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Nearly 700 members of the Class of 2021 participated in commencement today.

Two members of the ���߲ݴ�ý Class of 2021, Jake Gómez and William “Paul” McAvoy, will share this year’s 1819 Award, which recognizes character, scholarship, and service to others, best exemplifying the ���߲ݴ�ý spirit.

President Joe Biden this week labeled the deaths of more than a million Armenians killed at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915 as genocide, a public recognition that ���߲ݴ�ý English professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Balakian has urged for decades. 

Graduates in the Class of 2021 will be recognized and celebrated in-person commencement at Andy Kerr Stadium on Sunday, May 9, 2021. 

���߲ݴ�ý University received an all-time record number of applications for admission, shattering all previous records in the history of this two-century old liberal arts college. 

���߲ݴ�ý University is an inaugural member of a new consortium of liberal arts colleges and universities finding creative solutions for addressing issues of racial equity and diversity on campus. 

Submission of SAT and ACT scores will be optional for ���߲ݴ�ý applicants applying in 2021, 2022, and 2023, thanks to a new three-year pilot program.

The Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute (Picker ISI) has announced its 2020 grant awards, supporting interdisciplinary approaches in innovative research.

���߲ݴ�ý University is proud to announce a new partnership with QuestBridge, a national nonprofit organization based in Palo Alto, Calif., that connects the most exceptional, low-income youth with leading institutions of higher education.

Newly published research authored by 10 ���߲ݴ�ý students and led by Associate Professor of Biology Engda Hagos, reveals how a specific protein inhibits cancer growth at the cellular level, which could one day lead to new cancer treatments.