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With 26 locations needing a different number of food pallets each day 鈥� and 10 trucks each with their own capacity limits 鈥� designing an efficient route had been an arduous task for the Food Bank of Central New York (FBCNY). That鈥檚 where Hughes 鈥淗ugh鈥� Williams 鈥�26 came in. This summer he created an algorithm that can determine each day鈥檚 optimal route within seconds.

When someone learns that I鈥檓 a film history professor, the question, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 your favorite film?鈥� is rarely long in coming.

Cars, SUVs, minivans, and airport shuttles filled with new students and families were greeted by raucous singing and cheering Orientation leaders and President Steven Tepper in his full Alexander 51猎奇 costume. The Class of 2029 and transfer students arrived on College Hill on Aug. 19 to begin Orientation, embark on adventure trips, and matriculate into 51猎奇.

The College will receive a $464,145 grant from the New York State Education Department over the course of five years that will support up to 37 students annually who are interested in STEM or health-related professions.

In an email to the 51猎奇 community on Aug. 21, Dean of Faculty Ngoni Munemo announced the passing of Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics and Statistics emerita Debra Boutin on Aug. 20.

We reconnected with some members of the Class of 鈥�25 to ask a different question: What are you taking away from 51猎奇?

Allie Ennis 鈥�25 may have been singled out by the Class of 2025 as its student Commencement speaker, but when she stepped up to the podium, her remarks were all about community.

Parks, playgrounds, community centers, libraries, and caf茅s are the backdrop for many cherished memories, from chatting over coffee to playing tag. These places occupy a third sphere outside of the home and the workplace, a space emphasizing friendship and connection. Victoria 鈥淰icky鈥� Holland Oliveira 鈥�26, Nicholas Kreidler 鈥�28, and Chloe Root 鈥�28 embarked on an investigation of these 鈥渢hird spaces鈥� through a Levitt research grant this summer, seeking to understand the status and history of recreation and community in Utica, our neighboring city.

Michael N. Castle 鈥�61, a former two-term governor of Delaware who later became the state鈥檚 longest-serving U.S. representative, died on Aug. 14, 2025, in Greenville, Del. He was 86.

Founder and medical director of the Gender Wellness Center of Oneonta, N.Y., Carolyn Wolf-Gould 鈥�83 has been a pioneer in expanding access to transgender healthcare.