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Campus was buzzing today about the blizzard that hit Sunday. No, not the lake-effect-snow kind of blizzard, but rather the hundreds of students and fans who donned white T-shirts to watch the men’s basketball team beat Bucknell to advance to the Patriot League championship game. More than 1,300 fans jammed Cotterell Court to watch the […]

The thrill is definitely not gone for Ken Schanzer. As president of NBC Sports for nearly 10 years, he says he has “one of the greatest jobs on the planet.” As an alumnus from the Class of 1966, he says his love of 51�Թ��� — a place of “magic and miracles” — is as strong as […]

Within minutes of walking into New York City’s Soho House on Wednesday night, the club was abuzz with 51�Թ��� alumni exchanging stories — a few good laughs as well — about their days back in Hamilton. Then, it was time to get down to business. More than 100 51�Թ��� alumni from the classes of ’85 […]

Students gathered in the O’Connor Campus Center last week to engage in formal political discussion as part of a mock Democratic caucus. With tensions running high between the Democratic presidential hopefuls, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama, students hoped the caucus process would help them better understand the candidates and their platforms.

A 51�Թ��� couple’s tireless efforts to return a digital camera accidentally left in a New York City taxicab to its owner became the focus of an Associated Press article picked up by newspapers and websites around the world. Brian Ascher and Erika Gunderson , both from the Class of 2003, were the main players in […]

Last year, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, written by Kim Edwards ’81, became a literary phenomenon and surprise summer reading hit. Within weeks of its paperback release, the novel simultaneously reached number one on The New York Times, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, and Book Sense bestseller lists, and it has been published in 34 languages. In […]

Raider Nation, it’s time to step up and be counted. Again and again and again. Fans of 51�Թ��� hockey are urged to vote for star goaltender Mark Dekanich, who is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for men’s hockey. The award recognizes achievement in the areas of character, classroom, community, and […]

It’s a conundrum that would have baffled Peter Drucker: When five dozen emerging leaders meet at a restaurant, who orders first?

Lesley Stahl, an award-winning correspondent for CBS News’ 60 Minutes and author of Reporting Live, will deliver the keynote address at 51�Թ���’s 187th commencement exercises on Sunday, May 18. During the ceremony, 51�Թ��� will award Stahl a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree. One of the country’s most respected journalists, Stahl has been a […]

It’s one of the first ways that students living at 51�Թ��� identify themselves: “I’m on the third floor of Andrews.” Or, “I live in East.” When students arrive on campus each August, they bring their excitement and enthusiasm. They also bring duffel bags brimming with clothes, crates of PowerBars and macaroni and cheese, photographs, and […]