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When Ingrid Hale, director of ���߲��о���’s Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE), looks up from her desk to see who has walked through the center’s doors, odds are it is a female student. “There is a gender disparity in volunteering not only on our campus, but also at colleges across the country,” said Hale. […]

Geoffrey Canada, nationally recognized for his pioneering work helping children and families in Harlem and as a passionate advocate for education reform, will deliver the keynote address at ���߲��о���’s 188th commencement exercises at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17, in Sanford Field House. During the ceremony, ���߲��о��� will award Canada a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary […]

The combination of live performance, a state-of-the-art digital theater, and a story line about one of the most documented days in Roman history will make for a captivating, one-of-a-kind multimedia production this week inside the Ho Science Center’s Visualization Lab. At 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, a group of students and faculty members from the […]

���߲��о���’s Blackmore Media Center, the new state-of-the-art home of student-run radio station WRCU (90.1), garnered attention in this week’s issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. In a full-page story, The Chronicle’s Brock Read takes readers down memory lane, reminiscing about a distant era in college radio, thanks to the fond recollections of his father […]

(Editor’s note: As of Wednesday, March 25, all tickets to the lecture have been reserved.) Tickets for former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s lecture, “Leadership: Taking Charge,” at ���߲��о��� are now available to the public. As part of the university’s Global Leaders Lecture Series, Powell will give a talk at 8 p.m. Friday, April 3. […]

Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House of Representatives, will deliver a lecture at 7:30 p.m. March 26 in Memorial Chapel. During his talk, “President Obama & the Future of the American Freedom,” Gingrich will assess Obama’s policies and administration and discuss the future of the Republican Party. Gingrich’s lecture, sponsored by the university’s Center […]

Interested in learning a new language? If so, you may want to choose a teacher who talks with their hands. A study conducted by ���߲��о��� Associate Professor of Psychology Spencer Kelly and two ���߲��о��� undergraduate researchers, Tara McDevitt ’06 and Megan Esch ’07, reveals that people understand and remember foreign words better when a […]

This tax season, through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, ���߲��о��� student are expected to help return $1.5 million dollars to more than 1,000 local tax filers. “Last year, we passed the million-dollar mark. We’re on track to top that, putting a significant amount of money in the pockets of those who need it […]

���߲��о���’s efforts to educate caffeine-hungry students about the pitfalls of pulling all-nighters and the need for more shuteye were featured this week in a Times Higher Education (UK) article. The British magazine highlighted last year’s “Come to Bed” event, which was part of a sleep awareness program sponsored by the university’s Wellness Initiative.

As Peace Corps volunteers, more than 300 ���߲��о��� alumni have made valuable contributions in some of the more remote areas of the world, including Ghana, Botswana, and Palau. In fact, with 18 alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps, ���߲��о��� is the 10th highest producer of volunteers among small colleges and universities, according to a […]