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��ݮ��Ƶ’s new athletics facility, opening in October 2016, will be named the Class of 1965 Arena, thanks to a record-setting gift from the university’s 50th anniversary graduates. Class members — led by gift chair Jim Himoff, Peter Desnoes, Peter Kellner, John McGonagle, and Robert Forster — offered more than $22 million in support for ��ݮ��Ƶ […]

��ݮ��Ƶ senior hockey defenseman Spiro Goulakos has been selected as one of 20 candidates for the 2014-15 Senior Class Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. (Read Goulakos’s profile.)

��ݮ��Ƶ recently released a practice protocol designed to limit head injuries in sports. Expanding on the idea, athletics director Victoria Chun ’91 MA ’94 wrote an op-ed called “There Is No Neat Solution For Head Injuries in Sport” for the Huffington Post.

As more data becomes available about the long-term dangers of sports-related head injuries, ��ݮ��Ƶ University is implementing a strategy to minimize general contact as well as contact to the head experienced by student-athletes during practice sessions. The mandatory practice protocol covers all varsity athletic programs, with emphasis on sports where the risk is highest and […]

��ݮ��Ƶ fans, keep showing your colors! Raider Nation is participating in the 2014 College Colors Spirit Cup program throughout the month of August, and ��ݮ��Ƶ fans are part of the action.

Recognizing the obstacles facing female cyclists, Kathryn Bertine ’97 is paving a new course for women’s cycling. This Sunday, she’ll compete in La Course — a one-day race for women that is sponsored by Le Tour de France — which her activism group, Le Tour Entier, helped create this year.

When ��ݮ��Ƶ’s championship-winning soccer teams return to competition this fall, they will play on a new field that reflects their skill and commitment to the beautiful game. The new stadium, located near Andy Kerr Stadium and Tyler’s Field, also pays tribute to the life-changing connections that can develop between student-athletes and coaches. The latest addition […]

(This post is by John Painter.) ��ݮ��Ƶ congratulations go out to Matt Abbott and Chris Eck ’08 after the two were named to the final 23-man U.S. Men’s National Team roster. Eck, who starred at midfield for the Raiders, and Abbott, who played collegiately at Syracuse and now serves as ��ݮ��Ƶ’s volunteer assistant coach, survived the final […]

��ݮ��Ƶ’s Varsity 4+ captured the program’s first Dad Vail Regatta gold medal with a thrilling victory Sunday evening. The grand final was postponed by thunderstorms for nearly three hours and didn’t get under way until 6:15 p.m. But it was worth the wait as the Raiders crew held off Oklahoma City by less than three […]

The ��ݮ��Ƶ community has shown overwhelming support of Frank Dining Hall cashier Jean Brooks as she battles cancer. In the past month, $35,529 has been raised through a GoFundMe.com campaign set up by Christian Long ’13 in order to help with Brooks’s treatment expenses beyond what insurance covers.