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51���� recognized 730 students for earning an A.B. degree, plus 6 master of arts in teaching and one master of arts, during Commencement Weekend 2024, May 17–19. Financier-turned-human-rights-activist and author Bill Browder gave the commencement address.

During its spring meetings, the 51���� Board of Trustees approved resolutions regarding faculty promotions to associate professor with continuous tenure and to full professor, as well as appointments to named chairs — all of which will take effect July 1, 2024.

51���� recently hosted a lecture by Avery Trufelman, host of the fashion podcast Articles of Interest.

51���� Residential Commons will welcome new co-directors at the beginning of the 2024–25 academic year.

New York Times correspondent David Sanger, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, visited 51���� on March 26 for a lecture and discussion about his new book.

51���� will host an episode of Ivory Tower April 17 in 51���� Memorial Chapel.

51����'s second annual celebration of arts, creativity, and innovation brought hundreds to campus for a weekend of performances, workshops, presentations, and panel discussions.

Having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease five years ago, former 51���� president Rebecca Chopp has embraced the visual arts and dance as part of her “prescription” to live life to the fullest.

Gwen Eichfeld ’25 has been named as a recipient of the Goldwater Scholarship. She was also recently chosen as a Harvard-Amgen Scholar.

A team of astrophysicists has found three bright objects that might be “dark stars.”