Campus & Community
7 Student Teams Win Prizes to Advance Their Intelligence++ Disability, Inclusion Innovations
Seven student-designed products, services and technologies meant to assist people with intellectual and developmental disabilities won recognition and seed funding at the Intelligence++ Showcase on April 25. The showcase is the culmination of the two-semester Intelligence++ (DES 400/600) course taught…
Maxwell’s Johanna Dunaway Selected for Prestigious Carnegie Fellowship
Johanna Dunaway, professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and research director of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC), has been named a 2024 Carnegie Fellow. She is one of…
Facilities Services Staff Go Above and Beyond to Return Lost Passport to Student
The University’s Facilities Services team is known for working behind the scenes—without fanfare—to make University operations run smoothly and to handle unique situations. This past weekend, the team, together with local contractor ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Haulers, pulled off a miracle of epic…
Blackstone LaunchPad Student Start-Ups Place in the Finals of the 2024 New York Business Plan Competition
Two ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) student start-up teams placed in the finals of the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC), powered by Upstate Capital, held in Albany on April 25. Natasha Brao ’22, (College of Visual and Performing…
Celebrating the Successes of First-Generation College Students
A trio of first-generation college students have demonstrated hard work and resiliency and shown how they ultimately set themselves on the path that will culminate Sunday morning inside the JMA Wireless Dome when they become the first members of their…
2 Students Selected for Prestigious Fulbright UK Summer Institutes
Two ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students have been named as student cultural ambassadors through the U.S.-UK Fulbright Commission’s UK Summer Institute program. They are Keona Bukhari-Adams ’27, a psychology and neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Adalys Sanchez…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Commencement Visitor Information
Dear Parents, Families and Loved Ones: In just a few days, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ will celebrate the academic accomplishments of roughly 6,700 students at this year’s Commencement. We are excited to honor this important rite of passage—a culmination of years of…
Whitman School Announces Lisa Fontenelli ’86 as Convocation Speaker
The Whitman School of Management is proud to announce that Lisa Fontenelli ’86 (Whitman School/S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications) will be the school’s Class of 2024 convocation speaker. Fontenelli retired in 2017 as partner and managing director of Goldman…
Commencement 2024: What You Need to Know
Bring on the pomp and circumstance! Graduates, it’s time for Commencement Weekend 2024! It’s the moment to recognize your academic accomplishments and celebrate with family and friends and the University community. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Commencement exercises will be held in the…
Hendricks Chapel’s Mindfulness Certification Program Offers Direction and Reduces Stress
When Sensei JoAnn Cooke began as a Buddhist chaplain at Hendricks Chapel, she had no idea of the coming global pandemic and the impact it would have at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and throughout the world. While Cooke and fellow Buddhist Chaplain…