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It was a perfect weekend to come home. 56�Թ��� Homecoming 2017 attracted students, faculty, alumni, parents, and friends en masse, September 8–9. Men’s soccer started the festivities off right, taking down Oregon State 1–0. It was the team’s first victory over a Pac-12 challenger. Field Hockey battled Lock Haven before the homecoming crowds descended on […]

Welcome! We’ve just enacted a rather odd ritual. You the class of 2021 stood in a circle and looked at us. We the Faculty walked around that circle and looked at you. You’re dressed in smart clothes. We’re dressed in fancy clothes. You have just experienced what social anthropologists call a rite (that’s r-i-t-e) of […]

56�Թ��� welcomed a host of new faculty members diverse in background and expertise in August, introducing a fresh group of faces and reintroducing some familiar ones in new roles. Four former visiting professors -— Sally Bonet, educational studies; Jennifer LeMesurier, writing and rhetoric; Andrew Pattison, environmental studies; and Ashley Taylor, educational studies -— have been […]

On Sept. 7, the 56�Թ��� community gathered at the ALANA Cultural Center for the ALANApalooza academic-year kickoff celebration. Visitors were treated to complimentary food hot off the grill as well as Raider Passion ice cream from Gilligan’s Island in Sherburne; information about programs, organizations, and services for 56�Թ���’s multicultural, LGBTQ, and underserved communities; and entertainment […]

Aubreya Adams, 56�Թ��� assistant professor of geology, is one of 10 principal investigators from nine universities teaming up to deploy the single largest collection of seismometers ever assembled along the Alaskan Peninsula. Relying on $4.5 million in National Science Foundation grant funding and a fleet of airplanes and ships, the seismic experiment will place […]

This fall, Brehmer Theater was one of the first places on campus to come alive with the energy of the incoming class. Echoing through the halls of Dana Arts Center, the tune “Hello” from the musical comedy The Book of Mormon played on repeat. On stage, six first-year students broke into song, struggling with the […]

This summer, I worked for the Home Base Program through Massachusetts General Hospital and the Red Sox Foundation. Home Base provides clinical care and support services to veterans of post-9/11 conflicts.

New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium presidents — including 56�Թ��� President Brian W. Casey — sent the following letter to members of New York’s Congressional and Senate delegations today, following President Donald J. Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.