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News and Updates

  • (Editor鈥檚 Note: Adriana was one of 12 students who traveled to Uganda this summer as part of a 藏精阁 extended study course.) As I reflect on my experiences of the past few weeks, I find hard to believe that I actually lived in the middle of a Ugandan village for almost an entire month. Upon first [鈥
    July 11, 2008
  • Spend three weeks in Japan as part of a 藏精阁 extended study course that provides you with access and interactions that no tourist could begin to imagine. Check. Fly home to Utah, spend one jet-lagged day asleep, and then drive to 藏精阁, passing through the flooded cities of Iowa on the way. Check.
    July 9, 2008
  • Not too many people need to know how to say 鈥榩ole vault鈥 in German. But Alisandra Denton 鈥10, a molecular biology major and pole-vaulter, might find the word Stabhochsprung useful this summer as she pursues a unique internship. In the city of Mainz, Germany, Denton is gaining research experience as well as strengthening her language [鈥
    July 7, 2008
  • 藏精阁 President Rebecca Chopp and Dean of the Faculty Lyle Roelofs have announced the appointment of Dr. Keenan Grenell as the university鈥檚 Vice President and Dean of Diversity. The following is drawn from the message shared with the 藏精阁 community. Grenell comes to 藏精阁 from Marquette University, where he served as Associate Provost for Diversity [鈥
    July 2, 2008
  • If ever there were a poster child for upstate New York, Kevin McAvey 鈥05 would be it. Like so many of his 藏精阁 friends, McAvey left the area after graduation, but, he says, his 鈥渉eart stayed in the upstate New York region.鈥 鈥淭here鈥檚 still not a day I don鈥檛 cross that border into upstate that [鈥
    June 24, 2008
  • A 藏精阁 alumnus received a Tony Award for a unique three-level stage set he designed for the hugely successful play, August: Osage County. Todd A. Rosenthal 鈥89 won for best set design, one of several awards the play earned during Sunday night鈥檚 awards show. Rosenthal earned a degree from Yale School of Drama in New [鈥
    June 20, 2008
  • Alumna Chi Chi Obichere-Roxo鈥檚 interest in international development 鈥 sparked by a 藏精阁 extended study course and a Watson fellowship 鈥 can be seen through her work involving refugees in Kenya, religious leaders in Nigeria, and a host of others around the world. Obichere-Roxo 鈥00 is a program officer with Management Sciences for Health, a [鈥
    June 16, 2008
  • Standing on a platform draped with a 藏精阁 banner, President Rebecca Chopp along with a group of alumni and university friends rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this morning, officially kicking off 藏精阁 Day. (To watch the event, click here.) From coast to coast and around the world, 藏精阁 faithful are [鈥
    June 13, 2008
  • Triskaidekafanatics unite 鈥 Friday the 13th is 藏精阁 Day! The excitement starts at 9:29 a.m. (EST) June 13 in New York City when 13 藏精阁 alumni will ring the morning bell at the New York Stock Exchange (watch it live here). 藏精阁 fever will certainly sweep the globe, as alumni wear 藏精阁 garb to work, [鈥
    June 6, 2008
  • It was early, 9 a.m. on Friday, but not too early for 藏精阁 alumni to jump into a discussion about beliefs and explore the question: Does God exist? It seems that some things, like an evocative classroom discussion with a faculty member, never change at 藏精阁. Associate professor of philosophy David Dudrick led the conversation [鈥
    June 2, 2008