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Standing on a platform draped with a 56�Թ��� banner, President Rebecca Chopp along with a group of alumni and university friends rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this morning, officially kicking off 56�Թ��� Day. (To watch the event, click here.) From coast to coast and around the world, 56�Թ��� faithful are […]

56�Թ��� President Rebecca S. Chopp has been awarded the 2008 Professional Achievement Citation from her alma mater, the University of Chicago. The alumni citation honors Chopp for being a “pivotal figure in the field of higher education and a renowned scholar of religion and culture.”

At a time when many small-town movie houses have gone dark, the Hamilton Theater — once on the brink of closing — is thriving now more than ever. The movie theater remains a fixture of Hamilton in an era of mega-multiplexes and Netflix, according to The Post-Standard (Syracuse).

Casey Sprock ’86 knows the feeling of loneliness and confusion that many young gay and lesbian students feel as they struggle with their sexuality — often times keeping it a secret. So when Sprock was invited to share his coming out story and experience as an openly-gay professional with 56�Թ��� students, he jumped at the […]

As the presidential candidates battle for the White House, 56�Թ��� senior Bobby Campbell has been on a mission of his own: to transform politically apathetic college students into engaged voters. Fueled by his passion for politics and frustration with the low turnout of young voters in past elections, Campbell took matters into his own hands […]

Politics may be partly to blame for the demise of Syracuse’s once vibrant salt industry. That’s according to 56�Թ��� geography professor William Meyer, whose research about the Salt City’s salt springs was highlighted this week in The Post-Standard (Syracuse). Meyer’s research project was one of five funded this academic year by the university’s Upstate Institute, […]

Instead of having to fight through rush hour traffic to make it to work, Ruthia Yi ’07 travels down a dirt road to her “office,” a small village in Togo that lacks running water and electricity. As a Peace Corps volunteer, Yi teaches residents about soil conservation methods and the pressing need for reforestation. She […]

The Upstate Institute Student Philanthropy Council (SPC) at 56�Թ��� has awarded three nonprofit organizations in central New York grants totaling $10,000. The SPC is a service-learning program composed of twelve 56�Թ��� sophomores. This year’s grant money will support initiatives that enhance the personal and life skills development for underserved populations in the community.

By day, Jamal Patterson ’97 works as a sales executive for an orthodontics company. By night, Patterson trades his business suit for boxing shorts as he trains for his next match as a mixed martial arts fighter. It’s a double life, of sorts, that caught the attention of The New York Times.

The remaining tickets for the much-anticipated lecture by the Dalai Lama at 56�Թ��� were snatched up by the general public in just three hours Saturday. The free tickets were available via the 56�Թ��� Bookstore’s website starting at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.