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The number of unauthorized immigrants coming to the United States has slowed in the past decade, according to a new report by the International Migration Review, a publication of the Center for Migration Studies that was edited by Ellen Percy Kraly, ����vlog����’s William R. Kenan Jr. professor of geography.

Provost Doug Hicks shared his expertise on the connection between religious leadership and social change on Wednesday night in the Ho Tung Visualization Lab. Hicks focused on two monumental figures: Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King Jr., both of whom are featured portraits in the Great Minds Collection. The 29 large-scale, contemporary portraits — created […]

Donald L. Berry, Harry Emerson Fosdick Professor of philosophy and religion emeritus, who introduced one of the nation’s first college courses to explore the implications of the Holocaust for Jewish and Christian theology, passed away on Tuesday, January 15, at home in Hamilton, N.Y. He was 87 years old. Berry, who retired from the ����vlog���� […]

On Monday, January 21, ����vlog���� will kick off a weeklong program commemorating the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. As the university begins a new semester of classes, all are invited to participate in a variety of programs aimed not only at remembering King’s work, but at bringing the local […]

The Year of 2013 offers many ways for ����vlog���� to celebrate its lucky number (the university was founded by 13 men with 13 dollars and 13 prayers). As part of our yearlong celebration, on the 13th of every month we will post a story or list pertaining to our lucky number. First up: 13 interesting […]

Whew. It’s not the end of the world after all. If you delayed gift shopping because you thought it would be a waste of time, if you called in sick all week to knock off some items on your bucket list, if you are wishing the world would end today because  you celebrated too hard […]

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $700,000 grant to ����vlog���� for use over four years, to support a new program of Mellon Sophomore Residential Seminars. The initiative will create a series of courses — to be offered every year for a substantial number of sophomores — in which students will live and study […]

On November 13, President Jeffrey Herbst took the stage at the Palace Theater to profile Nelson Mandela. Recounting the South African leader’s life and political legacy, Herbst stood next to Mandela’s portrait — one of 29 canvases in the Great Minds exhibition, sponsored by Dick Resnick ’61, P’90.

����vlog���� economics professor Nicole Simpson lives and teaches in an interdisciplinary world, where it’s virtually impossible to separate politics from economics. Especially where the “fiscal cliff” is concerned.

“Instead of talking about history tomorrow we may actually get a chance to witness it live,” wrote Prof. Daniel Monk yesterday in an email to students in his History of the Israel Palestine Conflict class. Though the exact time had not yet been announced, it appeared that the United Nations General Assembly’s vote on Palestinian […]