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Engaged Humanities Network Community Showcase Spotlights Collaborative Work
The positive impact of community-engaged research was on full display at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) on May 2. CFAC’s galleries showcased a wide array of projects, including work by the Data Warriors, whose scholars, which include local students…
Students Engaged in Research and Assessment
Loretta Awuku, Sylvia Page and Johnson Akano—three graduate students pursuing linguistic studies master’s degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences—spent the past year researching and contributing to assessment and curricular development processes. The research team’s project, Peer-to-Peer Student Outreach…
Physics Professor Honored for Efforts to Improve Learning, Retention
The Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has made some big changes lately. The department just added an astronomy major approved by New York State and recently overhauled the undergraduate curriculum to replace traditional labs with innovative…
Dara Drake ’23 Named the University’s First Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Alumna Dara Drake ’23 has been named as a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholar, the first from Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity. Knight-Hennessy Scholars is a multidisciplinary, multicultural graduate scholarship program at Stanford University. Each Knight-Hennessy scholar receives up to three years of financial support…
Student Speaker Jonathan Collard de Beaufort ’25: ‘Let’s Go Be Brilliant’ (Video)
University Scholar Jonathan Collard de Beaufort ’25 looked back on all that the Class of 2025 has accomplished and acknowledged what it took to get to Commencement. “I’m here as one of 12 University Scholars, yet I know every single…
3 New Members Elected to University’s Board of Trustees
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity has announced the appointment of three new members of the Board of Trustees, all distinguished leaders in their chosen professions who are also engaged alumni dedicated to serving their communities and the University in meaningful and impactful ways….
Arts and Sciences Hosts Inaugural Scholarship and Research Gala
The College of Arts & Sciences (A&S) kicked off a new tradition for recognizing A&S faculty excellence and achievements from over the past year with its inaugural Scholarship and Research Gala. The May 1 event was held in the Schine…
Chancellor Kent Syverud Honored as Distinguished Citizen of the Year at 57th Annual ScoutPower Event
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Chancellor Kent Syverud was recognized by Scouting America, Longhouse Council, as the Distinguished Citizen of the Year at the organization’s 57th annual ScoutPower dinner. The annual fundraiser is one of the biggest scouting events in the nation and…
Chloe Britton Naime Committed to Advocating for Improved Outcomes for Neurodivergent Individuals
Chloe Britton Naime ’25 is about to complete a challenging and rare dual major program in both mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and neuroscience from the College of Arts and Sciences. Even more impressive? Britton…
Graduating Research Quartet Synthesizes Long-Lasting Friendships Through Chemistry
When Jesse Buck ’25, Isabella Chavez Miranda ’25, Lucy Olcott ’25 and Morgan Opp ’25 started as student researchers in medicinal chemist Robert Doyle’s lab, they hoped to hone their research skills. It quickly became evident this would be unlike…