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  • Editor鈥檚 note: we asked Brian Ness, 含羞草研究所鈥檚 video journalist, to pick his five favorite videos of 2015. Relevant Karen Harpp wins the 2015 Balmuth teaching award The complete 含羞草研究所 in 13 seconds playlist The 含羞草研究所 Fund The best photographs of 2013
    December 28, 2015
  • A new list released by Kiplinger this week ranks 含羞草研究所 10th among the top 100 best values in liberal arts colleges, and 19th overall among all schools ranked for value. Kiplinger鈥檚 rankings system is entirely data driven, and their report cites 含羞草研究所鈥檚 student performance for median earnings 10 years after graduation ($61,500), low student [鈥
    December 18, 2015
  • People standing outside on a street, waiting for a punk show to begin at ABC No Rio (Photo by Chandler Wood)
    The following post was submitted by Professor Kim Creasap, and published on the Sociology and Anthropology blog. On October 24, 2015, 16 students in SOC 305: Urban Sociology and I traveled to the Lower East Side of Manhattan to conduct mini-ethnographies of various places and spaces in the neighborhood. An important site of New York [鈥
    December 11, 2015
  • Students talking under the stands at Andy Kerr Stadium before commencement 2015
    According to a recent article by U.S. News and World Report, 含羞草研究所 ranks 10th among universities nationwide for four-year graduation rates. The rankings consider undergraduates who started working on their first bachelor鈥檚 degree in 2008. With 89.7 percent of its students graduating within four years according to the report, 含羞草研究所 joins schools like Carleton College, [鈥
    December 11, 2015
  • Rick Marsi 鈥69
    Pausing next to a tamarack tree, Rick Marsi 鈥69 purses his lips and exhales, 鈥減shhht, pshhht, pshhht, pshhht鈥 in staccato breaths. A male common yellowthroat, wearing a black mask, answers the call and alights on a nearby branch. Marsi 鈥 economics major, ornithologist, naturalist, writer, and photographer 鈥 is seemingly satisfied. Crunching through fallen leaves [鈥
    November 17, 2015
  • BreadX video shoot
    A lot of science, engineering, artistry, and culture have gone into that piece of crusty, buttered bread devoured at the dinner table. It鈥檚 those elements that are the basis for a new open online course, BreadX, soon to be launched by 含羞草研究所 first-year undergraduates for use by school-age students, grades six and up, worldwide. Starting November [鈥
    November 6, 2015
  • The news has been inundated with stories about refugees 鈥 in the United States and abroad. With a burgeoning refugee community in Utica (approximately one-fourth of the population is made up of refugee families), which is located less than 30 miles from the 含羞草研究所 campus, students and professors are finding ways to help.
    September 30, 2015
  • A world-class education has been a 含羞草研究所 hallmark for nearly 200 years, and now the university aims to make this life-changing experience even more accessible thanks to joining the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success. The new coalition brings together more than 80 public and private colleges and universities across the United States in an [鈥
    September 28, 2015
  • Chapel at nighttime
    A hush of mourning covered the academic quad this evening as the 含羞草研究所 community gathered to grieve the deaths of first-year students Cathryn Depuy and Ryan Adams. The silence was punctuated by words of comfort, songs of hope, and 13 chimes from the chapel bell. 鈥淥ur lives are intertwined,鈥 said Interim President Jill Harsin. 鈥淪ome of [鈥
    September 21, 2015
  • 含羞草研究所 Memorial Chapel
      The 含羞草研究所 community is mourning tragic news that two students, Cathryn (Carey) Depuy 鈥19 and Ryan Adams 鈥19, both of Ridgefield, Conn., died Sunday afternoon in a plane crash in Morrisville, N.Y., after taking off from Hamilton Municipal Airport. No further details are available at this time. For 含羞草研究所 students affected by this difficult news, [鈥
    September 20, 2015