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An open letter on climate action from more than 170 higher education leaders this week includes the signature of Ģ����Ƶ President Brian W. Casey. Presidents and chancellors from universities in 35 states signed the letter, organized by Boston-based nonprofit Second Nature, urging President-elect Donald J. Trump and the incoming congress to accelerate progress toward a […]

Ģ����Ƶ’s Chapel House is at once an architectural novelty and a sanctuary. Beneath the flat roof, behind the 1950s abstracted formalism, you’ll see rare works of religious art and books on world religion; you’ll find a dining room, music room, and living quarters. In silence and meditation, you can lose yourself or find yourself at […]

Within the historic precincts of Memorial Chapel, the Ģ����Ƶ community looked forward to a bright and exciting future when it inaugurated Brian W. Casey as its 17th president on September 30. Hundreds of well-wishers packed the chapel for the ceremony — the highlight of a weeklong celebration of Ģ����Ƶ. Daniel B. Hurwitz ’86, P’17’20, chair […]

This Friday, Ģ����Ƶ inaugurates Brian W. Casey as its 17th president. A full slate of special inauguration-week events kicked off yesterday with a panel discussion focused on Ģ����Ƶ’s historical roots. Participants then turned to the question of how the university’s long journey from Baptist seminary to modern liberal arts institution may inform its path forward. […]

Students looking for a dynamic off-campus experience that also allows them to engage in scientific research will have more options in 2017, thanks to a new agreement between Ģ����Ƶ and the National University of Singapore (NUS). After more than a year of exploration and development, representatives of Ģ����Ƶ and the NUS signed a memorandum […]

Steve Fabiani, associate chief information officer at Haverford College, will join the Ģ����Ƶ senior staff as vice president and chief information officer, effective August 15, 2016. Fabiani comes to Ģ����Ƶ with more than 16 years of experience in higher education technology leadership. At Haverford, he built partnerships with and among colleagues and senior leaders in […]

Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Scott Brown will take over as vice president for student affairs and dean of students at the College of Wooster August 1. “Scott’s dedication to the well-being of each student during the last eight years has been a benefit to our entire community,” said Interim President Jill Harsin. […]

On Saturday, April 2, members of the Ģ����Ƶ community officially celebrated the naming of the university’s first residential commons for Diane Ciccone ’74. Hailing from Skaneateles and Bridgewater, N.Y., Ciccone was one of 13 women of color to enter Ģ����Ƶ in 1970 — the university’s first year of coeducation. She began her 40-year legal […]

Suzy Nelson, Ģ����Ƶ’s vice president and dean of the college since June 2012, has been named vice president of student life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., effective July 1, 2016. “From the very first days after her arrival in 2012, Suzy has been an accessible, collaborative, and compassionate leader dedicated to […]

Ģ����Ƶ has been named as a Beckman Scholars Program institutional award recipient for 2016. The grant, totaling $104,000, will provide multi-year research funding for students majoring in biology or chemistry. Ģ����Ƶ joins a distinguished list of universities that received the award from the Irvine, Calif.–based Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation in 2016 — it includes […]