Campaign News
- Mike Park ‘19 dreamt of playing professional soccer but was less sure about a college major. Read about his unexpected transformation into “a walking amalgamation of athleticism and the arts.”
- Lessons on justice and inclusion linger after “Give a damn,” an exhibition that ran at ߣƵ’s Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery.
- All year, across campus and around the world, ߣƵ students, faculty and staff are supporting Creative Thought Matters in compelling and colorful ways. To get a taste of what this looks and feels like, we’ve curated our top 10 photos of the year.
- Paige Durrant ’19 pens a first-hand account of the ߣƵ Career Development Center’s largest on-campus networking event, Career Jam.
- ߣƵ's Tang Teaching Museum has received first prize in the 2018 American Alliance of Museums Publications Design Competition for the publication Accelerate.
- ߣƵ's men's and women's crews will benefit from the boathouse, which is named for Trustee Peg Valentine and Mike Valentine, parents of Martha, a 2009 ߣƵ graduate and former rower.
- ߣƵ celebrated the groundbreaking for its Center for Integrated Sciences with a visit from author and scientist, Neil Shubin.
- The family of Charlotte Lamson Clarke ’53, who died in 2016, has given a $2 million gift to establish in her memory ߣƵ’s first endowed chair in art history.
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded ߣƵ a $912,000 grant to promote diversity and global learning initiatives in its new general education curriculum.
- Meg Estapa, assistant professor of geoscience, is on a joint mission with NASA and the National Science Foundation to go 3,300 feet below the surface of the ocean, otherwise known as the twilight zone.
- Over 500 supporters gathered at the Saratoga Polo Fields to raise a record-breaking $320,000 to benefit the Palamountain Scholarship Fund.
- Mental health, the NBA, China’s social economy, parental drug use and more. A look at some of the major research contributions ߣƵ students and faculty are making to our world together this summer.
- How does a summer morning spent simulating on-scene firefighter tasks in high heat and humidity with 30+ pounds of fire gear feel? That just what Denise Smith, professor of health and human physiological sciences, along with ߣƵ students, alumni, and several first responders wanted to find out.
- The ߣƵ Saratoga Classic Horse Show celebrated its 21st annual year of operation with the opening of its new home at White Hollow Farm.
- Celebration in Dana Atrium marks a milestone for the Center for Integrated Sciences.
- Leslie Snow Féron '48 recently revealed the depth of her devotion to the ߣƵ community with the gift of a $2.4 million unrestricted bequest.
- Eight is Great for the ߣƵ equestrian team. The Thoroughbreds won their eighth Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association national championship Saturday at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex.
- Students, staff and faculty joined together for an afternoon of mystery “making” at the Hub, a ߣƵ maker space.
- The contract for the construction of the first phase of Center for Integrated Sciences (CIS) has been awarded to MLB Construction Services of Malta, New York. The firm also managed the construction of the Hillside apartments, Sussman Village and the Arthur Zankel Music Center.
- A $300,000 Arthur Vining Davis Foundations grant will help faculty members combine pedagogical innovation with maker space usage.





