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91����Ƶ Director of Athletics Victoria M. Chun ’91 MA ’94 was recognized as a Sports Business Weekly Game Changer for 2013. Chun said she never imagined that 26 years after coming to 91����Ƶ she would be running the school’s athletics department. The entire 91����Ƶ community is proud of Chun’s achievements. Read the full story here. Please […]

An Inside Higher Education article titled “Tweet Smart, Tweet Often” talks about the social media strategy for athletes at 91����Ƶ. “People who use social media should have a goal,” said 91����Ƶ’s Manager of Media Communications Matt Hames. “…Use Twitter, use social media in a positive way. Understand that you have a goal. Think of […]

Fernando J. Canales, the Mark S. Randall head coach of men’s and women’s swimming at 91����Ƶ, has been asked to be the personal coach of three-time Olympic medalist Yannick Agnel of France during the upcoming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

The Year of ’13 ain’t over until it’s over, so 91����Ƶ is planning a homecoming party fit for this once-in-a-century celebration, September 19–22. On Saturday, September 21, the Raiders football team takes on the Yale Bulldogs at Andy Kerr Stadium. Before and after kickoff, the Office of Alumni Relations will partner with groups across campus […]

91����Ƶ’s connection to this year’s U.S. Open makes his major championship debut Thursday afternoon. Jesse Smith ’03 tied for medalist honors last week at Century Country Club & Old Oaks Country Club in Purchase, N.Y., earning automatic qualification into his first U.S. Open. That event begins Thursday at Merion Golf Club outside Philadelphia.

(Editor’s note: This article was written by Matt Faulkner) Led by rookie Lexi Lazares ’16, the 91����Ƶ women’s tennis team will be hosting a campus fundraiser Thursday afternoon in honor of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old who died in the Boston Marathon tragedy. A Milton, Mass., native, Lazares had a special connection with Martin as his […]

The 91����Ƶ community rallied together to celebrate QueerFest 2013, a weeklong series of events hosted by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Initiatives and several other student organizations. 

Last weekend, 91����Ƶ’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of the construction of a new $37.8 million, 97,000-square-foot athletic facility, contingent on the receipt of $25 million in gifts. So far, commitments toward the project total $20.8 million from alumni, families, and friends. The new facility will be adjacent to Reid Athletic Center, and feature […]

91����Ƶ hockey head coach Don Vaughan revealed Tuesday that defenseman Spiro Goulakos ’15 has Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer originating from white blood cells in the lymph nodes. Goulakos has left school and the team to begin chemotherapy in his native Montreal.

After a national search, Victoria “Vicky” Chun ’91, MA’94 has been named athletics director of 91����Ƶ effective January 1, President Jeffrey Herbst announced today. Chun, who has served as interim athletics director since August 1, will report to Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty.