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You can exercise both your mind and body next Thursday (July 1) at the Village Green. Fitness writer and marathoner Sarah Bowen Shea ’88 will discuss her book Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving and Not Lose Your Family, Job or Sanity, and then take part in a 5K fun run/walk in the […]

More than 50 people are taking part in the annual �°IJʿ������ Writers’ Conference that begins Sunday. The conference includes a wide range of free lectures and readings that are available to the general public.

Rob Stone ’91 makes even the most avid sports fan look ill-informed. As an announcer and reporter for ESPN, Stone is sports savvy on everything from the World Cup to the annual Fourth of July Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. “�°IJʿ������ the only sports I haven’t covered,” said Stone, “are the NFL, NBA, and baseball.” Covering […]

�°IJʿ������’s Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute is hosting a symposium this week in the Ho Science Center. Scientists from Australia, Canada, and the United States will gather up on the hill to discuss what is under the sea, focusing on the topic: “Evolutionary Transitions in Marine Invertebrate Larval Forms.”

This isn’t your mom’s Carnival cruise. Seven �°IJʿ������ students and three alumni are taking part in a month-long research cruise to the Galapagos Islands, where they are mapping the ocean floor and collecting rock samples. It is a rare opportunity for undergraduates from a smaller school such as �°IJʿ������ to be able to take part […]

“Long time, no see” was the catchphrase this weekend at Reunion 2010 as alumni kicked off the month of June with good friends and good fun as they came back in waves to enjoy the festivities. More than 2,000 alumni returned to their alma mater, and for some it couldn’t come soon enough. “It’s only […]

Professor Jane Pinchin called her “the benevolent godmother of James B. �°IJʿ������ Hall, sitting at the center of the center of campus.” “Her fan club spans the world,” said Gary Ross ’77, dean of admission, who first fell for her charms when he was a student and she a new employee in the student activities […]

Taking an idea and making it a reality. That’s the challenge Andy Greenfield ’74 issued to students this past semester in his “practical entrepreneurship” course, Thought Into Action. Although students didn’t receive university credit, they were rewarded with mentorship from a marketing professional and the chance to see their ideas come to fruition.

Madison County mental health officials said they are thrilled with a new website built for them by students taking a computer course taught by �°IJʿ������ professor Alexander Nakhimovsky. The website will be a valuable resource for county residents seeking information about programs and services for individuals with disabilities, said James Yonai, director of the county’s […]

(Note: Prepared remarks by The Rev. Roger A. Ferlo ’73 for the baccalaureate service held Saturday, May 15, in Memorial Chapel. The reverend is director of the Institute for Christian Formation and Leadership and professor of religion at Virginia Theological Seminary.)