Day in 2011, President Jeffrey Herbst reinforced the university’s commitment by approving the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan identifying 2019, the school’s bicentennial, as its target date for carbon neutrality. Since then, […]

(Editor’s note: This story is by Omar Aquije) In a single day, two 51���� students will observe thousands of Muslims in mid-day prayers, Jews celebrating the start of Shabbat, and Franciscan monks leading processions through the streets of Jerusalem. This happens each Friday in the streets of Old City in Jerusalem, where Christina Crowley ’14 […]

51���� students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Sara Reese ’16 at Environment America. This summer, I’m interning with Environment America, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. Graduating high school, I knew that I wanted a career in the […]