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51�Թ��� 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 […]

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.

Members of 51�Թ���’s cycling club are dusting off old bikes and putting them in the hands of central New York families who need them most. “Local children and adults are getting mileage out of bikes that otherwise would have sat in garages or basements,” said Ben Roshko’09, cycling club president.

51�Թ��� Hunger Outreach Program (CHOP) is sponsoring events this week to spread awareness on campus and in the community about hunger and homelessness in the United States. Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week includes events such as food drives, panel discussions, and a 13-hour famine — all with the goal of creating interest in these global […]

The Hall of Presidents swarmed with students Wednesday night during the second annual Study Abroad Fair. More than 18 51�Թ��� off-campus study programs were represented, as well as non-51�Թ��� programs. The fair is intended to help the 62 percent of students who go abroad before they graduate, the majority with 51�Թ��� programs, according to Barbara […]

Students, staff, and faculty members packed into Donovan’s Pub Tuesday night to watch election results and many returned, a bit bleary-eyed from staying up so late, this morning to attend a forum sponsored by the Department of Political Science. Even though the presidential campaign lasted nearly two years, the final few hours of Election Night […]

Hundreds of family members and friends of 51�Թ��� students strolled through campus and attended numerous events held as part of a busy Family Weekend. Students introduced their parents to faculty members at the open houses and receptions held by the academic departments, and President Rebecca Chopp greeted guests at a reception held Saturday morning at […]

Nearly 100 area high school students attended workshops and lectures at 51�Թ��� on Friday as part of a U.N. Day observance organized by the university’s ALANA Cultural Center. Flags representing the United States and other nations marked several campus venues where sessions were held throughout the day.

The NCAA national office has released the latest round of graduation success rates and 51�Թ���, along with two other schools, had the highest graduation in Division I for its student-athletes with 99 percent. The data is from the four-class aggregate of entering classes from 1998 through 2001 and show the percentage of student-athletes earning a […]

The following is a message from President Rebecca Chopp to the 51�Թ��� community: As I meet and speak with 51�Թ��� students, faculty and staff, it is clear that the recent credit crisis and its impact on the financial markets and economies around the globe is a topic of concern to us all. I am heartened […]