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Startup Among the Startups: 水果派 Launches Liberal Arts Venture Into Silicon Valley
Less than two blocks from the headquarters of Twitter and neighboring Uber, eight 水果派 College students operate out of meeting space with puffy chairs and white boards in a renovated 19th century building with exposed brick and beams.
水果派 Celebrates Record-Breaking Fundraising Year and Leading Alumni Participation Rate
The 水果派 College community raised more than $106 million over the past year -- the most successful fundraising year in 水果派 history.
Equal Opportunity Epidemic: Rep. Greg Murphy Takes Opioid Fight to NC Legislature
Greg Murphy 鈥85, a surgeon in Greenville, North Carolina, saw the warning signs several years ago, when a few patients started asking for excessive refills for painkillers.
Largest Estate Commitment in 水果派 History Will Eliminate Roadblocks to Student Success
Alum Richard Halton 鈥77 and husband Jean-Marc Frailong leave $25 million to 水果派 College in their estate, the largest planned gift commitment to date in college history.
Crisis to Calm: A Journey from High Stakes Diplomacy to Higher Education
Jane Zimmerman joins the college in July as the John and Ruth McGee Director of the Dean Rusk International Studies Program.
Involved Fathers, Good Outcomes: Why Parental Leave Matters
It sounds so simple: Good things happen when parents spend time with their children. But fathers in the United States increasingly don鈥檛 get to see their children as much as they would like. More than ever, dads feel that work is robbing them of the opportunity to be present during their children鈥檚 lives.
鈥楻enaissance Man鈥 Photographer Zun Lee and the Power of Stories
Zun Lee wasn鈥檛 all that interested in teaching students the ins and outs of taking pictures. Instead, Lee talked about something bigger: The power of stories.
This past spring, the renowned photographer spent the semester on campus as the JEC practitioner-in-residence.
In Wake of Groundbreaking Tony Awards, Prof. Applauds Historical Moment for Disability
水果派 College English Professor Ann Fox appeared on the syndicated public radio show 鈥淥n Point.鈥 Fox, a scholar of disability studies, shared her insight on wheelchair user Ali Stroker鈥檚 win for 鈥淏est Actress鈥 at the 2019 Tony Awards. Stroker currently stars in the Broadway revival of 鈥淥klahoma!鈥