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Announcing the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity

�պ��ֲ� is proud to announce a $50 million gift—the largest in our 231-year history—from Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings ’83 to launch the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity.

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“As Maine Goes.” Updating a Consequential 1965 Photo Project

Chris Zhang ’25 and Museum of Art codirector Frank Goodyear are revisiting a series of sixty-year-old photographs that mobilized the environmental movement and changed Maine, and the country, for the better.
The Healing Power of Words

Acclaimed Poet Weatherspoon ’25 Curates Poetry Week on the �պ��ֲ� Campus

The Hawthorne-Longfellow Library is currently in the midst of its annual weeklong celebration of poetry as part of National Poetry Month, which is held every April. This year the library is celebrating the work of Weatherspoon ’25, who is also curating the week’s events.
Helping Hands

Career Office Restarts Job-Prep Program for Seniors in an Uncertain Economy

As the economy sputters, Career Exploration and Development (CXD) has fired up its “Accelerator Plus” program, adding options for seniors that the office first rolled out in the pandemic.
Fine Friends and Art

Every Night is a Good One for Art. But Especially “Student Night at the Museum.”

The biannual Student Night at the Museum brought out hundreds of students on a mild April evening to explore the Museum of Art with friends.
Retelling a Family Story

Student's Play Tells a Vietnamese Folktale in the Dark

As people filed into the Wish Theater to watch Oceana Hangret’s capstone theater project, they were each handed a sleeping mask. After they had settled into their seats and adjusted their masks, the theater was darkened, preparing them for a live audio performance.
Human Thriving

Auden Schendler ’92, in a Campus Talk, Urges Students To Take Responsibility for the Environment

Schendler returned to his alma mater on Friday, April 18 to discuss modern environmentalism and his recent book, Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering our Soul, published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2024.
Tackling Weighty Topics

�պ��ֲ� Students Chair Model UN Conference in Midcoast Maine

A group of �պ��ֲ� students recently helped put together a Model United Nations Conference in Belfast, Maine, giving high schoolers from across the midcoast region the opportunity to practice drafting resolutions on important issues and hone their debating skills.
Remembering a “Great Man”

“A Good Guy.” Professor Barbara Weiden Boyd Recalls Former Classmate Pope Francis

The recent death of Pope Francis stirred memories for Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek Barbara Weiden Boyd, who recalls the “kind, if reserved” fellow student she got to know nearly forty years ago.
A Vow to Remember

“Kwibuka Means to Never Forget:” Students Hold Remembrance for Tutsi Genocide

On Saturday, April 12, the Africa Alliance hosted a day of remembrance to observe the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi people in Rwanda. For the student organizers, the day was also a way to give people a more holistic understanding of the country.
“The Unexpected Home Front”

Lost Wars and Their Consequences: Carnegie Fellowship Boost for �պ��ֲ�’s Elias

Government scholar Barbara Elias, an expert in counterinsurgency warfare and US foreign policy, is among a handful of researchers honored with a prestigious fellowship to explore different aspects of political polarization.
More than Music

A Feast for the Senses

Digital music professor and multimedia artist Badie Khaleghian unveils �պ��ֲ�’s new, pioneering performance space. The Center for Experimental Multimedia Art is focused on exploring and redefining sound, light, interactive visuals, and performance.
Politics of Climate

President Biden's Former Climate Assistant Speaks on Campus about Policy, Activism, and the Future

Maggie Thomas, the former special assistant to the president for climate, made her second visit to the College last week for a public discussion on climate politics with her friend Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, �պ��ֲ�’s Roux Distinguished Scholar.
Stitching Stories

�պ��ֲ�'s Lily Prentice ’10 Teaches Next Generation of Visual Storytellers

After more than a decade working as a costume designer for stage and film, Lily Prentice ’10 returned to �պ��ֲ� in 2020 to start a new job at �պ��ֲ� in the theater and dance department.
April 17 + 18

Senior's Original Play Offers Disgusting Vanity and Frosty Fun

In Mira Pickus’s solo show, mint frappe—which she wrote, directed, and stars in—she spends a bit of time sitting at a bedroom vanity. Staring through the pretend mirror to the audience, she muses and frets about two themes that preoccupy, disturb, and amuse her character: disgust and vanity.