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Members of the Class of 2030 arrived on the Hill for the first time as students this week — kicking off with Arrival Day, Orientation, First Sunset, and Founders’ Day Convocation.

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.

The exhibition considers the publicly placed sticker as an often overlooked form of ideological exchange, information dissemination, and human expression.

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.

Luca Konrad ’30 becomes the fourth family member to join the Raiders — and in a year, his younger brother will be a Raider, too.

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.

President Obama’s conversation is sponsored by the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ, which supports ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s commitment to preparing students for lives of leadership, engaged citizenship, and thoughtful participation in a democratic society.