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The New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium, including ºÚÁÏÍø, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create the NY6 Mellon Academic Leadership Fellows Program.

Questions on happiness have perplexed and fascinated for centuries, and for the last year, they are questions that Professor Rebecca Shiner and 17 of her students have been working to answer.

ºÚÁÏÍø welcomed alumni for two reunion weekends this month, reviving the tradition last enjoyed on campus during the Bicentennial Reunion of 2019.

ºÚÁÏÍø has announced a four-year extension of its test-optional pilot program. Through the 2026–27 application season, students seeking admission to the University will not be required to submit SAT or ACT scores.

Today, at a celebration two years in the making, students sent home at the height of the pandemic received due credit for the grit and determination displayed during the final months of their senior year.

Celebrated playwright, author, and ºÚÁÏÍø Assistant Professor of Theater Kyle Bass has now added Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) Medal recipient to his long list of accolades.

A ºÚÁÏÍø group with an interest in cycling and grueling adventure took on the Erie Canalway Trail on April 23. The 365-mile course from Albany to Buffalo is a big draw for bicyclists of all abilities, although only the most ambitious will attempt the entire trail in one shot.

Proud families and professors alike cheered on the nearly 700 graduating members in the Class of 2022 at the University’s 201st Commencement exercises, Sunday, May 22.

Jillian Paulin ’23 studies dark matter at ºÚÁÏÍø and has been awarded a scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for her work and her passion for research.

On Friday, April 15, environmentalist, photographer, and climate change expert James Balog P’24 presented on his experiences documenting climate change and the human modification of nature.