³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ

The Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty has announced new faculty members for the coming academic year.

There’s no other spot on campus where, on a given day, you’ll find an alumnus from the Class of ’41, the president of the rugby club, a staff member from the accounting department, and a geography professor. But at ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ’s new Trudy Fitness Center, they’re all sweating it out in tandem.

Five alumni who own a diverse set of businesses in central New York are profiled in the Summer ’11 ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Scene. Read about the entrepreneurial spirit of:

Looking for reading recommendations to take along with you on your summer vacation? The ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Scene asked ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ professors what they’ve recently read for fun. The responses were as varied and interesting as the people who submitted them — from memoir, historical fiction, and classic 20th-century literature to economic analysis, science fiction, and a graphic […]

(Editor’s Note: This article was written by Will Cawthern ’11) Immediately after graduation, I had the pleasure of helping to run a pilot youth camp on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. Other participants were Maggie Dunne ’13 and Kelsey John ’13, and fellow recent alumni Brenton […]

One complete sentence. That was all David Mills ’99 had the chance to utter on the morning of Nov. 1, 2010, before John G. Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, interjected.

Kirsten Lalli ’11 and Caroline Komanecky ’12 are wading in the middle of a shallow, rocky stream on the outskirts of the remote village of Buhoma, Uganda.

(Note: These are prepared remarks by Howard Fineman ’70, renowned political reporter, editor, author, and commentator, for ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ’s 190th commencement.) Carrying the Torch in a Digital Age In the fall of 1966 I arrived here as a freshman with a copy of the student handbook in my pocket. It described a tradition called the “³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ […]

(Note: The following is President Jeffrey Herbst’s prepared remarks to the Class of 2011.) On behalf of the Board of Trustees, it is my pleasure to welcome you to ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ’s 2011 graduation ceremony as the university celebrates its 190th commencement.

(Note: These are prepared remarks by The Rev. Maria A. Scates for the baccalaureate service held Saturday, May 14, in Memorial Chapel. The reverend is CEO and founder of Johnson Park Center, Utica, N.Y.)