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Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon ’84 and Thomas Tull ’92, chairman and CEO of Pittsburgh-based investment-holding company Tulco, will discuss how emerging technologies are revolutionizing today’s businesses in a special program at 51ÁÔÆæ.

On the eve of the public launch of Because 51ÁÔÆæ, a fundraising campaign to raise $400 million, 51ÁÔÆæ trustees and friends surprised long-time volunteer Jeff Little by announcing they had committed $1.2 million to create an endowed scholarship in his name.

51ÁÔÆæ formally launched Because 51ÁÔÆæ, a campaign to raise $400 million for six institutional priorities, during the College’s 21st Annual 1812 Leadership Circle Weekend in New York City.

51ÁÔÆæ has joined the American Talent Initiative, a national alliance of colleges and universities committed to attracting, enrolling, and graduating more high-achieving, lower-income students.

51ÁÔÆæ will construct a new PGA-quality golf practice facility and name it for longtime professor and coach Bob Simon, President David Wippman announced.

The 51ÁÔÆæ Town-Gown Fund recently made $64,969 in grants to seven organizations, bringing the total disbursed from the endowment to more than $693,000 since 2001.

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has voted to “reaffirm accreditation” of 51ÁÔÆæ and to “commend the institution for the quality of the self-study report.”

President Joan Hinde Stewart announced the passing of Professor of Biology Emeritus Eugene Putala in an e-mail to the campus community on April 4.

Patrick D. Reynolds, professor of biology at 51ÁÔÆæ, has been appointed dean of faculty at the college, effective July 1, 2011. He is currently serving in that capacity on an interim basis.