As I write this article, it is Sept. 11— exactly 10 years since the attacks on the World Trade Centers in 2001. For many of us, pictures of the burning buildings and later, the gaping holes where they once stood, have become common images both as something we remember and […]

On Sunday, Sept. 11, at approximately 7:20 a.m., Xavier University campus experienced its first unplanned power outage since May of 2010. The power outage occurred when Cincinnati Water Works accidentally struck a high voltage power cable with a track hoe during its construction at the intersection of Dana Avenue and […]

With the departure of Dr. Ali Maleksadeh, former dean of the Williams College of Business, Dr. R. Stafford Johnson is stepping up as the interim dean through July 2012. Malekzadeh left Xavier University last April for a dean and board position at Kansas State University. Johnson, who received his Ph.D. […]

For the second step in officially naming three of Xavier’s campus locations, seven selected Xavier students sat down with Dave Johnson, the Executive Director for the Dorothy Day Center for Faith & Justice (CFJ), on Monday in order to select which submitted names will be available for online voting. From Wednesday to Friday of this week, students, faculty and staff will […]

Project SEARCH has been awarded its second national award with an “Employment Leader of the Year” for having an 80 percent job placement, the highest percentage of job placements in the program for the year. Project SEARCH is a program that started in 1996 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and has […]

A new program called Bike XU will ride onto Xavier’s campus this semester. Bike XU is a program designed and coordinated by senior Taylor Mauro, a sustainability intern for the Sustainability Committee and junior Kristin Sanfilippo, a senator for the Student Government Association (SGA). The initiative has been organized to […]

As Xavier University opens its doors to another academic year, it’s newly formed Center for International Education (CIE) is excited for an innovative and improved chapter of study abroad. This fall semester begins Laura Johnson’s career at Xavier, as she is the first full-time Study Abroad Coordinator that Xavier has […]

It has been a little less than two weeks since Japan was rocked with a 9.0 earthquake and a subsequent tsunami, but tragic pictures and video continue to surface. At Xavier, the Japanese Club has led preliminary efforts to provide aid to those affected by the disaster. Carl Labanz, acting […]

This summer, the McDonald Library will undergo a renovation. The library will be closed to the public from mid-May through August 1. According to Amy Ensor, the director for Content Management, the plans for the renovation are being finalized now and will be posted soon on the library renovation site […]

Marc Elliot discussed the importance of tolerance and acceptance in his presentation “What Makes You Tic” on March 16. Elliot is a 25 year-old alumnus of Washington University who had originally intended to take a year off before going to medical school, but has now become a public speaker focusing […]