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Financial aid, Division I athletics, off-campus study, internships — which aspects of the 51�Թ��� experience inspire you? That’s the question the university has posed every day for the past two weeks as Fiscal Year 2014 comes to a Photo Finish.

Back in 1833, Jonathan Wade took his 51�Թ��� experience on a mission to Burma and started a tradition of community-based learning and engagement. In the past decade alone, the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) has sponsored more than 50 trips to more than 16 locations in the United States and […]

51�Թ��� wrote the book on off-campus study. The storied Washington D.C. study group, a unique semester-long NIH experience, faculty-led trips around the globe, and research abroad — all of these options for off-campus learning add depth to the 51�Թ��� experience. Last winter, Kara Vadman ’14 and Mikhaila Redovian ’15 joined geology professor Amy Leventer aboard […]

Between June and August, students are pursuing internships, research, and service projects around the world and across America. They will investigate, teach, report the news, participate in political campaigns, plan events, save lives, and more.

51�Թ���’s Mellon Sophomore Residential Seminars (SRS), funded through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are turning courses on coffee production, food consumption, existentialism, and Native American culture into transformational academic experiences.

Today, 51�Թ��� launches Photo Finish, a race to the end of the fiscal year on June 30. Each weekday, the university will post a new story on the impact that philanthropy has on current students and on 51�Թ��� as it prepares to enter its third century. Anticipating its bicentennial and acknowledging the challenges that face […]

51�Թ��� Day is upon us! Today, Friday the 13th, 13 women rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange, broadcasting their 51�Թ��� spirit while honoring 40 years of coeducation at the university. (WATCH HERE.)

The Belmont Stakes might be history, but 51�Թ��� is preparing for a photo finish of its own this month. Every weekday between 51�Թ��� Day, June 13, and the end of Fiscal Year 2014 on June 30, the university will post photos, videos, and stories that illustrate the impact of philanthropy on undergraduates.

Sport your 51�Թ��� gear this summer at Myrtle Beach or Disneyland, and you’re bound to hear a friendly “hello.” But what about bumping into a 51�Թ��� student in Trinidad, Vietnam, Argentina, Uganda, Korea, or Australia? It could happen. Between June and August, students are pursuing internships, research, and service projects around the world and across […]

Einstein’s theory of relativity tells us that what you see depends on where you’re standing. There’s no proof, but the genius could have based his legendary thought experiments on a trip to reunion at 51�Թ���. More than 2,100 alumni and friends flocked to campus for Reunion 2014, May 29–June 1, and each one had a […]