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Phi Beta Kappa key logo and motto "Love of learning is the guide of life"
Campus Life
April 28, 2017 | 01:23 pm

134 University undergraduates named Phi Beta Kappa

Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa invites for induction the most outstanding students at America’s leading colleges and universities. Membership is by invitation only, and students are selected by faculty members who are members of the society.

topics: awards, Phi Beta Kappa,
Two smiling men
Campus Life
April 13, 2017 | 03:04 pm

Projects for Peace grant winners to help expand voter turnout in Liberia

For one week in July, Emmanuel Gweamee ’20 and Aime Laurent Twizerimana ’20 will visit the Liberian capital of Monrovia to teach voting-age young people with disabilities about their civic responsibilities, with the help of a Davis Projects for Peace grant worth $10,000.

topics: awards, Davis Projects for Peace, elections,
chefs and students in a kitchen
Campus Life
April 13, 2017 | 10:16 am

Douglass Community Kitchen heating up for clubs, classes

Since opening in late January, the kitchen has been a hit with student organizations and faculty, who have held some of their classes there. “Based on the usage we’re seeing, we’ve really created something that students, faculty, and instructors are looking for,” says Laura Ballou ’97.

topics: featured-post-side,
student smiling and holding up award
Campus Life
April 7, 2017 | 02:19 pm

Career Center announces inaugural Gwennies Award winners

Hosted by the Gwen M. Greene Career & Internship Center, the awards honor student organizations and partners who exemplify the center’s values—respect, collaboration, diversity and inclusion, betterment, and purpose.

topics: awards, Gwen M. Greene Career and Internship Center,
portrait of two students
Campus Life
April 6, 2017 | 12:10 pm

Critical Language Scholarship winners to study Turkish, Mandarin Chinese

Daria Lynch ’18 (T5 ’19), a history major, and Christian Wooddell ’17, an anthropology major, will be heading overseas this summer as part of the U.S. State Department program.

topics: awards, China, Critical Language Scholarships, Department of Anthropology, Department of History, global engagement,
Campus Life
April 3, 2017 | 11:39 am

University students, youth farmers collaborate for food justice

Students enrolled in a new course in Food Justice & Social Practice combine urban farming, food security, and socially engaged art.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, Environmental Humanities Program, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, School of Arts and Sciences, sustainability,