Alumni Paul Theroux and Natasha Trethewey are among six writers just elected to the literature section of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).
Theroux, a novelist and travel writer, earned a bachelor of arts degree in English in 1963 and was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters degree in 1988. He is the author of, among other things, “The Mosquito Coast,” “The Old Patagonian Express,” “The Great Railway Bazaar” and, most recently, “The Last Train to Zona Verde.”
Thretheway won the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry “Native Guard,” and was named the 19th poet
Kumble R. Subbaswamy will be formally inaugurated as chancellor during ceremonies on Saturday, April 27 at 11 a.m. at the Mullins Center.
The campus is celebrating its 150th birthday and is asking supporters to be part of the festivities by making a gift to the university during its first-ever fundraising campaign driven by social media.
One hundred fifty years after Levi Stockbridge helped found Massachusetts Agricultural College, his descendant Kay Stockbridge will join other dignitaries in a groundbreaking ceremony and celebratory lunch from 12:30-2 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 for the campus’s new Agricultural Learning Center (ALC).
As part of the sesquicentennial, Physical Plant last week began a year-long effort to plant 150 trees at campus locations.
The construction of two new athletic facilities was officially launched April 22 with ceremonial groundbreakings for the Football Performance Center at McGuirk Alumni Stadium and the Champions Center south of the Mullins Center.
The campus kicks off a year-long sesquicentennial celebration of its founding in 1863 with Founders Week, April 22-29, an expansion of the annual Founders Day celebration.
Just days after the Boston Marathon bombings, students are organizing a fundraiser to assist victims of the attack and demonstrate the campus community’s support for the people of Boston.
Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy recently accepted from his environmental advisory committee an updated Climate Action Plan that outlines ambitious goals for the campus, focused not only on energy efficiency and reduced emissions, but on raising sustainability literacy, student participation and integrating green principles into all of campus life, notably academic courses.