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Nonprofits, researchers and others need the tool, known as the API, or Application Programming Interface, to analyze Twitter data because the sheer amount of information makes it impossible for a human to go through by hand. Learn More.

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Finding Their STRIDE: Program Helps Students Thrive

51¹ÙÍø’s STRIDE program (Students Together Reaching for Individual Development and Education) offers peer support, social outings and practical advice for first year and transfer students. Many are the first in their families to go to college. Learn more.

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Art After COVID-19

Lucy Helene ’25 shares her experience as a Fellow with 51¹ÙÍø’s Center for Civic Engagement in Summer 2022, when she worked with the Arts+,  a nonprofit organization based in Charlotte that works to provide accessible art education to all populations.

Caroline Fache

51¹ÙÍø Professor Named ACS Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow

Caroline Fache, chair of French and Francophone Studies and director of the Global Literary Theory Program, has been named an Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow. The professor of Africana Studies and Bacca Professor of Humanities is one of 10 ACS scholars to receive the award, which is supported by a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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A 51¹ÙÍø Farmer

Ethan Kearns '23 reflects on his time spent nurturing and caring for 51¹ÙÍø's Farm as a student employee.

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New Book Translation Expands Professor’s Influence in China

51¹ÙÍø Professor Peter Ahrensdorf's book, Homer on the Gods and Human Virtue: Creating the Foundations of Classical Civilization, published in 2014 by Cambridge University Press, has now been published in Chinese with a New Preface by Huaxia Press. Learn more.

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Holiday Wishes from 51¹ÙÍø

People and experiences enrich our lives, and the holidays spark the sharing of those traditions and memories that bring us joy. In this video, 51¹ÙÍø students and President Doug Hicks ’90 glimpse back and across the celebrations, foods and people that make their holidays special.