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Tori Vellucci '23 took 124,445 steps in Italy (while on pilgrimage with Management 290, above); that's 124,445 steps more than her doctors feared she would ever take again.

Revisiting a centuries-old cold case involving the death of a famous Mayflower passenger has netted a major essay prize for an English faculty member.

Fr. Mark Reamer '83, O.F.M, vice president for mission, led 29 students from his Management 290 Franciscan Leadership course on a 10-day pilgrimage to Italy. Every stop on the trip was meticulously planned in advance, except for the unpredictable event that drew the world's attention.

Rebecca Clark, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, and two of her students traveled to the Texas capital last week for the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). Clark, together with Savana Goslovich ’23 and Cassandra Smith ’24, presented a poster about their research on leafcutter ants and how fiber consumption can affect a colony.

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At this month's World Cup in Qatar, Morocco shocked the world. Four Moroccans experienced the unforgettable drama together from Siena.

President Chris Gibson and his wife, Mary Jo, led the countdown from the steps of Siena Hall. At "one," they flipped the enormous lever, and when the trees on either side of Siena Hall ignited in Christmas colors, a new Siena tradition was born.

It was an opportunity to break bread, gain confidence and practice a little networking.

Thanksgiving, for most of the world, is simply Thursday. Maribella Gaetani '24 was happy to immerse herself in French customs, but she was slightly concerned about missing a favorite holiday. So, her family brought Thanksgiving to France. Sort of.

It was December 14, 2012 and Katie Bisset ’26 was eight years old. She and her classmates and teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School were huddled together, terrified and confused, in the reading corner of their third-grade classroom. They heard a commotion happening elsewhere in the building. The loudspeaker that had just played morning announcements switched back on and was relaying disturbing sounds from the front of the building.