Community
What the Class of 2030 is bringing with them
The 5,180 students who arrived in August, by the numbers and in their own words.
News
University news
Reporting from across the eight colleges and three campuses, covering research, teaching, athletics, alumni and campus.
About this section
What gets reported here
University news covers work and events across all eight colleges, the three physical campuses and Pathify Online. Stories are categorised by subject rather than by the college they came from, since the most substantial work is usually cross-departmental.
Eight stories are listed below, most recent first, from the first weeks of the Fall 2026 term.
Our 268,000 alumni live in 118 countries, and our current students come from 96.
RESEARCH
A Pathify lab is rewriting how coastal cities plan for water
Six departments, one flood model, and eleven municipalities that now write it into their planning processes. Four years of fieldwork produced a tool local governments could afford to run.
By Dr. Adaeze Nwankwo, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
September
All categoriesAchievements
Physicist named to the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Yelena Marchetti becomes the fourth Pathify faculty member elected to the academy.
Careers
Fall career and internship fair draws 400+ employers
The Hale Center event was the largest in the fair's history.
Campus
The new interim library opens on the old quad
General collections and extended study space while work continues on the main building.
August
All categoriesAlumni
City health commissioner credits a Pathify clinic rotation
A placement at Riverbend General set the course for a career in public health administration.
Teaching
Twenty-four universities join a deliberation network
Pathify joins a consortium studying structured public deliberation in policy formation.
Athletics
Herons open the season at home against Calder State
The first fixture of the season at Calderwood Stadium, and the start of conference play.
Elsewhere on the site
Events
Eight university events scheduled across the fall term.
Research
$412 million a year across the eight colleges.
Athletics
Nineteen Herons varsity teams in the Midland Athletic Conference.
About
Mission, history, leadership and accreditation.
Academics
The eight colleges and how study is organised.
Contact us
Media and communications contacts.