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  • Welcome! We’ve just enacted a rather odd ritual. You the class of 2021 stood in a circle and looked at us. We the Faculty walked around that circle and looked at you. You’re dressed in smart clothes. We’re dressed in fancy clothes. You have just experienced what social anthropologists call a rite (that’s r-i-t-e) of […]
    September 14, 2017
  • Students walk along the ±«Óătv Academic Quad during the fall.
    ±«Óătv welcomed a host of new faculty members diverse in background and expertise in August, introducing a fresh group of faces and reintroducing some familiar ones in new roles. Four former visiting professors -— Sally Bonet, educational studies; Jennifer LeMesurier, writing and rhetoric; Andrew Pattison, environmental studies; and Ashley Taylor, educational studies -— have been […]
    September 10, 2017
  • Large group of students posed
    On Sept. 7, the ±«Óătv community gathered at the ALANA Cultural Center for the ALANApalooza academic-year kickoff celebration. Visitors were treated to complimentary food hot off the grill as well as Raider Passion ice cream from Gilligan’s Island in Sherburne; information about programs, organizations, and services for ±«Óătv’s multicultural, LGBTQ, and underserved communities; and entertainment […]
    September 8, 2017
  • A map of seismometer locations
    Aubreya Adams, ±«Óătv assistant professor of geology, is one of 10 principal investigators from nine universities teaming up to deploy the single largest collection of seismometers ever assembled along the Alaskan Peninsula. Relying on $4.5 million in National Science Foundation grant funding and a fleet of airplanes and ships, the seismic experiment will place […]
    September 8, 2017
  • Students at the Glimmerglass Opera for ±«Óătv's theater pre-orientation program.
    This fall, Brehmer Theater was one of the first places on campus to come alive with the energy of the incoming class. Echoing through the halls of Dana Arts Center, the tune “Hello” from the musical comedy The Book of Mormon played on repeat. On stage, six first-year students broke into song, struggling with the […]
    September 7, 2017
  • New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium presidents — including ±«Óătv President Brian W. Casey — sent the following letter to members of New York’s Congressional and Senate delegations today, following President Donald J. Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
    September 5, 2017
  • ±«Óătv professors Alex Nakhimovsky, Ulrich Meyer, and Ed Witherspoon this week received Patriot Awards from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) in recognition of their support of a ±«Óătv staff member serving in the Air National Guard at the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome, N.Y. Technical Sergeant ‎Leialoha Mara, who is […]
    September 1, 2017