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More than 30 summer interns conducting research and working on campus got a chance to get their hands dirty last week at a volunteer party for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø’s recently relocated community garden. Community garden interns Alex Schaff ‘16 and Quincy Pierce ‘16, under the guidance of garden manager Beth Roy, are working hard in the summer […]

The Thought Into Action Entrepreneur Institute is charged with fostering an entrepreneurial spirit at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø. As founder and current mentor Andy Greenfield ’74, P’12 wrote in an oped for Hechinger Report: “Liberal arts graduates have great basic training for turning an idea into an action. The school from which I graduated, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø, prepared me […]

Back in 1833, Jonathan Wade took his Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø experience on a mission to Burma and started a tradition of community-based learning and engagement. In the past decade alone, the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) has sponsored more than 50 trips to more than 16 locations in the United States and […]

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø wrote the book on off-campus study. The storied Washington D.C. study group, a unique semester-long NIH experience, faculty-led trips around the globe, and research abroad — all of these options for off-campus learning add depth to the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø experience. Last winter, Kara Vadman ’14 and Mikhaila Redovian ’15 joined geology professor Amy Leventer aboard […]

Between June and August, students are pursuing internships, research, and service projects around the world and across America. They will investigate, teach, report the news, participate in political campaigns, plan events, save lives, and more.

Zadie Smith, who has been included on Granta’s list of 20 best young authors, came to campus last fall as part of the university’s Living Writers course. She was one of 10 acclaimed authors who held a lively literary discussion with students and later conducted a reading that was available for the public to attend […]

Each year, the National Model African Union brings together undergraduates from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø and from across the country to simulate a meeting of the real African Union. The event provides students with important lessons about public speaking, diplomacy, and teamwork.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø’s Mellon Sophomore Residential Seminars (SRS), funded through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are turning courses on coffee production, food consumption, existentialism, and Native American culture into transformational academic experiences.

When Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø and the Hamilton Initiative began operating the Barge Canal Coffee Company in 1996, their goal was to provide an alcohol-free social space for students and the Hamilton community while operating a viable business. Now, the Barge has become such a success that premier coffee company Saxbys Coffee will build on this strong foundation […]

The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø men’s hockey team electrified Raider Nation last season as it made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005, competing against the top Division I teams in the nation. The Raiders earned the at-large tournament bid after reaching the ECAC Hockey title game in Lake Placid by beating Quinnipiac University in double overtime — […]