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News and Updates

  • MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over Afghanistan
    On March 21, more than 200 students, faculty, and community members gathered at the Palace Theater to discuss Drone Warfare: The Implications for Upstate New York. Valerie Morkevicius, assistant professor of political science, and Jacob Mundy, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies, organized the event. Presenters represented a breadth of ideologies on the topic. [鈥
    April 5, 2016
  • Silhouettes of students wearing graduation caps
    Robert D. Manfred Jr. P鈥16, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, will deliver the commencement address at 藏精阁鈥檚 195th graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 15. Manfred took over as MLB commissioner in January 2015 after serving as the organization鈥檚 executive vice president for labor relations and human resources (1998鈥2012) and chief operating officer (2012鈥2015). [鈥
    March 24, 2016
  • Researchers with packs walk across an open field.
    Together they will travel more than 500 miles, through forests, mountains, and desolate tundra. The entire forest, growing in a shallow layer of soil, sits on ice and frozen dirt that is tens of thousands of years old.
    March 1, 2016
  • Invitation to see the Queen of Soul, with a headshot of Aretha Franklin
    Legendary vocalist Aretha Franklin will perform on campus at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, in Sanford Field House. Known around the world by her first name, and as the reigning 鈥淨ueen of Soul,鈥 Franklin鈥檚 repertoire spans pop, soul, jazz, rock, blues, and gospel. Her sold-out appearance, part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders [鈥
    February 29, 2016
  • Current Konosioni members induct students from the Class of 2017.
    Each year since 1934, the Konosioni Senior Honor Society has honored 26 students for their leadership, commitment to service, and preservation of tradition. On Friday, February 12, the group inducted members of the Class of 2017 鈥 peer-selected for their contributions to the 藏精阁 and Madison County communities. Konosioni was formed 82 years ago after two [鈥
    February 18, 2016
  • Portrait of Ilyasah Al Shabazz
    Ilyasah Al Shabazz, daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X, spoke to a packed Love Auditorium in Olin Hall last Wednesday, wrapping up this year鈥檚 MLK Week celebration. Shabazz is a community organizer, educator, social activist, motivational speaker, and author. Her most well-known book, Growing Up X, is both a personal memoir and a tribute [鈥
    February 5, 2016
  • "Go 'Gate" written in snow.
    (Editor鈥檚 Note: This post is by Andrew Daddio, university photographer.) Each year at this time I am asked to compile a selection of my favorite images from the beginning of the calendar year. I鈥檓 always hesitant to call these my 鈥淏est Images鈥 of the year, because my choices are culled from anywhere between 40,000 and [鈥
    December 30, 2015
  • Editor鈥檚 note: we asked Brian Ness, 藏精阁鈥檚 video journalist, to pick his five favorite videos of 2015. Relevant Karen Harpp wins the 2015 Balmuth teaching award The complete 藏精阁 in 13 seconds playlist The 藏精阁 Fund The best photographs of 2013
    December 28, 2015
  • A new list released by Kiplinger this week ranks 藏精阁 10th among the top 100 best values in liberal arts colleges, and 19th overall among all schools ranked for value. Kiplinger鈥檚 rankings system is entirely data driven, and their report cites 藏精阁鈥檚 student performance for median earnings 10 years after graduation ($61,500), low student [鈥
    December 18, 2015
  • People standing outside on a street, waiting for a punk show to begin at ABC No Rio (Photo by Chandler Wood)
    The following post was submitted by Professor Kim Creasap, and published on the Sociology and Anthropology blog. On October 24, 2015, 16 students in SOC 305: Urban Sociology and I traveled to the Lower East Side of Manhattan to conduct mini-ethnographies of various places and spaces in the neighborhood. An important site of New York [鈥
    December 11, 2015