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The 30-minute Invisible Children video about Joseph Kony has become one of the most watched movies ever with over 90 million views. At a forum with students in Love Auditorium, ����ý President Jeffrey Herbst, who studies the politics of Sub-Saharan Africa, lamented the lack of more complex dialog to result from the worldwide attention.

Today at approximately 13:13 p.m. EDT, #����ýDay was a trending topic on Twitter. As a trending topic, it appeared on the Twitter screens of people across the nation and around the world. You can still see people talking about it here. Here is the screen shot: Our plan was simple: we asked our passionate ����ý […]

Today is ����ý Day, as well as the official kickoff to Entrepreneur Weekend. There will be festivities all weekend including a speech by Sir Richard Branson on Friday night. Free tickets are still available online and can be picked up at the will-call window at the Sanford Field House. Following Branson’s lecture, the ����ý Resolutions will celebrate their twentieth anniversary with […]

Happy ����ý Day! As many may know, ����ý was founded by 13 men with, “13 dollars, 13 prayers, and 13 articles.” As a way of remembering this humble beginning, every Friday the 13th the ����ý community celebrates its history. All day today, students will be wearing maroon to show their Raider pride. (Take a look […]

Social media is becoming a significant channel for engaging with ����ý University. People are increasingly sharing with ����ý. They are also sharing content about ����ý with their community or communities. Our goal is to help people connect and tell the amazing stories about ����ý University. Those stories can be posts, tweets, videos, images, instagrams, check-in […]

Between course registration, room selection, and the great speakers that came to campus this week, ����ý students have most certainly been kept busy.

When ����ý fans flood into Andy Kerr Stadium to watch a football game, they sit in the Fred Dunlap Stands. When the Raiders win a Patriot League football championship, they hoist the Fred Dunlap Trophy. Now, thanks to a new endowment created in honor of that legendary coach and athletic director, ����ý’s team will be […]

On ����ý Day, Friday, April 13, at 6 p.m., the university will kick off Entrepreneur Weekend with a public talk by Sir Richard Branson, one of the world’s best-known entrepreneurs. Free tickets may be reserved online and picked up the day of the event at the ����ý Bookstore or the will call window at Sanford […]

Running up and down the aisles of Love Auditorium on Tuesday night, Erik Stolhanske ‘91 began his inspirational lecture like a basketball star, giving out high fives to students on the ends of each aisle.

This week I attended a variety of lectures and learned that ����ý never fails to bring great speakers and presentations to campus. On Tuesday, as part of my Challenges of Modernity class, I attended a film screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du cinema.