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This Friday, December 13, the ���Ĵ�ý community will put an exclamation point on the Year of ’13 with a ���Ĵ�ý Day celebration that reaches into hearts and homes around the world. The day begins at 6 a.m. Eastern time, when WRCU-FM kicks off a full schedule of special programming. Listeners visiting wrcufm.com or tuning to […]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered the latest lecture in the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at ���Ĵ�ý tonight in Sanford Field House. More than 5,000 students, parents, alumni, and friends attended the event, which is the highlight of Family Weekend. It was a warm welcome-back for Clinton, who first visited the university […]

Erica Chenoweth, associate professor at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies and associate senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, came to ���Ĵ�ý on October 3 to deliver the fifth annual Schaehrer Memorial Lecture. The event was hosted by the university’s Peace and Conflict Studies program.

���Ĵ�ý people aren’t shy about introducing themselves, especially when they are exchanging business cards and e-mail addresses with fellow alumni. The Office of Alumni Relations and the Center for Career Services are facilitating those connections by establishing a new series of professional networks. The first network — created by and for alumni in the finance […]

Neither distance, nor rain, nor attacking bulldogs could keep the ���Ĵ�ý community from enjoying homecoming weekend, September 19–22. The university rolled out the maroon carpet for more than 900 alumni, parents, and friends. Coordinated for the first time by ���Ĵ�ý’s Office of Alumni Relations, the weekend harnessed a series of events planned by departments across […]

  The Year of ’13 saw a tremendous outpouring of support for ���Ĵ�ý students. This week, ���Ĵ�ý reported that alumni, parents, and friends committed more than $48 million between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013.

The Year of ’13 ain’t over until it’s over, so ���Ĵ�ý is planning a homecoming party fit for this once-in-a-century celebration, September 19–22. On Saturday, September 21, the Raiders football team takes on the Yale Bulldogs at Andy Kerr Stadium. Before and after kickoff, the Office of Alumni Relations will partner with groups across campus […]

Since the creation of Taylor Lake in 1905, the peaceful pond at the foot of campus has made its way into ���Ĵ�ý lore. It’s now the centerpiece of an annual fund challenge: five ���Ĵ�ý administrators will swim Taylor Lake if 1,300 recent grads (2003–2012) make a gift to the annual fund before the end of […]

“Not all who wander are lost,” according to J.R.R. Tolkien. This summer, ���Ĵ�ý alumni will prove the point as they roam across America, driven by wanderlust and a higher purpose. Chase Jackson, Hallie Kohler, and Katie Scribner — all members of the Class of 2013 — are touring the country on a converted school bus, […]

It will be a century before ���Ĵ�ý has another reunion in the Year of ’13. Seizing their place in university history, more than 2,000 alumni and friends made Reunion 2013 a weekend to remember last Thursday through Sunday. Tents on Whitnall Field were filled to capacity, and the village of Hamilton buzzed with activity.