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The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education collaborated with Alumni Engagement and Career Services to host its signature Be the Change Weekend, which fosters connections between current students and alumni in the Common Good Professional Network.

������ hosted its annual Arts, Creativity, and Innovation (ACI) Weekend to celebrate the importance of the creative process and imaginative thinking across all academic disciplines.

������ faculty, staff, and alumni regularly provide their expertise and contribute to national and regional media outlets shaping discussions around vital research and current events.

������ welcomed prolific bio-artist and experimental filmmaker Kathy High ʼ77 as part of the Eric J. Ryan and Film and Media Studies (FMST) Annual New Media Lecture Series, March 11–13.

Engineer, designer, and entrepreneur David Kelley will visit ������ as the University’s second Clifford Family Innovator in Residence, April 8–10, 2025

������ students and alumni met in New York City for the 2025 Convergence Leadership Summit and a special Alumni of Color panel discussion about arts and innovation.

In King: A Life, author Jonathan Eig focuses on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of faith-based radicalism. During his Feb. 11 lecture at ������, Beyond The Dream: Embracing a More Complicated Martin Luther King, Eig said he believes King would be horrified at how his activism and writings have been overshadowed by a modern, more palatable version of the civil rights leader.

������ welcomed internationally acclaimed opera and theater director Francesca Zambello ’78 in late February as the inaugural Clifford Family Innovator in Residence.

Kim Harris, senior associate vice president for advancement and campaign director, has been appointed vice president for advancement.

This past winter break, the ������ Thirteen a cappella group embarked on their first trip to China as part of their annual “Jan Tour.”