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A collaborative student initiative turned into a vehicle of support for the region and a timely response to a tragedy that struck an immigration services center in Binghamton. The Latin American Student Organization, Korean American Student Association, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and the Center for Outreach and Volunteerism co-sponsored the Refugee Benefit Banquet last Friday to […]

Charles Simic, 2007 poet laureate, delighted an intent audience with his dark humor on Tuesday night in the Robert Ho Lecture Room. “The corpses like cigarette butts. In a dinner plate overflowing with ashes,” he read from the title poem of his latest book, That Little Something.

Darryl Hunt and Kirk Bloodsworth, exonerated after spending decades behind bars for crimes they did not commit, will share their stories with the 51���� community as part of a three-day symposium about wrongful convictions. During their campus visit April 19-21, Hunt and Bloodsworth will discuss how their unwavering determination to prove their innocence combined with […]

When Ingrid Hale, director of 51����’s Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE), looks up from her desk to see who has walked through the center’s doors, odds are it is a female student. “There is a gender disparity in volunteering not only on our campus, but also at colleges across the country,” said Hale. […]

This past weekend marked 51����’s fourth annual Big Gay Weekend, a three-day event that provides LGBTQ and allied students with the opportunity to socialize and network with peers. The keynote speaker was bestselling author, film producer, and gay rights activist Perry Moore, who is best known as executive producer of The Chronicles of Narnia film […]

Geoffrey Canada, nationally recognized for his pioneering work helping children and families in Harlem and as a passionate advocate for education reform, will deliver the keynote address at 51����’s 188th commencement exercises at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17, in Sanford Field House. During the ceremony, 51���� will award Canada a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary […]

Paul Ridley ’05 is back on land. The 25-year-old alumnus completed his solo rowing trip across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday afternoon after nearly 3,000 miles of rowing. Ridley’s record-setting trip, which raised funds for cancer research, was highlighted today in a CNN.com story, which for a time was among the top ten most viewed news […]

More than 35 alumni will visit campus this weekend to discuss ways that 51���� can continue to support diversity and build on its efforts to develop an inclusive community. Students, faculty, and staff also will take part in the Community Summit, which opens Friday night with remarks by senior administrators, including President Rebecca Chopp and […]

51����’s Blackmore Media Center, the new state-of-the-art home of student-run radio station WRCU (90.1), garnered attention in this week’s issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. In a full-page story, The Chronicle’s Brock Read takes readers down memory lane, reminiscing about a distant era in college radio, thanks to the fond recollections of his father […]

(Editor’s note: As of Wednesday, March 25, all tickets to the lecture have been reserved.) Tickets for former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s lecture, “Leadership: Taking Charge,” at 51���� are now available to the public. As part of the university’s Global Leaders Lecture Series, Powell will give a talk at 8 p.m. Friday, April 3. […]