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In the wake of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., ºÚÁÏÍø’s Office of the Chaplains and the university’s Interfaith Service Initiative held a memorial prayer service on Saturday at the chapel. 

Children learning to plié and pirouette at the Hamilton Center for the Arts have instructors that could also tutor them in neuroscience and sociology. Three ºÚÁÏÍø students are now teaching children, ages 6 to 10, beginner dance lessons at the 10 Broad Street location of the HCA in downtown Hamilton.

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and author of the forthcoming book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, will kick off ºÚÁÏÍø’s second Entrepreneur Weekend on Friday, April 5, with at talk at 5 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. Sandberg is an ideal personality to headline the weekend, which is expected to […]

It’s only February, but the Year of ’13 has already offered many ways to remember and celebrate ºÚÁÏÍø. As promised, on the 13th of every month we will post a story or list pertaining to our lucky number. Here are 13 of the many high-profile speakers and special guests who have visited campus over the […]

Acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will speak at ºÚÁÏÍø’s Memorial Chapel at 7 p.m. Monday, February 25. Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. He is a highly regarded spokesman for science […]

In the current issue of the ºÚÁÏÍø Scene, we take a deep dive into milk. We all heard about the fiscal cliff ad nauseum, but did you know the dairy industry has been teetering on a cliff of its own? And that farmers are bearing the brunt of all the dysfunction? How could it be […]

To meet the growing need for high-quality child care in the village of Hamilton, ºÚÁÏÍø and Chenango Nursery School (CNS) plan to enter into a mutually beneficial partnership. Under the agreement, approved Feb. 2 by the ºÚÁÏÍø Board of Trustees, the university will purchase the property at 59 W. Kendrick that is presently owned and […]

Late Sunday afternoon, students from the upcoming interfaith spring break trip to Turkey gathered in the chapel basement for a Turkish cooking class. Ayten Ay, the wife of Professor Ahmet Ay, led the class. She is Turkish and brought three recipes to teach the group: sekerpare, a dessert dumpling in a syrup; kisir, a Turkish tabouleh; and […]

The Office of Alumni Relations officially opened registration for Reunion 2013 last Friday, beginning the countdown to ºÚÁÏÍø’s annual celebration on Whitnall Field, May 30–June 2.

Applications to ºÚÁÏÍø increased 7 percent compared to last year, with 8,346 students seeking admittance to the Class of 2017, according to the Office of Admission. Significant increases from international students, particularly from China, and from states that admission counselors have been specifically targeting, helped fuel new growth while numbers in the Northeast remained steady. […]