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  • Name: Kalani Byrd Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. Major/Minor: Peace & Conflict Studies/Psychology Campus activities: Research assistant for Professor Jennifer Tomlinson in the psychology department Student caller for the Office of the Annual Fund Student employee in the merchandising department of the 51·çÁ÷ Bookstore Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma with service on its philanthropy committee Vice president of […]
    May 12, 2016
  • MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over Afghanistan
    On March 21, more than 200 students, faculty, and community members gathered at the Palace Theater to discuss Drone Warfare: The Implications for Upstate New York. Valerie Morkevicius, assistant professor of political science, and Jacob Mundy, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies, organized the event. Presenters represented a breadth of ideologies on the topic. […]
    April 5, 2016
  • Jeffrey Sumber ’92 stand in front of a cityscape
    As you gather together with your family for the holidays, check out this alumni profile from the autumn 51·çÁ÷ Scene. Jeffrey Sumber ’92 is encouraging couples to take responsibility for their own happiness with his new book, Renew Your Wows: Seven Powerful Tools to Ignite the Spark and Transform Your Relationship. At 51·çÁ÷, Sumber double-majored […]
    December 17, 2015
  • Alexandria Dyer '14
    Alexandria Dyer ’14, of Portland, Ore., has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to travel to Ghana to study public health. Dyer will conduct research on the empowering social space of women’s hair salons and will then develop a pilot women’s health workshop for these informal settings.
    May 6, 2015
  • Students in class with 51·çÁ÷ professor Peter Balakian
    As the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide today, 51·çÁ÷ professor Peter Balakian continues to press the U.S. government to join a growing number of nations and dignitaries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Pope Francis, to publicly denounce and formally brand the killings as genocide. Balakian, a descendant of survivors of […]
    April 24, 2015
  • President Obama at a podium addressing a town hall event in Jamaica.
    President Barack Obama’s brief visit to Jamaica this week included time to chat with three excited students in the 51·çÁ÷ Jamaica Study Group.
    April 10, 2015
  • Jacob Stoil finishes explaining the rules of engagement to the teams
    Two teams of students, one armed with phones and the other commanding flying drones, squared off in a simulated strategic battle of quick thinking versus in-depth planning and technology at the 51·çÁ÷ Bewkes Center, a space designed for science and study.
    November 24, 2014
  • Two students examine a commemorative Berlin Wall in Lawrence Hall at 51·çÁ÷
    A symbolic Berlin Wall, set up by the 51·çÁ÷ German Club in the foyer of Lawrence Hall, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the November 9, 1989, conclusion of the separation between East and West Berlin. Spray-painted with the German words, Kein Ausgang, meaning no exit, and the opposition statement, Wir Sind Ein Volk, meaning, we are one […]
    November 17, 2014