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President Barack Obama’s brief visit to Jamaica this week included time to chat with three excited students in the ÏãÃÛÓ°ÊÓ Jamaica Study Group.

ÏãÃÛÓ°ÊÓ kicks off Entrepreneur Weekend 2015 today with a panel conversation featuring five all-star entrepreneurs: Jessica Alba, founder of The Honest Company; Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and CEO of Warby Parker; Greg Coleman, president of Buzzfeed; serial entrepreneur and entertainer MC Hammer; and Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman. The event will be streamed live […]

Navigating the skies of Dubai, from takeoff to landing, is no easy task. But members of ÏãÃÛÓ°ÊÓ’s Aviation Club have been getting some practice thanks to a new flight simulator that lets users fly any plane in any weather condition in any city in the world. The new system is kept in room 446 in […]

This post originally appeared on the Benton Scholars blog. Last month, the Benton Scholars traveled to San Francisco to explore innovation in the education and technology sectors. The trip included visits to Khan Academy, Tesla, and the Minerva Project. Guo, who had been accepted to attend the highly selective and innovative Minerva School but chose ÏãÃÛÓ°ÊÓ instead, reflects on the trip and […]

ÏãÃÛÓ°ÊÓ’s annual QueerFest kicks off tonight, with a keynote speech by Mia McKenzie, a writer, blogger, speaker, and performer whose work touches on intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. McKenzie’s blog, Black Girl Dangerous, has received national and international recognition. She takes the stage tonight at 7:00 p.m. in Love Auditorium.

During Entrepreneur Weekend, the ÏãÃÛÓ°ÊÓ Alumni Council will give out this year’s Entrepreneur of the Year award to Ello Chief Operating Officer Pete Sheinbaum ’92 and Patagonia Sur Chief Executive Officer Warren Adams ’88.

Before Passover and Easter celebrations, here are some of the campus events you won’t want to miss this week.

Last Friday, entertainer Whoopi Goldberg appeared before 2,500 ÏãÃÛÓ°ÊÓ community members in Cotterell Court. Her performance — a mix of comedy and grandmotherly advice — was a testament to the skills of a woman who has won countless awards for her work on screen, on stage, and in print. For an hour, she held her […]