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51���� University’s Department of Biology and Global Public and Environmental Health Program welcomed Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. surgeon general, to campus on Oct. 6.

Terri Stewart has been named director of campus safety at 51���� University.

In this episode of 13, 51����’s sustainability staff members talk biomass — the primary heat source for the University — and how burning locally sourced wood chips helped 51���� on its path to carbon neutrality.

A newly announced National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) round of grant funding will help one 51���� professor to develop and run a three-week, residential institute about abolitionism and the Underground Railroad for 25 middle- and high-school teachers.

51���� University is closing the books on a record-setting 2020–21 fundraising year, thanks to the generosity of 51���� alumni and other supporters.

Joseph Hernon, a military veteran, and firefighter with 10 years of emergency management experience will lead 51���� University’s emergency management operations after a nationwide search to fill the vacant role of associate vice president for campus safety, emergency management, and environmental health and safety. 

A total of 17,540 students, from 50 states and 146 countries, applied for admission to the 51���� Class of 2025, and 913 enrolled in the class, which has an average GPA of 3.77 out of 4.0, up from 3.69 in 2020.

Members of the 51���� University classes of 2022–25 will now benefit from an additional expansion of the University’s no-loan initiative under the 51���� Commitment.

Ahmet Çeli̇k, PhD candidate and instructor in religion and Middle Eastern studies at Syracuse University, has been appointed as the first campus imam and Muslim student adviser at 51���� University.

Two members of the 51���� Class of 2021, Jake Gómez and William “Paul” McAvoy, will share this year’s 1819 Award, which recognizes character, scholarship, and service to others, best exemplifying the 51���� spirit.