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Dean of Students Dorsey Spencer Jr. and Director of Residential Life Danielle Nied discuss Arrival Day 2021 and give advice to new students and their families. 

The use of wood chips as º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ University’s primary energy source for heating and hot water was an important component of its efforts to becoming the first university in New York State to achieve carbon neutrality in 2019.

A newly announced National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) round of grant funding will help one º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ professor to develop and run a three-week, residential institute about abolitionism and the Underground Railroad for 25 middle- and high-school teachers.

Renee Madison, director of human resources for the City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Ind., has been named vice president for equity and inclusion at º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ University.

º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ University has announced fall semester plans that reduce COVID-related restrictions while keeping a close eye on infection data and the rapid spread of the delta variant.

The new Spear House parking lot may look mostly the same as before, but massive stormwater storage chambers and other improvements make this project a substantial investment in sustainable infrastructure at º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½.

When º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Director of Facilities Operations Jason Wallace isn’t coordinating the University’s army of custodial and maintenance staff, he is leading about 11,000 United States Army Corps of Engineers as a newly decorated brigadier general in the 416th Theater Engineer Command.

Three members of the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ University Class of 2021, who excelled in scholarship and service to political causes, have received The Richard L. Stone '81 Civic Freedom Award and Scholarship, as selected by the Center for Freedom and Western Civilization.

Joseph Hernon, a military veteran, and firefighter with 10 years of emergency management experience will lead º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ University’s emergency management operations after a nationwide search to fill the vacant role of associate vice president for campus safety, emergency management, and environmental health and safety. 

Out of more than 200 students involved with research this summer, 33 are conducting projects under the auspices of the Upstate Institute.