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Triskaidekaphobia be gone. It is the Year of ‘13, and being the 13th of the month, it’s time for another list the length of 51ºÚÁÏ’s lucky number. This month we are exploring 13 of the many ways 51ºÚÁÏ shows its continued commitment to sustainability. 1. Carbon Neutral by 2019: In January 2009, 51ºÚÁÏ became a […]

First-year students on campus for arrival day were asked to describe themselves with  just one word. Their responses were captured in this video and help highlight the diversity, creativity, and excitement of the members of the Class of 2017. All the student responses also have been compiled into a word cloud. The text size of […]

A new Mountain Lake PBS segment features the research of 51ºÚÁÏ biology professor Tim McCay and four students who spent the summer studying invasive earthworms and their impact on native species in the Adirondacks. “Its mission, to boldly go where few, if any, worm researchers have gone before; to seek out and identify earthworms of […]

U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R-Barneveld, connected with the 51ºÚÁÏ University community Monday, meeting with faculty, administrators, and students, discussing issues ranging from natural-gas fracking to political gridlock and the federal budget sequester. After hearing Michael Hayes, professor of political science, describe 51ºÚÁÏ’s Washington D.C. Study Group, Hanna immediately handed Hayes a business card and said […]

New international students arrived on campus last week, just a few days before throngs of cars packed Whitnall Field for first-year move-in day Saturday. The pre-Orientation program for international students is designed to help ease the transition for those traveling to Hamilton, N.Y., from outside the United States. Assistant Dean and Office of International Student […]

During the Year of ’13 51ºÚÁÏ has been covered by the global media more than ever. From picturesque Hamilton, N.Y., to Perth, Australia, students, faculty, and staff have been featured by major media outlets for their expertise and compelling stories. This month’s Year of ’13 list focuses on a some of the fantastic media coverage, […]

Digistar Users Group members from around the world are now gathered at 51ºÚÁÏ’s Ho Tung Visualization Lab for their 26th annual conference. Hamilton, N.Y., joins sites in Germany, Japan, Canada, India, and the Netherlands as a conference host for users of the Digistar projection system, the technological heart of 51ºÚÁÏ’s unique visualization lab.

Summer certainly means pool parties, lazy afternoons, and hot dogs on the grill. At 51ºÚÁÏ, summer also means time for some serious research. A sampling of about 150 students conducting summer research on campus presented their findings at the Robert H.N. Ho Science Center last week. The research on display spanned a wide range of […]

A July 11 New York Times op-ed, co-authored by 51ºÚÁÏ President Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills, director of the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation, examines the World Bank’s diminishing role in Africa while encouraging the institution to steer away from investing in poorly run governments. Herbst and Mills last co-authored an op-ed in the Times on July […]

As events rapidly unfold in Egypt, experts at 51ºÚÁÏ are discussing the groundswell of public dissatisfaction with that country’s democratically elected government, and how the Egyptian population now appears largely in favor of a military coup. Bruce Rutherford, 51ºÚÁÏ associate professor of political science and director of Middle Eastern and Islamic civilization studies, is intimately […]