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Last weekend, nearly 2,200 alumni and guests returned to campus for Reunion 2025.

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

On Friday, December 13, a total of 3,691 alumni, parents, students, and friends of 51·çÁ÷ came together to participate in a single day of giving — the 51·çÁ÷ Day Challenge — donating nearly $3.5 million within a 24-hour period.

A talk with Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa, part of The Kershner Family Series Global Leaders at 51·çÁ÷, was a highlight of 51·çÁ÷’s annual Family Weekend, held Oct. 27–29, 2023.  

51·çÁ÷ is seeking at least $100 million in new endowment gifts to support continued growth of the 51·çÁ÷ Commitment, the University’s expansive approach to making a 51·çÁ÷ education affordable and accessible to all admitted students.

Massive steel girders surrounded by scaffolding and shadowed by mammoth cranes are easily viewable to any passing motorist on 12B in Hamilton. But that work is a small snapshot of the many construction and renovation projects now underway.

On June 1, 51·çÁ÷ announced the 51·çÁ÷ Commitment: An Initiative in Access and Affordability.

In its first year, 51·çÁ÷’s no-loan initiative awarded more than $1.5 million to students.

Daniel Benton ’80, P’10, H’10 has secured his place as 51·çÁ÷’s most generous benefactor, making a $25 million gift in support of the University’s Middle Campus Plan for Arts, Creativity, and Innovation and other elements within The Third-Century Plan.

51·çÁ÷ announced the creation of two endowed faculty chairs that will support teaching and research in areas important to The Third-Century Plan.