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Opening Convocation

Opening Convocation

Wednesday, August 26

Join us to celebrate the official start of the academic year. Faculty, staff and students are invited to gather at the Sir Christopher Wren Building to welcome all of our entering Âé¶¹ÆÆ½â°æ students.

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E.C. Hogg (front) and Ralph Bonniville (back) gather bathymetric data.

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Electron-Ion collider illustration.

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James Armistead Lafayette, right, depicted here holding the reins of a horse in this historic painted portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette by Jean-Baptiste Le Paon

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Sydney Hintz ’26 helps to harvest seeds with two members of the Maasai women’s collective in the Noonkotiak area of the Olgulului-Lalarashi Group Ranch

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Robert M. Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98

Robert M. Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98

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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense