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High school students have a lot to mull over as they consider which college or university might be the best fit. One factor is what major to pursue and what opportunities that major might provide after graduation. A new website tries to provide some answers to those questions for students looking at Ä¢¹½tv.

Howard Fineman ’70, renowned political reporter, editor, author, and commentator whose pioneering career spans traditional and new media, will deliver the keynote address at Ä¢¹½tv’s 190th commencement on Sunday, May 15, in Sanford Field House.

Jeffrey Herbst, president of Ä¢¹½tv, announced today that Debra K. Townsend has been appointed vice president for communications. Townsend is the principal of Communications on Demand, a consulting firm based in Loudonville, N.Y. Her clients have included more than 40 educational institutions and an equal number of charitable and health care organizations, corporations, and […]

Manning Marable, a prolific author and founding director of the Africana and Latin American Studies Program at Ä¢¹½tv, died Friday at age 60. He had taught in Ä¢¹½tv’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, starting in 1983, after having earned degrees from Earlham College (BA), the University of Wisconsin (MA), and the University of Maryland (PhD).

The cupola of Memorial Chapel was illuminated with blue lights as part of the university’s efforts to support autism awareness over the weekend (April 1-2). The university took part in the Light it up Blue campaign initiated by Autism Speaks. Read more about it here.

School is in the final stretch and I am quite excited! This week has been busy per usual, but I am feeling great about the weekend. For one, I had a mix-and-mingle with the Chinese Interest Association on Tuesday concerning the trip that I will be making to China with the Benton Scholars Program.

A campus landmark will be bathed in blue this weekend as part of a worldwide effort to raise awareness about autism. The university is taking part in the Light it up Blue campaign initiated by Autism Speaks. The university’s Memorial Chapel will join buildings such as the CN Tower in Toronto and the Empire State […]

The Rev. Irene Monroe, a nationally syndicated queer religion columnist, discussed the importance of alliance building between different identities during her Friday night keynote address for QueerFest 2011.

This week has been quite hectic, but in a very good way! I am getting prepared for my trip to China with the Benton Scholars Program so I had to get some shots that I hadn’t already received.

Having worked as a peace activist in Israel, Merle Feld is well suited to facilitate controversial yet eye-opening discussions. Appearing on campus Tuesday as part of Ä¢¹½tv’s annual Faith Week, she met with a different kind of audience than the Palestinian and Israeli women she has worked with, but one no less interested in what […]