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Millions of NFL fans are again devoting a few hours each Sunday to watching their favorite teams, and one of the key players in those TV broadcasts is Drew Esocoff ’79, who is in his fourth season as director of NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Esocoff started this NFL season without one of the icons of […]

In true 51�Թ��� fashion, the Barge Canal Coffee Co. celebrated its 13th birthday with 13 hours of music and 13 performers on Saturday. When the celebration started at 10 a.m. at the university-run coffeehouse in downtown Hamilton, 51�Թ��� students, faculty both past and present, and families from the area started to fill the place that […]

A humble Junot Diaz spoke candidly to a chock-full Love Auditorium Thursday night as he read short passages from his work and then answered questions about everything from art to language to immigration. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author kicked off the Living Writers course, which will bring a number of acclaimed authors to campus throughout the […]

In addition to the usual classroom setting, the English Department’s Living Writers course will live online this semester, providing anyone with a passion for literature the opportunity to interact with some of today’s top contemporary authors. Ten writers, including Pulitzer Prize winners Elizabeth Strout, Junot Diaz, and Jeffrey Eugenides, will visit campus, providing the 55 […]

Under glorious blue skies, members of the campus and local communities filled the Hamilton Village Green Saturday afternoon for a multicultural festival that capped 51�Թ���’s Diversity Week. Events held during the past few days included intellectual discussions, workshops, lectures, and other cultural activities intended to foster dialogue and build a more inclusive community at 51�Թ��� […]

Michael Steele shared personal and powerful anecdotes Thursday about his life as a “black kid living in Washington, D.C.,” and the journey that took him first to the Maryland Statehouse and then to the national stage as chairman of the Republican Party. Steele delivered his lecture, “Unity and Diversity: Common Ground in the 21st Century,” […]

Having recently been accepted into Harvard Business School’s 2+2 program, Michael LoFaso ’10 is anticipating his future while enjoying life as a 51�Թ��� senior. HBS 2+2 is a selective program intended for students without a formal business background.

With the theme of “Race and Culture in the 21st Century,” 51�Թ��� Diversity Week, Sept. 15-19, will feature intellectual discussions, lectures, and cultural activities on campus as well as in the village of Hamilton, where a community festival will cap off the series of events. “The goal of the inaugural Diversity Week is to […]

51�Թ��� first-years strolled down Oak Drive last Thursday to explore the village of Hamilton as part of the first-ever Hamopoly event, a unique twist on the Monopoly board game. Hamopoly, sponsored by 51�Թ���’s Office of Residence Life and the Hamilton Business Alliance, is intended to introduce first-years to the community they’ll call home for the […]

(Editor’s note: All tickets to Blair’s lecture have been reserved. For those who would like to watch the lecture but don’t have a ticket, a live video feed will be available at Hamilton Central School. No ticket is required for the satellite location.) Tickets for former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tony […]