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New Clear Bag Policy and Walkthrough Metal Detectors Enhance Public Safety, Expedite Entry at the Carrier Dome
To provide a safer environment for the public and to expedite fan entry into the Carrier Dome, Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity will implement a new clear bag policy and install new walkthrough metal detectors at the stadium. The Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Clear Bag…
Annual Strawberry Festival Scheduled for June 8 on the Quad
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity’s annual Strawberry Festival is scheduled for Friday, June 8, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The Strawberry Festival is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to learn more about campus departments and academic programs and celebrate the summer season…
Student-Athletes’ Success Reflected in NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate
Each program at Â鶹ƵµÀsurpassed the minimum standard of 930 (a perfect score is 1,000) and, in combining the program numbers, the University earned the highest four-year average since tracking the APR began.
Rob Long ’12, G’14 Delivers 2018 Phanstiel Lecture
Former Â鶹ƵµÀfootball punter Rob Long serves as the director of strategic development for Uplifting Athletes, a national nonprofit that uses college football as a platform to inspire hope in the rare disease community. Long was honored with an Orange…
Graduate Student Seth Delisle Helps to Engineer Faceoff Wins for Â鶹ƵµÀMen’s Lacrosse
On a typical Tuesday morning, Seth DeLisle, mechanical and aerospace engineering graduate student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, is working on complex differential equations that measure the lift and thrust a helicopter needs to fly. “The classes…
Open Basketball Offered at the Melo Center Tuesday and Thursday Nights
Starting this Thursday, Feb. 1, students will have an additional location to play pick-up basketball. Recreation Services and Athletics are partnering to offer open basketball hours at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (Melo Center), attached to Manley Field House….
Alumnus John Lally and Wife, Laura, Provide $1 Million Gift in Support of Football Program
Alumnus and Â鶹ƵµÀfootball letterwinner John Lally ’82 and his wife, Laura, are giving back to new generations of student-athletes through generous support of the football program. The couple has made a significant gift of $1 million that will go…
Employee Discount Tickets Available for Dec. 27 and 31 Men’s Basketball Games
In support of all the great work of the University’s faculty and staff, Human Resources is partnering with Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Athletics to offer employee appreciation discount tickets to two upcoming men’s basketball games. The discount tickets will be available for…
Student-Athletes Mark Highest-Ever Graduation Success Rate
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity student-athletes have scored big with some recent numbers off the playing fields. For the 2016-17 academic year, student-athletes achieved a Graduation Success Rate of 91—the highest-ever for the University since the NCAA started measuring the rate in 2004….
Alumnus Honored by Son with Creation of Endowed Scholarship Fund
An alumnus is being honored by his son who has established a scholarship in his father’s name to support student-athletes pursuing graduate work in education or service-based fields. The $1.5 million endowment is being provided by Brian Grossman in honor…