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Gloria Borger ’74, P’10, chief political analyst for CNN and a member of the first coeducational class to graduate from ������Ƶ, will deliver the keynote address at ������Ƶ’s 193rd commencement on Sunday, May 18, in Sanford Field House. Borger is CNN’s chief political analyst, appearing daily on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, The Lead with […]

������Ƶ is conducting Twitter interviews with alumni from around the world. The first interview was Monday with Michael Sippey ’90, an English major who is an advisor to Twitter after having worked there as vice president of product development, and who also worked at SAY Media and at Six Apart.

On a recent day in New York City, a dozen students from the on-campus ������Ƶ Entertainment Group met ������Ƶ alumni and toured such locations as Viacom and NBC Universal. The daylong itinerary helped students get great advice and see that a large number of alumni in the entertainment field are part of a strong network […]

In a letter to the editor in the Book Review section of today’s New York Times, Howard Fineman ’70 recalled the teaching talent and dedication of Fred Busch. The author of The Stories of Frederick Busch died in 2006 and his posthumous collection of stories has received rave reviews. Fineman, one of Busch’s first students at […]

������Ƶ professor Peter Balakian’s essay about the villa where Nazi SS leaders made the plan to annihilate the Jews of Europe was published this week in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The essay comes as events are scheduled around the world in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is January 27. That day recognizes the […]

Before last summer, Arielle Sperling ’14 hadn’t so much as gone fishing, never mind touched a fish. But during her internship in Ashton, Idaho, Sperling found herself hip-deep in trout. The environmental studies major from White Plains, N.Y., was the only ������Ƶ student in a group of researchers who were looking at the habitat selection […]

(Editor’s note: Morgan Higgins ’16, of Staten Island, N.Y., who plans on a double major in religion and English, shares 13 photos from a ������Ƶ Newman Community winter break trip to Italy. Higgins was one of 10 students who participated in the trip organized by university chaplain Mark Shiner.) A group photo (excluding three), from the […]

This past week marked the release of a book of stories by one of ������Ƶ’s most beloved professors, the late Frederick Busch. The Stories of Frederick Busch was edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Elizabeth Strout, a former visiting professor at ������Ƶ, and features a selection of short stories that focuses on interpersonal relationships between family […]

(This article was written by Allison A. Curley ’04.) For many bleary-eyed parents of infants and toddlers, sleep is a seemingly unobtainable goal. Lori Brier Strong ’98, a Certified Infant and Child Sleep Consultant based out of Austin, Texas, is helping to change that, one family at a time. “If the child’s not sleeping well, […]

George C. Hudson Jr., professor of English emeritus, died at Upstate Medical Center Saturday, November 16, following a long illness. Hudson was described by colleagues as a “giant at ������Ƶ,” with his contributions to faculty colleagues and to generations of students creating an enduring legacy.