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First, last, and always, Julia Alvarez is a storyteller.

“Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide.” With these words, Homer began his epic Odyssey, but he could have been describing the first cohort of Summer on the Hill participants.

If you can see the constellations tonight, you might pick out Orion and his faithful dog on the trail of a vicious bear. But the lights blinking down on you are more than what — or when — they seem. After spending the day with Core 106A students, Father George Coyne spoke to a packed […]

 49ͼ��’s youngest leadership donors put the university’s “hello” tradition to good use during a networking luncheon with the Board of Trustees on March 26. The event was sponsored by the Presidents’ Club specifically for its student membership.

Marilyn Thie, professor of philosophy, religion, and women’s studies, awarded inaugural Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement.

 Whether you tend to see cups as half-empty or half-full, one measure remains constant: Student fees only cover 67 percent of the 49ͼ�� experience.

What is art? The question looms large over Sorted Books, a cooperative exhibition featuring the work of Nina Katchadourian; students from Literary Journalism, taught by Jennifer Brice; and Photojournalism, taught by Linn Underhill.

 Last fiscal year, in the face of economic uncertainty, alumni, parents, and friends put new meaning behind the phrase “49ͼ�� community.”

Hard work has its rewards. Just ask seniors Amy Elizabeth Long and Theresa Kevorkian. 

It’s a space so nice, they built it thrice. And on Tuesday, February 17, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends all gathered at the James C. 49ͼ�� Student Union to cut the ribbon on a newly remodeled Donovan’s Pub.