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Last month, the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Student Government Association, in collaboration with the Shaw Wellness institute, put on a series of wellness events centered around mental health and self-care.

Provost and Dean of the Faculty Tracey E. Hucks ’87, MA ’90 will take a sabbatical during the 2021–22 academic year to complete several significant research projects.

While seemingly everyone else was growing sourdough starters at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacob Watts ’21 was growing a basement fern laboratory.

Professor Kiko Galvez and colleagues patented a new tech that decodes messages encoded in beams of light that could be the future of the telecom industry.

Wondering what’s happening in the classroom at º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½? Here’s a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underway this semester.

º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½â€™s administration and faculty are drawing on national best practices and creating their own innovative approaches to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in tenure-stream hiring.  

Garry Kasparov, one of the world’s greatest chess champions of all time, answered questions and talked at length about his experiences as a pro-democracy activist in a special virtual Q+A forum this week. 

Vice President and Director of Athletics Nicki Moore joins the podcast to discuss how º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ student-athletes have returned to competition this year in an all-new episode of 13. 

Rebeccah Overton ’22 is º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½â€™s latest Newman Civic Fellow, receiving a national fellowship that recognizes students who seek to create change within their communities.

º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½, in collaboration with Community Memorial Hospital, began administering Moderna COVID-19 vaccines on campus today, in a first test of the University’s state-approved point of dispensing at the Hall of Presidents.