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Financial aid, Division I athletics, off-campus study, internships — which aspects of the º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù experience inspire you? That’s the question the university has posed every day for the past two weeks as Fiscal Year 2014 comes to a Photo Finish.

For Katie Rice ’13, last week’s 19th Annual º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù Writers’ Conference served as a chance to escape noisy New York City and focus on her writing in the summer serenity of Hamilton.

SophoMORE Connections, the signature program that connects º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù sophomores with alumni, recently won the NACE award for innovation. Last year alone, 400 sophomores joined 100 alumni on campus to explore career opportunities in a variety of fields. This is just one of the ways in which º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù brings graduates and undergraduates together for career-centered conversations.

More than 30 summer interns conducting research and working on campus got a chance to get their hands dirty last week at a volunteer party for º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù’s recently relocated community garden. Community garden interns Alex Schaff ‘16 and Quincy Pierce ‘16, under the guidance of garden manager Beth Roy, are working hard in the summer […]

The Thought Into Action Entrepreneur Institute is charged with fostering an entrepreneurial spirit at º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù. As founder and current mentor Andy Greenfield ’74, P’12 wrote in an oped for Hechinger Report: “Liberal arts graduates have great basic training for turning an idea into an action. The school from which I graduated, º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù, prepared me […]

Back in 1833, Jonathan Wade took his º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù experience on a mission to Burma and started a tradition of community-based learning and engagement. In the past decade alone, the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) has sponsored more than 50 trips to more than 16 locations in the United States and […]

º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù wrote the book on off-campus study. The storied Washington D.C. study group, a unique semester-long NIH experience, faculty-led trips around the globe, and research abroad — all of these options for off-campus learning add depth to the º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù experience. Last winter, Kara Vadman ’14 and Mikhaila Redovian ’15 joined geology professor Amy Leventer aboard […]

Between June and August, students are pursuing internships, research, and service projects around the world and across America. They will investigate, teach, report the news, participate in political campaigns, plan events, save lives, and more.

Zadie Smith, who has been included on Granta’s list of 20 best young authors, came to campus last fall as part of the university’s Living Writers course. She was one of 10 acclaimed authors who held a lively literary discussion with students and later conducted a reading that was available for the public to attend […]

Each year, the National Model African Union brings together undergraduates from º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù and from across the country to simulate a meeting of the real African Union. The event provides students with important lessons about public speaking, diplomacy, and teamwork.