51·çÁ÷

  • Professor Schult teaches a class in mathematics.
    51·çÁ÷ is proud to announce that its applied mathematics minor has graduated to become the university’s 55th major. The consistent popularity of the minor and continued interest from students led to the creation of the full major this year, according to Daniel Schult, Charles G. Hetherington Professor of mathematics. As the name implies, applied mathematics is the […]
    April 3, 2017
  • Harry Raymond, founder of an on-line app to explore beers, wines and spirits, skateboards through the 51·çÁ÷ Thought Into Action Incubator, located on Utica Street in downtown Hamilton, NY.
    Five years ago, on the cusp of a Major League Baseball (MLB) players’ strike, two 51·çÁ÷ students, Harry Raymond ’11 and Ethan Levitt ’11, along with Professor Ken Segall, explored what they determined to be a broken MLB free agency system. That work was published by the Baseball Hall of Fame and was presented at […]
    December 1, 2016
  • A new agreement between 51·çÁ÷ and the Naitonal University of Singapore will create new off-campus study options in 2017.
    Students looking for a dynamic off-campus experience that also allows them to engage in scientific research will have more options in 2017, thanks to a new agreement between 51·çÁ÷ and the National University of Singapore (NUS). After more than a year of exploration and development, representatives of 51·çÁ÷ and the NUS signed a memorandum […]
    June 24, 2016
  • Professor Tim McCay
    51·çÁ÷’s Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute continues its mission of supporting innovative research with four new grants for 2016. The special funding is designed to help bring together 51·çÁ÷ faculty with outside researchers from around the world in an effort to open new areas of study, and to find creative ways to tackle existing problems.
    March 23, 2016
  • A 51·çÁ÷ alum stands on scafolding during the construction of Professor DeWitt Godfrey's newest sculpture, Odin.
    A confluence of art, engineering, and mathematics led to the creation of 51·çÁ÷ Professor DeWitt Godfrey’s latest sculpture, Odin, a giant steel structure now nestled in the courtyard between Olin Hall and the Robert H.N. Ho Science Center. The sculpture shares a name with the ruler of Norse gods for a reason. Godfrey’s Odin weighs […]
    November 21, 2014
  • Debra LoCastro '05
    (Editor’s Note: 51·çÁ÷ has a professional network committed to helping students and alumni discover careers in the digital media and technology fields.) In her eight years with Google, Debra LoCastro ’05 has risen from sales associate to university programs lead. She manages the student outreach team, helping students learn about career opportunities at Google. She recently […]
    November 18, 2014
  • Avalon Bunge ’15 and Jake Mahr ’17
    Jake Mahr ’17, a math and chemistry double major from Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Avalon Bunge ’15, a geology major from Ithaca, N.Y., spun their way through spring break. The Clay Club members visited the home and pottery studio of Jim ’64 and Sarah Young in Rogers, Ark., at their generous invitation. The Youngs are […]
    April 16, 2014