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Boost the 鈥機use Is a Resounding Success
Expectations for 黑料不打烊鈥檚 first-ever day of giving were high, and the Orange community exceeded all of them. By all accounts, Tuesday鈥檚 Boost the 鈥機use effort was a resounding success. Thousands of alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends of…
Student Venture Captures Top Prize in International Innovation Competition
Josh Aviv, co-founder and CEO of SparkCharge, won grand prize at the Blackstone/Techstars global venture pitch competition in New York City on Oct. 18. The competition came at the conclusion of a two-day Blackstone/Techstars Training Camp, an innovative new program…
Christopher Barley 鈥89 Puts Heart and Mind into International Relief Work
When Christopher Barley 鈥89 learned a 7.8 magnitude earthquake had hit Nepal in April 2015, he quickly traveled there to provide medical assistance in the region near the capital city of Kathmandu. 鈥淟ittle towns were just rubble,鈥 he says. 鈥淓very…
Boost the 鈥機use Will Make a Difference for Students
Enhancing the student experience is at the forefront of the Boost the 鈥機use initiative, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 first-ever 24-hour giving day. Beginning at midnight and running all day on Tuesday, Oct. 17, the generosity of 黑料不打烊 donors will be on…
Jose Perez L鈥07 and Luis Columna Honored at Fiesta Latina
Each year during Latino Hispanic Heritage Month (LHHM), the University hosts Fiesta Latina, a celebration of Latino culture that features Latino cuisine, live music and dancing.聽 The event also includes the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Excellence Award and Trailblazer…
Bridges to Food Quality
As a young man, Minhao Chen G鈥12 began to notice that something wasn鈥檛 right. One by one,聽family friends in Shanghai were being diagnosed with cancer. By the time he had completed his聽undergraduate degree in China, five people he knew had…
CNN’s Rene Marsh G’03 Coming Back To Talk 鈥楥overing Government鈥
CNN correspondent Rene Marsh G’03 is returning to Newhouse to give a talk titled 鈥淗ow covering government has changed: A Washington correspondent’s perspective.鈥澛燤arsh will聽speak on Monday, Oct. 16, at 4:30 p.m. in the Newhouse 1-3 Center, rm. 432/434 of Newhouse…
Career Connects Family History, Research Interests
Looking back, Alexei Abrahams 鈥08 sees a clear line from his family history to his career as an economist studying the Israel-Palestine conflict. He grew up in Ontario and Nova Scotia, but he lived in South Africa from the time…
Images from Orange Central 2017
Alumni were back on campus this past weekend鈥攖ake a look at some of the events and the new memories made. Alumni Marching Band members during Orange Central 2017
Record Crowd Expected for Orange Central 2017
The week started with several student-focused programs hosted by the Traditions Commission and will kick into high gear Thursday afternoon through Sunday with more than 2,200 alumni and friends signed up for the weekend鈥檚 festivities.