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Fighting for Disability Justice: Rui Rui Bleifuss ’26 Awarded Smith Scholarship
Rui Rui Bleifuss ’26 has spent most of her life fighting for disability justice, starting a disability alliance club in high school and leading one at Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø, where she majored in disability studies. She received the college’s W. Thomas Smith Scholarship and will head to University College London to pursue a master’s degree in Humanitarian Policy and Practice.
Designing My Major at a Liberal Arts College
Can't find the major you want? Learn how a student designed a Disability Studies major, blending academics, activism and career prep through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø.
Crossing International Borders and Departmental Boundaries: Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Profs Named to New Leadership Roles
The Dean Rusk International Studies Program and the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø benefit from international and teaching experience of new leadership. Read more.
Navigating Disability in the College Process
Three Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø students reflect on the extra challenges that a disability presents when choosing a college. They share their Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø experience and offer advice to prospective students with disabilities about going through the admission process.
Oxford-bound Smith Scholar Seeks to Understand, Overcome Differences in a Fragmented World
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Smith Scholar Dahlia Krutkovich '21 seeks out those who disagree, so she can better understand differing world views.
Watson Fellow Strives for Safe, Affordable Housing for All Americans
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø senior Langston Stephens wins Watson Fellowship to study how countries around the world handle housing inequities with the hope of changing the lives of Americans facing eviction and homelessness.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Creates New Department of Public Health
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Department of Public Health will turn out leaders committed to science, prevention, social justice.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Claims High Rank as Top Producer of Fulbrights
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø ranked sixth in two of the last three years, strengthening its role as a top producer of Fulbright scholars. This year's baker's dozen joined last year's 13 Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø students that have earned admission into the federal government’s flagship international educational exchange program. Their plans will now dispatch them around the globe as the pandemic recedes.
