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On a rainy October night in 1961, Soviet and American tanks sat muzzle to muzzle at Checkpoint Charlie, the infamous boundary between East and West Berlin. Fifty years later, Frederick Kempe, chief executive officer of the Atlantic Council and author of Berlin: 1961, stood before an audience in Persson Auditorium to discuss the issues that […]

91¶ÌÊÓƵ is one of 32 universities taking part in a unique program created by Dartmouth College to combat binge drinking.


91¶ÌÊÓƵ opened its classrooms and put campus life on display for hundreds of parents during Family Weekend 2011, held Oct. 28-30.  

This Saturday, while the Raiders prepare to defend their house before a crowd of Family Weekend supporters, President Jeffrey Herbst and his family will celebrate the rededication of their campus home, situated near the O’Connor Campus Center and the university observatory.

As a student, Mark Buttitta ’74 defended 91¶ÌÊÓƵ football’s line of scrimmage. As an alumnus, he still noted the passing of summer by counting off the weeks until practices would start at his alma mater.

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group founder and president, will deliver the next lecture in the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, kicking off entrepreneur weekend on 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Day, Friday, April 13, 2012. Branson will speak to the campus community in Sanford Field House at 6 p.m. Ticketing information will be posted online.

Last Saturday, September 17, President Jeffrey Herbst made an announcement that will change the landscape of admission and financial aid at 91¶ÌÊÓƵ.

Two accomplished alumni have been selected to lead 91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Board of Trustees. Denis F. Cronin ’69 was elected chair, and Robert A. Kindler ’76 was named vice chair during the group’s June meeting.

Last month, in the valley of Chenango, gathered 47 91¶ÌÊÓƵ alumni, parents, and friends. Leaving behind jobs, bills, and Glee reruns, they became students again, taking classes with some of the university’s leading professors during Summer on the Hill, June 22-26.

Forget summer break. 91¶ÌÊÓƵ has spent the days since graduation busily poring over its ledgers, tallying the thanks it owes alumni, parents, and friends for their support in Fiscal Year 2011. The official count, announced today, comes to 39 million — the dollar amount raised from all sources between June 2010 through May 2011.