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This summer, Dev Sethi ’27 and Gabe Pollock-O’Dorisio ’28 are working with Associate Professor of Chemistry Anne Perring on NASA’s INjected Smoke and PYRocumulonimbus Experiment (INSPYRE) to study fire-induced thunderstorms called pyrocumulonimbus clouds.

Visiting Professor of Political Science Luke Bierman ’79, the A. Lindsay O’Connor Chair of American Institutions at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ, was honored for his legacy as Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at Elon University School of Law.

Rogue waves are exactly what they sound like: enormous, unpredictable waves that come out of nowhere. Olivia Schlegel ’27, double majoring in applied mathematics and economics, has been working alongside Associate Professor of Mathematics Nick Moore for the last two summers to find out when they happen.

Nicolette Fox ’27, a French major with a minor in global public and environmental health, is working on a student-initiated summer research project to analyze writers’ portraits of anxiety in 19th-century French literature, grounded in narrative medicine.

Executive orders are often seen as one of the U.S. president’s most powerful governing tools — a way to shape policy with the stroke of a pen. Lindsay Scheffler ’27 is spending her summer investigating why this picture is incomplete.

Tanner Harmon ’26, who majored in theater and economics at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ, has joined the New York City Players — an experimental theater company led by Guggenheim Fellow, playwright, and artistic director Richard Maxwell.

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s Hancock and Dart Colgrove Commons welcome two new co-directors for the 2026–27 academic year: Rodney Agnant and Lauren Philbrook.

The ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Libraries have joined an inaugural cohort of 19 university libraries in signing a Statement of Shared Practice on AI and Archives.

The Office of Sustainability at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ has launched an online sustainability dashboard that displays a series of metrics, including ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s greenhouse gas emissions, electricity and water usage, and composting efforts.

This spring, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Career Services received the 2026 National Association of Colleges and Employers Excellence Award, recognizing its approach to networking that redefines how students think about professional relationships.