Campus & Community
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Commencement Visitor Information
Dear Parents, Families and Loved Ones: In just a few days, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ will celebrate the academic accomplishments of roughly 6,700 students at this year’s Commencement. We are excited to honor this important rite of passage—a culmination of years of…
Whitman School Announces Lisa Fontenelli ’86 as Convocation Speaker
The Whitman School of Management is proud to announce that Lisa Fontenelli ’86 (Whitman School/S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications) will be the school’s Class of 2024 convocation speaker. Fontenelli retired in 2017 as partner and managing director of Goldman…
Commencement 2024: What You Need to Know
Bring on the pomp and circumstance! Graduates, it’s time for Commencement Weekend 2024! It’s the moment to recognize your academic accomplishments and celebrate with family and friends and the University community. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Commencement exercises will be held in the…
Hendricks Chapel’s Mindfulness Certification Program Offers Direction and Reduces Stress
When Sensei JoAnn Cooke began as a Buddhist chaplain at Hendricks Chapel, she had no idea of the coming global pandemic and the impact it would have at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and throughout the world. While Cooke and fellow Buddhist Chaplain…
Jim Stone’s Falk College Legacy: Service to the Advisory Board and Legislative Policy Day Â
When Jim Stone started his first year at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in 1958, he had every intention of following in his parents’ footsteps and becoming a teacher. In his junior year in the University’s School of Education, Stone was required to…
Heather Stauffer Joins SU Press as Editor-in-Chief
Heather E. Stauffer recently joined ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Press (SU Press) as the new editor-in-chief. Prior to that, Stauffer was a legal writer at Brown Immigration Law and spent a dozen years at University of Nebraska Press, progressing in her career…
Record Number Receive Awards Through Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Fourteen ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students and alumni have been named as 2024 recipients of awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Five students were also chosen as alternates. This is the largest number of U.S. Student Fulbright recipients that ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ…
Maxwell’s Emily Thorson Receives Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research
Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received the 2024 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research, the highest honor the Maxwell School offers to untenured faculty. The award…
Looking to Land Your First Job? Turn to Career Services to Find Success
Patience is a virtue, especially when it comes to those soon-to-be ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ graduates who are searching for their first professional jobs after graduating. With Commencement rapidly approaching, it’s only natural for members of the Class of 2024 to feel…
Marina Artuso, Qinru Qiu Named Distinguished Professors
Marina Artuso, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Qinru Qiu, professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, have been named Distinguished Professors. The distinction is one of…