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The stage is set for a robust discussion on May 5, as nearly 400 leaders in business and higher education are confirmed to attend °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê University’s Innovation + Disruption symposium at the TimesCenter in New York City. The high-level crowd will include 15 college presidents, online education providers, career services professionals, high school counselors, and trustees and faculty members […]

Day two of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê’s Thought Into Action Entrepreneur Weekend proved what Friday evening’s superstar panel had already established: Success is not a zero-sum game, especially when the players in question are student entrepreneurs in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê’s Thought Into Action (TIA) weekend mentorship program. In a Shark Tank-like session on Friday night, three student ventures, each with […]

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê was the center of the entrepreneurial universe for a few hours Friday night, April 11, when more than 2,000 students, parents, and others streamed into Cotterell Court for a frank and freewheeling panel discussion that featured some of the biggest names in the business of disruptive technology.

In true °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê fashion, the humor was biting at times and there were very few gaps, as the university’s April Fools’ Day gag to open a new dental school made quite an impression. The (story and video) made the international media smile, and by the end of the day one thing was clear: with or without a dental school, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê […]

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê announced on Tuesday, April 1, that it will open a graduate school of dentistry. The dental school will be a natural outgrowth of the university’s strength in the sciences, as well as the consolidated focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. These ideas all are emphasized in the university’s 2014–2019 strategic plan.

On May 5, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê will host Innovation + Disruption, a symposium about technology, the liberal arts, and preparing graduates for the future. Clayton Christensen, Kim B. Clark professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School and co-founder of the innovation consulting firm Innosight, will tee up the event with a keynote address titled […]

Perhaps this winter’s deep freeze was the Raiders’ inspiration! After sweeping St. Lawrence this weekend — with a 2-1 victory on Friday, and a 4-3 win last night — °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê is headed to Lake Placid for ECAC Hockey Championship weekend. The Raiders will face Quinnipiac in the semifinals on Friday, with the time to be determined. Tickets […]

Gloria Borger ’74, P’10, chief political analyst for CNN and a member of the first coeducational class to graduate from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê, will deliver the keynote address at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê’s 193rd commencement on Sunday, May 18, in Sanford Field House. Borger is CNN’s chief political analyst, appearing daily on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, The Lead with […]

According to The New Republic, when a team uncovers the oldest known temple in the Roman world, it’s a Big Deal (caps intended). For °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê archaeologist Albert Ammerman to be part of the discovery is a Really Big Deal. Read more about the excavation of the waterlogged Sant’Omobono site here. A story on NPR also touted Ammerman’s work. […]

In a letter to the editor in the Book Review section of today’s New York Times, Howard Fineman ’70 recalled the teaching talent and dedication of Fred Busch. The author of The Stories of Frederick Busch died in 2006 and his posthumous collection of stories has received rave reviews. Fineman, one of Busch’s first students at […]