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As º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ people around the world celebrated Friday the 13th and #º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½Day trended on Twitter, the university welcomed international entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson to campus for the fifth annual Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½.

To paraphrase Michael Stipe and R.E.M., 2012 could be the end of the world as we know it. And pioneering archaeoastronomer Tony Aveni, Russell º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Distinguished University Professor of astronomy and anthropology and Native American studies, has every reason to feel fine.

When º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ fans flood into Andy Kerr Stadium to watch a football game, they sit in the Fred Dunlap Stands. When the Raiders win a Patriot League football championship, they hoist the Fred Dunlap Trophy. Now, thanks to a new endowment created in honor of that legendary coach and athletic director, º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½â€™s team will be […]

º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½â€™s Office of Alumni Affairs and Center for Career Services is hosting the 16th annual Real World conference this weekend on campus for graduating seniors.

On a rainy October night in 1961, Soviet and American tanks sat muzzle to muzzle at Checkpoint Charlie, the infamous boundary between East and West Berlin. Fifty years later, Frederick Kempe, chief executive officer of the Atlantic Council and author of Berlin: 1961, stood before an audience in Persson Auditorium to discuss the issues that […]

º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ is one of 32 universities taking part in a unique program created by Dartmouth College to combat binge drinking.


º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ opened its classrooms and put campus life on display for hundreds of parents during Family Weekend 2011, held Oct. 28-30.  

This Saturday, while the Raiders prepare to defend their house before a crowd of Family Weekend supporters, President Jeffrey Herbst and his family will celebrate the rededication of their campus home, situated near the O’Connor Campus Center and the university observatory.

As a student, Mark Buttitta ’74 defended º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ football’s line of scrimmage. As an alumnus, he still noted the passing of summer by counting off the weeks until practices would start at his alma mater.

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group founder and president, will deliver the next lecture in the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½, kicking off entrepreneur weekend on º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ 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.