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In one of �Ա���Ƶ’s most engaging annual rituals, about 1,500 members of the �Ա���Ƶ family are gathering this month at locations across the country to “send off” the latest cohort of new students. Alumni and current parents are hosting more than 40 events in private homes, restaurants, and parks.

Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will speak at �Ա���Ƶ on Thursday, Sept. 17, as part of the university’s Diversity Week activities. Steele’s lecture, “Unity and Diversity: Common Ground in the 21st Century,” will be at 4:15 p.m. in Memorial Chapel and is free and open to the public.

A little piece of Hollywood is coming to downtown Hamilton this summer thanks to the efforts of Grant Slater ’91 and his two brothers, Wade and Todd. They are the sons of the late �Ա���Ƶ men’s hockey coach Terry Slater, and founders of Slater Brothers Entertainment (SBE). SBE will hold its first-ever Hamilton Film Festival […]

‘This guy bleeds maroon’ That is the headline on a feature story in the Utica Observer Dispatch about Bob Cornell, who retired earlier this month as �Ա���Ƶ’s director of athletic communications after 33 years of service.

A �Ա���Ƶ education can make a significant difference not only in graduates’ starting pay, but also in salary potential throughout their careers, according to the 2009 College Salary Report. The study released this week by PayScale, an online site that collects data on salaries for different professions, reveals which colleges offer the best return […]

G. Bruce Knecht ’80 recalls researching a story in 1994 for The Wall Street Journal about a soon-to-be launched company called Amazon.com Knecht went to the Amazon website, which was the first Internet site he had ever visited, on the only computer in the Journal newsroom that allowed access to the web.

One day Vonzelle Johnson ’07 woke with a vision. Community mentors in his hometown of Deland, Fla., had asked him and a friend to speak occasionally with area youth, but Johnson envisioned something bigger. “Forget just speaking,” said Johnson. “I thought, just go back and start a whole organization.”

�Ա���Ƶ’s green efforts were the focus of a “spotlight” article by the Environmental News Network website. The story highlights the university’s past efforts to reduce its environmental impact and examines its newest initiatives, spearheaded by the Environmental Council and new sustainability coordinator, John Pumilio.