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Harold Ramis’s latest comedy – Year One – will be in a theater near you on June 19. One of his most successful films, Ghostbusters, celebrates its 25th anniversary this summer, and a video game based on the film is to be released June 16. There also is much buzz about a potential third installment […]

About 1,400 alumni returned to campus this past weekend, filling Whitnall Field with laughter and shared memories, offering provocative Reunion College sessions, and celebrating milestones and achievements. In typical Chenango Valley fashion, the weather mostly cooperated, intermingling overcast skies with sunshine. The traditional All-Class Parade and Torchlight festivities were enjoyed by all; fireworks filled the […]

�Ա���Ƶ received positive economic news this week when Moody’s Investors Service affirmed the university’s Aa3 debt rating and reported that the university has a “stable outlook.” Administrators welcomed the important evaluation, especially in light of a Moody’s report issued in January that downgraded the overall higher education sector from stable to negative.

Thirteen �Ա���Ƶ students are about to embark on a road trip that you’re not likely to read about on the AAA website. It is a three-week travel course through the Deep South, a rolling examination of the repercussions slavery and Jim Crow laws have had on a region seeped in its own culture and traditions.

(Note: The following is the transcribed remarks of Geoffrey Canada, CEO and president of the Harlem Children’s Zone, who delivered the commencement address on May 17, 2009.) Thank you Madame President, the trustees, the distinguished faculty, the administration, the parents. Let me say how excited I am to join my other awardees in receiving this […]

Professor Jerry Balmuth's prepared remarks for the baccalaureate service held May 16, 2009.

With the same conviction that characterizes his work as a passionate advocate for education and social-services reform, Geoffrey Canada urged members of �Ա���Ƶ’s Class of 2009 to continue the “pursuit of truth and enlightenment for the betterment of society and not solely for the betterment of yourselves.” “I believe in you. You are about to […]

Note: The following is President Rebecca S. Chopp’s prepared remarks to the Class of 2009. Graduates – congratulations! Today is a graduation – recognizing hard work and achievement in the classroom, the laboratory, the studio, the stage, and the athletic field.

Members of the Class of 2009 will walk into Sanford Field House on Sunday as seniors and walk out as alumni after taking part in �Ա���Ƶ’s 188th commencement exercises. Geoffrey Canada, nationally recognized for his pioneering work helping children and families in Harlem and as a passionate advocate for education reform, will deliver the keynote […]

Seniors have followed their own paths the past four years as they delved into a wide range of academic subjects and explored a variety of career options. Where those paths have led them — at least for now — is captured on a Google map that shows where Class of 2009 members are going and […]