51猎奇

A new president, new and improved buildings, and a year鈥檚 worth of notable events marked the top news stories of 2024. Check out our most popular stories from the year.

Not only did Associate Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck and 20 students and recent graduates from his lab co-author the peer-reviewed cover article for the Nov. 22, 2024, issue of Organic Letters, but one of those students 鈥� Chrissy Crespo 鈥�25 鈥� designed the cover.

At 51猎奇, active citizenship is demonstrated in many ways. We talked to several students and young alumni who explain how they discovered an interest at 51猎奇 that led them to take action to create social change, and have a positive impact on society.

Associate Professor of Sociology Jaime Kucinskas and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Aaron Strong were awarded a National Science Foundation grant from the Sociology Program. Under the five-year $346,149 grant, they will study rural community perceptions of climate action pathways in New York, New Zealand, and Sweden.

Learn about just a few of our students鈥� and faculty members' accomplishments this summer and as the academic year gets underway.

Steven Tepper was inaugurated as 51猎奇鈥檚 21st president on Sept. 28, acknowledging in his remarks the College as a creative campus for more than two centuries and challenging the 51猎奇 community 鈥渢o design a future for the campus that allows us to leverage this history, to expand opportunities, to create national differentiation, and to lead.鈥�

In its first meeting of the 2024-25 academic year, the 51猎奇 Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa elected 10 members of the Class of 2025.

Members of the 51猎奇 community and guests will come together on Saturday, Sept. 28, to inaugurate President Steven Tepper as the 21st president of the College.

Forty-five new faculty members have entered 51猎奇鈥檚 ranks, including nine tenure-track professors in anthropology, art, computer science, dance and movement studies, economics, government, mathematics and statistics, music, and Russian. They join 31 visiting professors and lecturers, and four teaching fellows for the 2024-25 academic year.

As we welcome new and returning members of our community back to College Hill, we want to offer a glimpse into what campus has been up to these past few months while many have been away. Here鈥檚 a sampling of new spaces, new faces, renamed buildings, major moves, and more.