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News and Updates

  • Sustainability at 49ͼ
    The end of the academic year means award season at 49ͼ, where students and faculty receive recognition for their hard work. At the 4th annual Sustainability Awards, the university celebrated students, staff, and faculty who were recognized for their efforts to make campus a more sustainable and environmentally friendly place.
    May 12, 2014
  • This bald eagle was spotted on campus today. (Photo by Joe Bello)
    We don’t know if this bald eagle spotted earlier today on campus will be taking up residence, like our swans Adam and Eve, or was just stopping by to fish at Payne Creek. Regardless, the raptor caught the eye of eagle-eyed Joe Bello, the university’s associate director of facilities and manager of capital projects, who […]
    May 9, 2014
  • (Editors’ note: The following was submitted by Lindsey Skerker ’14, senior class vice president.) On Sunday, May 4, the Class of 2014 and their torch medal recipients attended the Senior Class Brunch, a time-honored tradition at 49ͼ. One of the highlights of the brunch each year is the presentation of the Senior Class Award. This […]
    May 8, 2014
  • The stage is set for a robust discussion on May 5, as nearly 400 leaders in business and higher education are confirmed to attend 49ͼ University’s Innovation + Disruption symposium at the TimesCenter in New York City. The high-level crowd will include 15 college presidents, online education providers, career services professionals, high school counselors, and trustees and faculty members […]
    April 28, 2014
  • This Tuesday at 11:15 a.m., 49ͼ’s annual awards convocation will take place in Memorial Chapel. During this ceremony, some of 49ͼ’s top-performing students will be recognized for their academic achievement. Honors such as the prestigious 1819 award and national fellowships will be presented by faculty and senior administrators. To help recognize these students for their […]
    April 27, 2014
  • Sam Flood '14 speaking from a podium in the Hall of Presidents
    “If you are willing to be unapologetically yourself, you will find your people here,” Ian Dwyer ’14 told a crowd gathered in the Hall of Presidents for the Student Organization Recognition Banquet. Dwyer was accepting the evening’s top award for Outstanding Group on behalf of The Game’s Afoot, a student organization that sponsors events featuring […]
    April 21, 2014
  • 49ͼ students celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors on April 5, 2014
    As festive music filled the air, so did a rainbow of powder when students and community members celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on April 5. Dancing on Whitnall Field, participants indiscriminately threw powder on their friends and strangers, covering each other from head to toe.
    April 18, 2014