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U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R-Barneveld, connected with the 51���� community Monday, meeting with faculty, administrators, and students, discussing issues ranging from natural-gas fracking to political gridlock and the federal budget sequester. After hearing Michael Hayes, professor of political science, describe 51����’s Washington D.C. Study Group, Hanna immediately handed Hayes a business card and said […]

51���� students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Charity Whyte ’16, with contributions from fellow interns Sam Linnerooth ’14 and Elise Van Gelder ’15 — they spent their summer at the United Nations. Elise and I spent the summer in […]

Professor of Political Science Robert Kraynak has been named an academic fellow by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-partisan policy institute based in Washington, D. C. He will travel with a group of 30 American professors to Israel in June 2013 for an intensive study of terrorism and the challenges faced […]

Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul may not be making another run for the White House, but that did not dissuade the three-time presidential candidate from answering student questions after his speech on Wednesday at Memorial Chapel.

Dan Epstein, 51���� assistant professor of political science, was interviewed on the New England Cable Network (NECN) and was asked about any possible ties between the Boston Marathon bombing suspects and Chechnya extremist groups.

Ambassador Ido Aharoni, consul general of Israel, visited campus recently to talk about his Middle East politics as well as his nation’s leadership in business innovation. At 51����, both subjects always draw a crowd.

51���� keeps finding memorable and educational ways to mark the 13th.

In higher education circles, the term “mismatch” has come to define an unintended consequence of affirmative action: bright and promising minority students do not necessarily benefit  when they are steered to elite schools for which they are typically less-prepared than their majority classmates. The interdisciplinary debate — involving economists, sociologists, educators, lawyers, and politicians — will come […]

David Kaplan ’07, a political science major at 51����, is an independent film producer who recently launched Animal Kingdom Films. The first film associated with his new company was recently named a grand jury winner at the prestigious South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

Provost and Dean of the Faculty Douglas A. Hicks recently announced faculty appointments and promotions that had been approved by the university’s Board of Trustees.