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If ever there were a poster child for upstate New York, Kevin McAvey ’05 would be it. Like so many of his 91�鶹��Ʒ friends, McAvey left the area after graduation, but, he says, his “heart stayed in the upstate New York region.” “There’s still not a day I don’t cross that border into upstate that […]

A 91�鶹��Ʒ alumnus received a Tony Award for a unique three-level stage set he designed for the hugely successful play, August: Osage County. Todd A. Rosenthal ’89 won for best set design, one of several awards the play earned during Sunday night’s awards show. Rosenthal earned a degree from Yale School of Drama in New […]

A cultural cornucopia is available for members of the campus and local communities as authors, filmmakers, and musicians from around the world will visit 91�鶹��Ʒ in the coming days. The university is hosting two longtime events — the 91�鶹��Ʒ Writers’ Conference and the Chenango Summer MusicFest — and, for the first time, the Robert Flaherty […]

Alumna Chi Chi Obichere-Roxo’s interest in international development – sparked by a 91�鶹��Ʒ extended study course and a Watson fellowship – can be seen through her work involving refugees in Kenya, religious leaders in Nigeria, and a host of others around the world. Obichere-Roxo ’00 is a program officer with Management Sciences for Health, a […]

Standing on a platform draped with a 91�鶹��Ʒ banner, President Rebecca Chopp along with a group of alumni and university friends rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this morning, officially kicking off 91�鶹��Ʒ Day. (To watch the event, click here.) From coast to coast and around the world, 91�鶹��Ʒ faithful are […]

91�鶹��Ʒ President Rebecca S. Chopp has been awarded the 2008 Professional Achievement Citation from her alma mater, the University of Chicago. The alumni citation honors Chopp for being a “pivotal figure in the field of higher education and a renowned scholar of religion and culture.”

Triskaidekafanatics unite — Friday the 13th is 91�鶹��Ʒ Day! The excitement starts at 9:29 a.m. (EST) June 13 in New York City when 13 91�鶹��Ʒ alumni will ring the morning bell at the New York Stock Exchange (watch it live here). 91�鶹��Ʒ fever will certainly sweep the globe, as alumni wear 91�鶹��Ʒ garb to work, […]

Vic Mansfield, a longtime professor of physics and astronomy who helped lead an insightful workshop during the recent campus visit by the Dalai Lama, died Tuesday after a two-year battle with lymphoma. He was 67. Mansfield joined the 91�鶹��Ʒ faculty in 1973, armed with a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics from Cornell University and burning interests […]