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News and Updates

  • Tune In Listen to a podcast interview with Johnston. Chosen from among 50 nominations worldwide, Michael Johnston, Charles A. Dana Professor of political science at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ, has won the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, which carries with it a significant cash prize. Johnston earned the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for ideas he […]
    December 2, 2008
  • The signs in Frank Dining Hall began appearing this fall: beans and grains from Cayuga Pure Organics, local fruit from Red Jacket Orchards, hormone-free pork from Certified Natural NY. And with that, ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s foray into purchasing, serving, and publicly supporting local foods officially began. Though the campus is surrounded by acres of fertile farmland, serving […]
    December 1, 2008
  • L’dor Vador, from generation to generation. That was the message in New York City on November 6, 2008, when nearly 200 alumni, parents, and friends gathered to celebrate the vibrancy and importance of Jewish studies and Jewish life at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ. With Jewish studies faculty on hand, along with some of ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s most outstanding Jewish students […]
    November 25, 2008
  • The following is a message from President Rebecca Chopp to the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ community: As we begin this week of Thanksgiving, we are mindful both of all that we as a nation and a campus community have to be grateful for and of the challenges that we must be prepared to face moving forward. Through it […]
    November 25, 2008
  • Former Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ in April 2009 as part of the Global Leaders Lecture Series. On Friday, April 3, Powell is scheduled to give a public talk at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ. More details about the lecture, including time and ticket information, will be released at a later date.
    November 25, 2008
  • The Patriot League title as safely secured as the pigskin in Jordan Scott’s hands, the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ Raiders will now head to Villanova on Saturday to play the Wildcats in the first round of the NCAA Football Subdivision Championship. ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ is making its eighth appearance in the playoffs, and first since the 2005 season. Kickoff is […]
    November 24, 2008
  • The men’s soccer team is in, having won the Patriot League title and a spot in the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. The men’s football team wants in, and by winning a critical match-up against Holy Cross on Saturday it would capture the Patriot League championship and receive an automatic berth in the […]
    November 20, 2008
  • ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ students packed into Lathrop Hall Monday night 30 minutes before the guest speaker was to begin. When Helen Sperling entered the room she implored the standing students to try and find empty seats, asking them not to make her feel guilty because she had a lot to say. Sperling is a Polish Jew and […]
    November 19, 2008
  • You can really clean up with $700. Just ask the students in economics professor Nicole Simpson’s Immigration course. The first-year seminar analyzes the causes and consequences of immigration in America, and Simpson often looks for opportunities to give her students service-learning experiences that reinforce what they learn in class.
    November 14, 2008