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Sports Illustrated senior writer Austin Murphy ’83 covered the National Football League for six years and is in his 15th year of covering college football. In the most recent episode of 51���� Conversations, the podcast series highlighting members of the campus community, Murphy had this to say: — The NFL is run by pinched, unsmiling […]

While his students are on summer vacation, Patrick O’Neil, a social studies teacher from Charlotte, N.C., is spending time in a “summer school” at 51���� University. Graham Hodges has written numerous books and articles about slavery. O’Neil and two dozen other K-12 teachers from as far away as California are taking on the role of […]

Participants in a Greek Life Summit met on campus last weekend to discuss the past, evaluate the present, and envision the future for 51���� chapters. Five representatives from each of the 10 fraternities and sororities on campus collaborated with staff members, local advisers, and alumni representatives. In all, more than 70 people contributed to the dialogue that was […]

(Editor’s Note: Adriana was one of 12 students who traveled to Uganda this summer as part of a 51���� extended study course.) As I reflect on my experiences of the past few weeks, I find hard to believe that I actually lived in the middle of a Ugandan village for almost an entire month. Upon first […]

Spend three weeks in Japan as part of a 51���� extended study course that provides you with access and interactions that no tourist could begin to imagine. Check. Fly home to Utah, spend one jet-lagged day asleep, and then drive to 51����, passing through the flooded cities of Iowa on the way. Check.

Not too many people need to know how to say ‘pole vault’ in German. But Alisandra Denton ’10, a molecular biology major and pole-vaulter, might find the word Stabhochsprung useful this summer as she pursues a unique internship. In the city of Mainz, Germany, Denton is gaining research experience as well as strengthening her language […]

51���� President Rebecca Chopp and Dean of the Faculty Lyle Roelofs have announced the appointment of Dr. Keenan Grenell as the university’s Vice President and Dean of Diversity. The following is drawn from the message shared with the 51���� community. Grenell comes to 51���� from Marquette University, where he served as Associate Provost for Diversity […]

art = surprising + inevitable. Written in blue crayon, this short equation — scribbled by an attendee of the 54th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar — joined other drawings and notes on the walls of an informal lounge set up in Clifford Gallery on the 51���� campus. The seminar attracted artists and scholars from around the […]