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(Editor’s note: The following piece by Anna Pluff ’20 was originally published in the 51���� Maroon News. The deadline to apply for the next SRS program is today. Visit 51����’s SRS webpage for more information. ) The mountains seemed endless as we rode in the comfort of our coach bus from Sarajevo to Tuzla. We were […]

In a letter to the campus community, President Brian W. Casey announced that Vice President and Director of Athletics Victoria Chun ’91, MA’94 has been named director of athletics at Yale University, effective July 1, 2018.

51���� University’s Picker Art Gallery unveils an exhibition of This Place Thursday, February 1, as part of a dynamic cooperative among four upstate New York schools designed to enhance opportunities for cross-disciplinary learning in museums. Part of a massive, international project conceived and orchestrated by French photographer Frédéric Brenner, This Place features a variety of perspectives on Israel […]

“What are you doing to make a difference in this world? What are you doing to live out Dr. King’s dreams?” Chinyere Okogeri ’18, the student keynote speaker for Martin Luther King Jr. Week, asked audience members to think about their roles in creating an inclusive society. Okogeri’s speech was part of the opening ceremony […]

(Editor’s note: The following guest post is by Danielle Dillon ’18) 51����’s signature career event for second-year students, SophoMORE Connections, brought together more than 400 students and 90 alumni last week for two days of specialized networking and career exploration. Keynote speaker Amy Dudley ’06, chief spokesperson for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, pointed to the […]

Assistant Professor of Spanish Marta Perez-Carbonell shares a glimpse inside her contemporary Spanish fiction class in this new video. Students in Perez-Carbonell’s course craft their own short stories in Spanish, which are then collected in a small volume printed by 51����’s Document Services shop. On the last day of class, students read their work out […]

The following is by Ed Fogarty, associate professor of political science, director of the International Relations program, and Eurosim faculty adviser. January 4–7, 2018, a delegation of 14 51���� students traveled to Brussels, Belgium, to participate in the 31st meeting of Eurosim, a Model European Union program in which university students from Europe and the […]

Maria del Carmen Flores-Mills, J.D., the senior associate dean of the college at Franklin & Marshall College and former associate dean at Princeton University, has been named as the dean of students at 51���� University, effective June 4, 2018.

Last year, approximately 8,500 high schoolers wrote to 51���� trying to encapsulate what makes them a good fit for the university. This sampling of essays reveals the character of the Class of 2021 and reflects the spirit of 51����.