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The new Ģ����Ƶ Magazine, formerly the Ģ����Ƶ Scene, is hitting mailboxes and is now online.

Despite excelling in the classroom, some high school students may face significant obstacles when pursuing higher education. The Ģ����Ƶ in Focus program aims to support these high achieving students by providing resources to help close gaps in access to higher education.

Each year, endowed academic chairs and professorships provide resources that support the work of Ģ����Ƶ faculty members across campus. Ģ����Ƶ’s Board of Trustees approved a new slate of endowed chairholders during its autumn meeting, September 28–29.

The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is pleased to announce Amy Leventer, Orville Whitnall Professor of geology, as the 2018 winner of the Goldthwait Polar Medal in recognition of her distinguished record of scholarship and service in polar science.

Described by Human Rights Review as a “thoughtful and sophisticated” interdisciplinary exploration, Seeing the Myth in Human Rights (University of Pennsylvania Press) offers an in-depth look at the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Last month, the Student Government Association along with the Center for Leadership and Student Involvement, career services, and the computer science department banded together to send 10 Ģ����Ƶ students to the Grace Hopper Celebration in Houston, Texas.

According to “Circadian Effects on Performance and Effort in Collegiate Swimmers,” a recent article by Associate Professor of Biology and Chair of the Biology Department Krista Ingram, night owls may make less efficient swimmers in the morning.

On this day 10 years ago, former Ģ����Ƶ President Rebecca Chopp signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, marking the beginning of Ģ����Ƶ’s formal pledge to reach carbon neutrality. The university remains committed to this goal and will achieve carbon neutrality in 2019, our Bicentennial year. November 7–9, 2018, Ģ����Ƶ will host the […]

With a litany of thanks for the supporters, architects, designers, engineers, and staff who made it all possible, Ģ����Ƶ officially dedicated Benton Hall during a ceremony on September 28. The building was named after lead donor and alumnus Dan Benton '80.

Ģ����Ƶ faculty members and the Board of Trustees have voted unanimously to adopt an official report in support of academic freedom and freedom of expression on campus, and the Student Government Association has voted to embrace the document as a guiding principle for their organization. The newly approved report stems from a Task Force on […]