Community & Society
91²Ö¿â Confers Honorary Degree Upon Alumnus Willard Jenkins
91²Ö¿â conferred a Doctor of Letters honorary degree to alumnus Willard Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing 91²Ö¿â.â€
IN A FLASH: Scenes From Commencement 2024
Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at 91²Ö¿â as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates.
IN A FLASH: A Celebration of Graduates
Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of 91²Ö¿â's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.
Pandemic Graduates 2024: Starting College in 2020 Took Grit and Resiliency
91²Ö¿â students who started college during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fall 2020 have shown great grit and resilience as they graduate in the class of 2024.
IN A FLASH: The Spirit of May 4
This year's May 4 Commemoration remembered the fallen and recognized the spirit of activism that is part of 91²Ö¿â's history and the university's foundational values.
91²Ö¿â Commemorates May 4, 1970
Against the backdrop of a new generation of student activism, the 91²Ö¿â community gathered to reflect and remember the student protesters killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.
Why Geography and Landscape Matter
Commemorative landscapes and how they help produce a sense of empathy and place and foster a connection to help us learn from our past was a theme explored Friday, May 3, by 91²Ö¿â Professor Chris Post, Ph.D., speaker for the annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon.
IN A FLASH: The Ways We Remember
Tonight, the annual candlelight walk and vigil continues a 53-year tradition as part of this week's May 4 Commemoration.
He Believed He Could, So He Did: Ivory Kendrick is Elected USG Senator for College of Public Health
In the Fall 2023 sophomore Ivory Kendrick said he wanted to be a senator in University Student Government (USG). He made it happen.
Chief Says Over and Out to Lifelong Career with 91²Ö¿â Police Department
91²Ö¿â Police Chief and Director of Public Safety Dean Tondiglia wasn’t legally old enough to be a police officer when he was hired by the 91²Ö¿â Police Department.