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On June 6, Career Services concluded its second annual Job Skills Accelerator (JSA) program: a four-week immersion designed to equip students with in-demand skills through alumni partnerships, microcredential courses, and professional workshops.   

A new 65,000-square-foot basketball and volleyball arena will anchor a new athletics quadrangle at �°IJʿ������, replacing the Reid Athletics Center. Construction of the facility, part of the University’s Third-Century Plan initiatives, is slated to begin in February.

�°IJʿ������ recognized 730 students for earning an A.B. degree, plus 6 master of arts in teaching and one master of arts, during Commencement Weekend 2024, May 17–19. Financier-turned-human-rights-activist and author Bill Browder gave the commencement address.

During its spring meetings, the �°IJʿ������ Board of Trustees approved resolutions regarding faculty promotions to associate professor with continuous tenure and to full professor, as well as appointments to named chairs — all of which will take effect July 1, 2024.

�°IJʿ������ recently hosted a lecture by Avery Trufelman, host of the fashion podcast Articles of Interest.

�°IJʿ������ Residential Commons will welcome new co-directors at the beginning of the 2024–25 academic year.

New York Times correspondent David Sanger, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, visited �°IJʿ������ on March 26 for a lecture and discussion about his new book.

�°IJʿ������ will host an episode of Ivory Tower April 17 in �°IJʿ������ Memorial Chapel.

�°IJʿ������'s second annual celebration of arts, creativity, and innovation brought hundreds to campus for a weekend of performances, workshops, presentations, and panel discussions.

Having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease five years ago, former �°IJʿ������ president Rebecca Chopp has embraced the visual arts and dance as part of her “prescription” to live life to the fullest.