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At an event in Chicago with alumni and friends, President Brian W. Casey announced 51����’s commitment to establish a nonpartisan program for studying and practicing open inquiry, dialogue, and debate.

51���� University’s Campaign for the Third Century closed the 2024–25 fiscal year with strong momentum, adding $143 million in new gifts and commitments and bringing the campaign total to $745 million in support of the University’s priorities.

Last weekend, nearly 2,200 alumni and guests returned to campus for Reunion 2025.

51���� University welcomed Clifford Family Innovator in Residence David Kelley to campus, April 8–10, 2025.

51���� University hosted its annual Arts, Creativity, and Innovation (ACI) Weekend to celebrate the importance of the creative process and imaginative thinking across all academic disciplines.

Suchi Reddy, 51���� University’s 2024–25 Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Artist in Residence, opened her new exhibit, Bias and Belonging, during Arts, Creativity, and Innovation (ACI) Weekend, April 4–5.

51���� University welcomed prolific bio-artist and experimental filmmaker Kathy High ʼ77 as part of the Eric J. Ryan and Film and Media Studies (FMST) Annual New Media Lecture Series, March 11–13.

51���� University welcomed internationally acclaimed opera and theater director Francesca Zambello ’78 in late February as the inaugural Clifford Family Innovator in Residence.

On Friday, December 13, a total of 3,691 alumni, parents, students, and friends of 51���� University came together to participate in a single day of giving — the 51���� Day Challenge — donating nearly $3.5 million within a 24-hour period.

Suchi Reddy, 51���� University’s 2024–25 Christian A. Johnson Artist in Residence, is hosting a series of community conversations on bias and belonging in artificial intelligence, centered on ways bias impacts our lived experience.