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Piano composition wins Geifman Prize

Joshua Iyer, a senior from Aurora, Ill., majoring in music composition, has won first prize in the annual student competition "Responses to the Holocaust." 

Candidates for graduation 2019

uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø¡¯s Commencement ceremony is a celebration of the pride we share in our students¡¯ accomplishments. Names listed here represent candidates for graduation; inclusion does not indicate completion of the degree requirements.

Celebration of Learning 2019 in photos

Celebration of Learning and Symposium Day celebrates work by more than 200 students, faculty, staff and alumni at uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø. It is a full day of art, poster presentations, multimedia interactive sessions, oral presentations and performances.

'Repeat photography' shows how uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø has adapted

The face of uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø is changing quickly. Can an historic campus cope with change? Matthew Fockler, an assistant professor of geography, believes that answers to uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø¡¯s future lie in its past. A historical geographer, he has researched more than 140 years of changes at uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø and its campus. 

Ask the librarian! (She lives down the hall.)

Faculty-in-residence program welcomes Thomas Tredway librarian Maria Emerson to Swanson Commons.

Support the Swenson Center with Birdies for Charity

Support the Swenson Center with Birdies for Charity. Your donation goes even further with this program!

Winning research from two geology seniors

Matt Harrington ¡¯19 and Josh Pearson ¡¯19 took home research awards from this spring¡¯s joint Geological Society of America meeting

Remote learning

To research mountain formation, Jenny Arkle travels to remote places. Her students can use the thermochronology lab on campus and also travel off campus¡ªway off campus. 

uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø to join new NCAA bowling conference

Excellence in the Liberal Arts winners

Ten uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø juniors are the recipients of the Excellence in the Liberal Arts Award, which provides students with $400-$4,000 for international study or summer programs in the humanities.

Winners of the 2019 Ethics Essay contest

Here are the winners of the 14th annual Ethics Essay Contest, sponsored by the uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Center for the Study of Ethics.

Film by Gustafson ¡¯81, airing April 28

Photography by Todd Gustafson ¡¯81 is the focus of ¡°To the Ends of the Earth: East Africa,¡± a documentary airing Sunday, April 28, on WTTW Chicago.

'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' April 26-28, May 3-5

uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø will present the musical ¡°How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying¡± April 26-28 and at May 3-5.

Hoffman '11 fights climate change with research, humor

Dr. Jeremy Hoffman ¡¯11 spends his days researching ways to address climate change. Sometimes that means dressing as a superhero.

uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø junior awarded $5,000 physics scholarship

uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø junior John P. McDonaugh has been awarded a $5,000 Rossing Physics Scholarship for 2019 -2020.