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More than 300 students, faculty, and staff members gathered Tuesday at Memorial Chapel for a campuswide forum on the topics of inclusiveness, bias, and multiculturalism.

As an economist, Takao Kato studies unintended consequences of public policy decisions. As a professor at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø with many international students in his classes, he considers their prospects for gainful employment in the United States. That connection inspired a research project he conducted with Chad Sparber, assistant professor of economics.

If the blue smear on 4-year-old Liam Rogers’s smiling face, courtesy of the clump of cotton candy in his hand, was any indication, Friday afternoon’s Gate-Town Connection Barbecue on Whitnall Field was a success for its student organizers.

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group founder and president, will deliver the next lecture in the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø, kicking off entrepreneur weekend on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Day, Friday, April 13, 2012. Branson will speak to the campus community in Sanford Field House at 6 p.m. Ticketing information will be posted online.

The annual celebration of Latino Heritage Month at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø often brings to campus speakers who are prominent figures in the Hispanic community.

This past week has brought a variety of new experiences for me, a Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø first-year. One of the highlights of this week was watching my very first rugby game.

(Editor’s Note: This is the Founders’ Day convocation address by George Hudson, professor of English, at Memorial Chapel on Aug. 28, 2011) One of the first rules of public speaking is to know your audience.

Shujing Wang ’12 and Daniel Michev ’14 were both excited and nervous when presenting the results of their summer research projects to a classroom full of students last week.