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Blake Penn will become ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University’s first chief information security officer and director of information security, beginning March 15, 2021.

Daniel Benton ’80, P’10, H’10 has secured his place as ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s most generous benefactor, making a $25 million gift in support of the University’s Middle Campus Plan for Arts, Creativity, and Innovation and other elements within The Third-Century Plan.

²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ will hold its annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. in a virtual format, Jan. 25–Feb. 5, 2021.

Following a successful five-year pilot study, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University will launch First@²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, a program to provide essential support and resources for undergraduates who will be the first in their families to attain a degree from a four-year institution of higher education.

With the beginning of the academic year, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ welcomed new faculty to campus.

For weeks, University faculty and staff members have been working on every aspect of the quarantine — even as they address the complex demands surrounding the remainder of the semester.

The New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium has named ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University President Brian W. Casey to a two-year term as chair, effective July 1, 2020.

Chad Sparber, W. Bradford Wiley Chair in international economics at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, contributed support to the successful legal challenge against new ICE regulations for international students studying online.

²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University President Brian W. Casey conferred degrees on members of the Class of 2020 during a virtual ceremony, streamed live from Memorial Chapel on Sunday, May 17.

Esther Rosbrook, assistant director of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University’s ALANA Cultural Center, will assume the director position on June 1. She is currently serving as the center’s assistant director.