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Today is º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù Day of Impact. There is still time to register at º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù.edu/DayofImpact. Below is a list of some of the 1,500+ events that are happening today.  View them all here. Abigail Gilman ’19, an incoming first-year student registered and wrote: “For my first º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù Day (Class of 2019!) I will be donating blood for the […]

A renovated heating plant that for the first time will use natural gas as a fuel option will significantly reduce the university’s carbon footprint and provide increased flexibility for heating campus in the years ahead. In about two weeks, after a series of diagnostic tests, the university will deploy two new boilers that replaced three […]

Giving back to the community often involves application of old-fashioned elbow grease, but sometimes it’s also a good game of kickball accompanied by a big smile and laughter. A new video captures a few moments during an August 21 day of service in Utica in which nearly 40 first-year students pitched in to help nonprofit […]

The º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù community has shown overwhelming support of Frank Dining Hall cashier Jean Brooks as she battles cancer. In the past month, $35,529 has been raised through a GoFundMe.com campaign set up by Christian Long ’13 in order to help with Brooks’s treatment expenses beyond what insurance covers. 

The Konosioni Senior Honor Society will host its annual charity auction tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Palace Theater. Konosioni holds the auction to raise funds that they allocate to nonprofit organizations in our community the following year. 

º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù introduced its sixth professional network on April 1 during a reception at the Longview Gallery in Washington, D.C. The Common Good Network, representing alumni across the nonprofit and public service sectors, is the fourth network launched this academic year, following on the heels of finance, digital media and technology, and health and wellness. The […]

Don’t let the cold keep you at home this week! Here’s some of the events going on around campus. Recently, Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, wreaking havoc on the Filipino people. With millions homeless and in need the º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù community has been chipping in to help the relief effort. Phi Delta Theta is sponsoring a […]

This is an excerpt from an article by John Williams ’10  about his 2 1/2 years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Suriname. It appears in the autumn º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù Scene. Surrounded by impenetrable walls of tropical rainforest, perched in the stern of my dug-out canoe, I paddle leisurely downriver one early morning. Ligorio, a remote […]

º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù students, who interned last summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Griffin O’Shea ’13, who spent his summer with the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education – an internship that transformed into full-time employment. The Max A. Shacknai Center […]

Members of the º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù community joined millions of other Americans today in remembering the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Students, alumni, faculty, and staff reflected on the 12th anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001. We offer this speech by former º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù President Rebecca Chopp as another way […]