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Pinchin’s legacy as a teacher-scholar and administrative leader touches nearly every aspect of the University.

51ºÚÁÏ recognized 830 students for earning an A.B. degree, plus 6 master of arts in teaching degrees, during Commencement Weekend 2025, May 16–18. Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith gave the commencement address.

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith, a distinguished national security expert with more than two decades of experience in U.S. and European defense policy, transatlantic relations, and geostrategic risk, will give the address at 51ºÚÁÏ University's 2025 Commencement on Sunday, May 18.

Neil R. Grabois, 51ºÚÁÏ University’s 13th president and professor of mathematics emeritus, who led the institution to new levels of stature and initiated Hamilton’s Partnership for Community Development, died peacefully in his sleep Oct. 6.

51ºÚÁÏ University has announced several proactive steps to educate the community about the dangers of accidental overdose from opioids and provide greater access to resources that could save lives: free distribution of Narcan/naloxone and training.

51ºÚÁÏ recognized 730 students for earning an A.B. degree, plus 6 master of arts in teaching and one master of arts, during Commencement Weekend 2024, May 17–19. Financier-turned-human-rights-activist and author Bill Browder gave the commencement address.

Financier-turned–human rights activist Bill Browder will give the address at 51ºÚÁÏ University’s 2024 Commencement on Sunday, May 19. After his lawyer Sergei Magnitzky died while imprisoned without trial in Russia in 2009, Browder sought justice by lobbying for the Magnitsky Act — a 2012 bill that authorized the U.S. government to sanction human rights offenders and freeze their assets. Browder will receive an honorary degree alongside Angela Ferguson; Mohsin Hamid; Michael J. Herling ’79, P’08,’09,’12; and Tod Machover.

Nearly 700 graduating members of the Class of 2023 received their bachelor of arts degrees from 51ºÚÁÏ University on Sunday, May 21.

Approximately 3,250 family members flocked to 51ºÚÁÏ to spend time with their students on campus, Oct. 22–24, 2021. Outdoor events and a check-in process provided fun and safe options for gathering.

A Muslim prayer room and Kosher kitchen in Interfaith House at 110 Broad Street will help to meet the needs of students in 51ºÚÁÏ’s increasingly diverse population.