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Abigail L. Palko, PhD, director of the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center at the University of Virginia, has been named the inaugural director of the Residential Commons program at º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Two of º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Residential Commons will welcome new co-directors, beginning in the 2022–23 academic year.

The Live Music Collective is devoted to bringing a diversity of live music performances to campus and the Hamilton area.

Trustee emeritus Robert Fox ’59, GP’23,’25 has given $10 million to build Fox Hall at º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø, the first residence hall of the University’s fifth Residential Commons. The gift was acknowledged by the Board of Trustees during its fall meeting, Sept. 30–Oct. 1.

Joseph Hernon, a military veteran, and firefighter with 10 years of emergency management experience will lead º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø’s emergency management operations after a nationwide search to fill the vacant role of associate vice president for campus safety, emergency management, and environmental health and safety. 

The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) celebrated National Volunteer Week this year with a series of awards for its most dedicated and successful student volunteers.

In this all-new episode of 13 Assistant Dean and Director of International Student Services Kerra Hunter talks about supporting º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø’s international student population, which currently hails from 44 countries around the world, and the ways the University works to make their transition to studying in the United States as seamless as possible. 

Two of º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Residential Commons will be led by new codirectors, who will begin their three-year appointments beginning this fall 2021 semester.

A Muslim prayer room and Kosher kitchen in Interfaith House at 110 Broad Street will help to meet the needs of students in º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø’s increasingly diverse population.

Soon, with an exact date dependent on mother nature’s ice-making schedule, the local community will have the opportunity to glide on Whitnall Field thanks to a brand new outdoor skating rink affectionately dubbed, #gateskates.