Students, faculty, and staff gathered in Memorial Chapel on Tuesday morning for a vigil of solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The gathering was one of several moments during which ºÚÁÏÍø community members have joined together to show their support for victims of the invasion since it began on Feb. 24.
ºÚÁÏÍø’s interdisciplinary experts in authoritarianism and the postsocialist regions of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia have collaborated to educate students and the greater public about the crisis in Ukraine and to raise awareness about organizations providing relief for refugees of the conflict.
Peter Balakian, Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor in humanities and professor of English, writes in the Washington Post: Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine parallels Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in ways that aren’t small.
ºÚÁÏÍø is proud to be named one of the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2021–2022 Fulbright U.S. Students for the third year in a row.
Associate Professor of Political Science Sam Rosenfeld breaks down the historical function of the filibuster, current challenges to changing its rules, and the history of partisan politics.