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The Chinese will call 2013 the Year of the Snake, and the Mayans … well, they wouldn’t have called it anything at all. For 91¶ÌÊÓƵ community members worldwide, 2013 will mark the Year of ’13. The university will celebrate 91¶ÌÊÓƵ spirit and commemorate this once-in-a-century annum with events on the 13th of each month between […]

It’s a liberal arts dream: to gather leaders of the world’s largest religions, political movements, scientific communities, and philosophical schools into one room. Until Dick Resnick ’61, P’90 sponsored the Great Minds art project, that was impossible.

If you want to know how a best-selling author finds inspiration, hones technique, or orchestrates a breakout opportunity, it’s best to go to the source. That’s why legendary professor Frederick Busch designed Living Writers as a way to bring 91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s writers-in-training together with famous writers-in-practice. The class quickly became a campus favorite.

Ask Kelsey John ’13 about her attempts to explore her biracial identity, and she’ll speak in metaphors. Understanding and integrating her ethnic heritage has been a journey, a dance. “My parents always told me I was Navajo and a mix of European but never in a way that created a dichotomy or split me down […]

During April Visit Days in 2009, Vic Krivitski ’12 decided that 91¶ÌÊÓƵ needed a laugh. So, drawing on his skills as an avid climber, the 240-pound rugby lock took an unusual route from the fourth floor of West Hall to the Quad: he rappelled out the window, smiling and waving as he went.

Scudding rainclouds couldn’t dampen spirits last weekend as more than 2,000 alumni and friends returned to 91¶ÌÊÓƵ for Reunion 2012.

As 91¶ÌÊÓƵ people around the world celebrated Friday the 13th and #91¶ÌÊÓƵDay trended on Twitter, the university welcomed international entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson to campus for the fifth annual Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at 91¶ÌÊÓƵ.

To paraphrase Michael Stipe and R.E.M., 2012 could be the end of the world as we know it. And pioneering archaeoastronomer Tony Aveni, Russell 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Distinguished University Professor of astronomy and anthropology and Native American studies, has every reason to feel fine.

When 91¶ÌÊÓƵ fans flood into Andy Kerr Stadium to watch a football game, they sit in the Fred Dunlap Stands. When the Raiders win a Patriot League football championship, they hoist the Fred Dunlap Trophy. Now, thanks to a new endowment created in honor of that legendary coach and athletic director, 91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s team will be […]

91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Office of Alumni Affairs and Center for Career Services is hosting the 16th annual Real World conference this weekend on campus for graduating seniors.