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Lamont Gallery Hosts "Super/Visual: The Annual Senior Art Show" with Additional Events, Including "Super Slam!" Poetry Evening and Fashion Show & Talk

May 16, 2013 - June 8, 2013 Lamont Art Gallery, Frederick R. Mayer Art Center on Tan Lane

Academy Welcomes Community to Student Artist Events   More...

Exeter Honors Susan Herney with the 2013 Founder's Day Award

May 17, 2013

For more than 40 years, Herney led cultural shifts at the Academy that improved the standing of women and guided Exeter's transition from an austere institution to a nurturing school that sought to educate and prepare the whole student.   More...

History Instructor Michael Golay Publishes Book About Depression-Era America

May 10, 2013

America 1933:The Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of the New Deal, is the story of Lorena Hickok's exhaustive reporting in 1933-34 for Harry Hopkins at the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.   More...

Senior Albert Chu is named a 2013 Presidential Scholar

May 6, 2013

141 students received the award, from more than 3,300 who qualified based on  "outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams, and through nominations made by Chief State School Officers or the National YoungArts Foundation's nationwide YoungArts™ competition."   More...
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Phillips Exeter Academy Hosts Talk with Urban Farmer, Freelance Journalist Novella Carpenter

May 14, 2013   |  7 p.m.  |   Mayer Auditorium, Academy Building

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 7 p.m. in the Mayer Auditorium   More...

PEA Hosts 2013 Bennett Fellow Molly E. Bashaw Reading

May 07, 2013   |  7 p.m. |   Kaplanoff Periodicals Room, Academy Library

Bennett Fellow Bashaw will read from her manuscript, "The Whole Field Still Moving Inside It," examining rural life through conversations with real and imagined characters, from her mother's ducks to Emily Dickinson. Molly will also read from a longer prose conversation with peasant poet, John Clare. The evening's themes will include rural life, farming, memory, poetry and music. All are welcome.   More...
PEA Hosts 2013 Bennett Fellow Molly E. Bashaw Reading

PEA Is Green Ribbon School

April 30, 2013

PEA is among the 14 inaugural honorees of the District Sustainability Award and the 64 schools announced as 2013 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools   More...
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Seniors Albert Chu, Brandon Kaplowitz and Ethan Payne Are Semifinalists for the Presidential Scholars Program

April 29, 2013

Program established in 1964 to honor "some of our nation's most distinguished graduating high school seniors."   More...
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Phillips Exeter Academy Senior Named to Perform in Carnegie Hall's First National Youth Orchestra

April 25, 2013

Lead bassoonist to attend musical residency in New York and international tour of musical capitals    More...

The Exeter Bulletin, Spring 2013

April 24, 2013

The spring Bulletin is online. Discover how Exonians are building community around diverse faiths. Learn about the effort and reward behind the performing arts at Exeter. Enjoy the tales of Mike Lynch '72, recently named Massachusetts Sportscaster of the Year for the 16th time, and more.   More...
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PEA's "Luminous Terrain: The Art of the White Mountains" Exhibit Inspires An Artist's Talk and Earth Week Eco-Fashion Photography Show

April 22, 2013 - April 26, 2013 Lamont Art Gallery

Painter Erik Koeppel will discuss painting techniques Thursday, April 25, from 10:35-11:35 a.m. and again from 11:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m. in the Lamont Gallery.   More...

Phillips Exeter Hosts Talk with Harvard University Economist N. Gregory Mankiw

April 25, 2013   |  7-8:30 p.m. |   Assembly Hall

Former Bush Administration Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to Speak on "The Fiscal Challenges Ahead" during Evening Event    More...

A Major League Surprise Visitor to Practice

April 15, 2013

A cold and rainy baseball practice got a major league surprise when Tampa Bay Rays outfielder and multisport PEA athlete Sam Fuld '00 unexpectedly dropped in to visit with the varsity team.   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Hosts Lamont Poet Frank Bidart

April 24, 2013   |  7:30 p.m. |   Assembly Hall

Phillips Exeter Academy's Class of 1945 Library continues its 2012–2013 Lamont Poetry Series with a reading by Frank Bidart, an award-winning poet and Pulitzer Prize nominee, on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. The reading will take place inside the Assembly Hall, located on the second floor of the Academy Building on Front Street. The event is free and open to the public.   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Welcomes Author, Award-Winning Columnist for The New York Times, Nicholas D. Kristof

April 22, 2013   |  7 p.m. |   Assembly Hall

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner to lecture on "Reporting the Truths of the World"    More...

Albert Kim '14 Wins Best Individual Paper in NH National History Day Competition

April 8, 2013

Kim now eligible to present at the National History Day event in Washington D.C. in June   More...
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Phillips Exeter Academy Hosts Spring Sustainability Film Series

April 12, 2013 - May 3, 2013   |  7 p.m.  |   Phelps Academy Center Forum

A valiant fight to save the Salmo salar and the earth's future could be potentially saved by a clothesline   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Hosts Robbins Memorial Symposium on Youth Activism in the Middle East

April 07, 2013 - April 8, 2013 Phelps Academy Center Forum

This year's theme is, "Everyday Heroes: Youth Activism in the Middle East"   More...

Tilton Named NEPSAC Basketball Coach of the Year; Players Recognized

April 3, 2013

During their outstanding 2013 season, the PEA basketball team made clear that they were the best team in their division, winning the NEPSAC Class A championship trophy. At the close of the season, the NEPSAC league recognized the great performances of several individuals on the team, including Coach Jay Tilton named Class A Coach of the Year.   More...
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Phillips Exeter Academy Graduation Exercises 2013

April 2, 2013 EVENT 

Four days of events culminating on Sunday, June 9 at 10:30 a.m.   More...

Dennehy's long run at PEA winding down

April 1, 2013

"I could keep doing this," says Dennehy who will retire after 42 years as coach and physical education teacher. "I just think it's time for a younger person to have the same chance I had."   More...
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PEA Sports Fans Celebrate Winter Tournament Success

March 26, 2013

In an exciting week for PEA sports fans, boys basketball, boys hockey and boys/girls swimming & diving teams all closed out their respective seasons in impressive fashion, highlighted by the newly crowned Class A New England Champions basketball team.   More...

PEA Senior Uses Musical Talent to Connect With Brother

March 18, 2013

More than six years ago, PEA senior Chelsea Kim and her family discovered her violin playing as a way to teach her younger brother Daniel to learn how to communicate and show emotions.   More...
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Alum Zorrilla '06 Coxswain for Oxford in 2013 Boat Race

March 18, 2013

PEA alum named Oxford coxswain in 2013 race   More...
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Alum Bartelstein '09 Plays Out Basketball Dream at Michigan

March 13, 2013

Bartelstein closes out an unlikely basketball career at Michigan.   More...
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Boys Basketball Makes History

March 11, 2013

PEA dominated the NEPSAC Class A tourney with three wins, the championship victory coming against Choate Rosemary Hall on March 3 by a score of 58-47 at Endicott College. Exeter relied on its deep and talented roster, notably the outstanding play of tournament MVP Duncan Robinson, enroute to the first Class A title in the history of the program. Details available from boston.com.   More...

Big Red Bloggers

March 8, 2013

It's new! Check out the blog from Exonians ... just in time for decision day.   More...
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Violinist Chelsea Kim '13 Performs on Radio's 'From the Top'

March 8, 2013

Recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, from 'From the Top'   More...
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Phillips Exeter Academy's Lamont Gallery presents "Luminous Terrain: The Art of the White Mountains"

March 25, 2013 - May 4, 2013 Event 

Opening March 25, the exhibit features more than 40 paintings of New Hampshire and the White Mountains. Reception March 29.

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Boys Basketball Wins New England Championship

March 5, 2013

Read about the basketball team's post-season success   More...

Exeter Captures the Class A Crown in NEPSAC Basketball

March 4, 2013

Read about Exeter's 58-47 win against Choate Rosemary Hall, and the story of the team's success from ESPN Boston   More...
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Watch Exeter's Win Against Milton in the Opening Tournament Game

February 27, 2013

Click here to watch BV hockey as they take on Milton in the opening round of their post-season tournament. Opening face-off: Wed. Feb. 27, 5:00 p.m.   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Students Win Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

February 14, 2013

More than 40 student artists—many of whom are seniors—were winners at this year's regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition. Senior Albert Chu, earned 19 awards for his submissions in both art and writing categories.    More...

Impending Storm News

February 7, 2013

Message from Principal Hassan   More...

PEA Senior Nicholas Storozynski Shares His Views on the U.S. Ending Its Embargo on Cuba

January 28, 2013

Platform for Youth's Global View First Discovered on Huffington Post Teen   More...

The Exeter Bulletin, Winter 2013

January 25, 2013

See the new old face of Phillips Hall, hear from the craftsman making the next generation of Harkness tables, meet six alumnae entrepreneurs, learn about Exeter's global initiatives and much more.    More...
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Phillips Hall Renovations Earn Excellence in Architecture Design Award

January 25, 2013

Instructional building's latest improvements retain the original 1930's look and feel of Phillips Hall while offering the benefits of a state-of-the-art mechanical system    More...

English Instructor Matt Miller's "Club Icarus" Published

January 23, 2013

"This book will appeal to sons and fathers, to parents and children, to those tired of poetry that makes no sense, to those who think lyric poetry is dead, to those who think the narrative poem is stale, to those who think that poetry has sealed itself off from the living world, and to those who appreciate the vernacular as the language of living and the act of living as something worth putting into language." [from the book jacket]   More...
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Phillips Exeter Hosts Talk with Attorney Matthew D. McGill '92

January 29, 2013   |  7 p.m. |   Assembly Hall

Alumnus known for successful Supreme Court litigation, including the historic decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), allowing corporations to contribute to political elections    More...

Sportscasters Interview Coach, Discuss Basketball Team's Outlook

January 17, 2013

BV basketball Coach Jay Tilton recently spoke with WGAM New Hampshire's "Friday Night Lights" radio program to discuss the team's near-term goals. The discussion starts with Tilton's interview and includes an in-depth look at Exeter's roster and some of its standout players. WGAM sportscasters also discuss the team's only loss to KUA on January 5 and the subsequent win against Andover. Listen below.

Having trouble running the audio? Click here - Week 2 - Friday Night Lights

The team is off to an impressive start this year, sporting a 10-1 record, 8-0 in Class A, as it prepares for national power New Hampton on Friday, January 18 at 5:30. With a deep bench that often allows Coach Tilton to rotate 10 or more players, the team is able to use its pressing defense to generate turnovers and quick baskets.

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MLK Day 2013 - "Keeping the Dream Alive: Identity and Justice in the 21st Century"

January 17, 2013 - January 18, 2013

NYU Constitutional Law Professor Kenji Yoshino '87, is this year's MLK Day keynote speaker. He will address the PEA community on Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, one of his recent books. Breakout sessions will follow, led by a host of representatives with the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Mississippi Innocence Project and Emory University's Center for Ethics, among many others. The PEA community is invited to attend.   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Hosts Sustainability Film, Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

February 01, 2013   |  7 - 8:30 p.m. |   Academy Center Forum

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Phillips Exeter Academy's Lamont Gallery presents "Pop Paradise: Works by Dave Lefner, Kelly Reemtsen and Robert Townsend"

January 16, 2013 - March 2, 2013 EVENT 

Artists explore nostalgia, optimism, and the sweet selectivity of memory in a dynamic exhibition of paintings and printmaking..   More...

Admissions Applications for Academic Year 2013-2014 Due by January 15, 2013

January 8, 2013

Check here for more information on application requirements   More...
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Video Selections from the Annual Holiday Concert

December 21, 2012

This year's annual Music Department Holiday Concert included over 250 students in 11 grand ensembles, performing at Exeter High School. The festive, family-friendly event was a timely opportunity for PEA and the local community to celebrate the new holiday season.   More...

Football Running Back Robinson Named Athlete of the Year in Boston Globe

December 17, 2012

From The Boston Globe: "The Class A Offensive Player of the Year finished the fall with 1,763 yards rushing and 18 touchdowns. He also had 21 receptions for 384 yards and two scores." Robinson is a three-time All New England running back.   More...
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Message from Principal Tom Hassan on the Shootings in Newtown, CT

December 15, 2012

"In these times of great sadness, our strong community has always come together to support one another. I am confident that we will do so again through open conversation, thoughtful reflection and quiet companionship."   More...

Exeter Principal Tom Hassan Interviewed by 21st Century Learning

December 10, 2012

Principal Hassan discusses education trends and the Harkness method   More...
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Hear Calais, an Exeter Senior, Talk about her Experiences at the Mountain School in Vermont

December 10, 2012

BBC News Magazine focuses on student reaction to living with technology limits   More...
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Three PEA Field Hockey All-Region Players

December 5, 2012

Three PEA field hockey players named to 2012 NFHCA High School All-Region Teams   More...

Alum Greer '09 Is National Field Hockey Player Of The Year

November 29, 2012

Three-time All-American plays for Middelbury College   More...
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'NBC Nightly News' Interviews Michael Gary, Exeter's Director of Admissions, about his Inner City Lacrosse Program

November 29, 2012

"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" recently interviewed Director of Admissions Michael Gary about his Inner City Lacrosse program which gives urban youth an opportunity to learn from athletes at Yale University and Trinity College.

Hear the inspiring story of how Gary, who grew up in the projects in New Haven and attended Trinity College, is giving back by helping youngsters in those communities learn and succeed.

Read an article about Gary's Inner City Lacrosse program at Trinity...

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Trinity College Lacrosse Teams Give Back To Hartford Through Alum's Inner City Program

November 26, 2012

Director of Admissions Michael Gary launches Inner City Lacrosse program for middle schoolers in Hartford, CT, working with athletes from Trinity College, Gary's alma mater. "I always wanted to give back to the communities that have given me so much," says Gary.   More...
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BV Soccer Earns Third-in-Nation Prep School Ranking

November 26, 2012

BV Soccer earns third-in-nation prep school ranking by Elite Soccer Report   More...
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Phillips Exeter Academy Hosts Charity Concert for Hurricane Sandy Victims

November 18, 2012   |  7 p.m. |   Phillips Church

Student music clubs perform to raise awareness, donations for victims of Hurricane Sandy   More...

Exeter Defeats Rival Andover

November 11, 2012

From The Boston Globe   More...
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Rival Captains Are Friends for Exeter/Andover Game

November 9, 2012

Rival captains are friends   More...
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Phillips Exeter Academy Hosts Gilbert Concert Series with Butch Thompson's Big Three

November 13, 2012   |  7 - 8 p.m. |   Phillips Church

Veteran jazz musician, Butch Thompson is best known for his 12-year term as house pianist on National Public Radio's "A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor, with his trio as the show's house band. The trio will perform in concert on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 7-8:30 p.m., inside Phillips Church, located on the corner of Tan Lane and Front Street. The concert is free and open to the public.&   More...

"Living Legend" Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia A. Earle to Speak at Phillips Exeter Academy

November 13, 2012   |  7 - 8 p.m. |   Assembly Hall

Research scientist and Ambassador for the World's Oceans, Dr. Sylvia A. Earle will give an evening talk entitled "The World is Blue, How Our Fate and the Oceans are One." The presentation will be held November 13, 2012 from 7-8:30 p.m. inside the Assembly Hall, located in the Academy Building on Front Street. The event is free and all are welcome.   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Students Elected as Early Members to Cum Laude Society

November 6, 2012

Sixteen Exonians have been inducted as early members to The Cum Laude Society   More...

International Games Day Comes to the Academy Library

November 3, 2012

The Academy Library joins 2,000 libraries worldwide to celebrate gaming - come join the fun   More...
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The Exeter Bulletin Fall 2012

October 24, 2012

Learn how Exonians are partnering with Stanford researchers (and a whole lot of fruit flies) to investigate diabetes treatments, read about a new summer fellowship program that helps Exonians pursue research projects, follow Harkness outreach to public schools, hear from Exonian Olympic athletes and much more.    More...
Exeter Bulletin Fall 2012

Phillips Exeter Academy's Lamont Gallery presents "Double Exposed: Photographs by Courtney Bent"

September 10, 2012 - October 20, 2012 Lamont Art Gallery

Bent's work has taken her from Masai camps in East Africa to death row in the United States. In Double Exposed, she explores the notion of give-and-take between the photographer and the sitter.   More...

Dr. Lloyd Shapley '40 Awarded Nobel Prize in Economic Science

October 18, 2012

Lloyd Shapley '40, a professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, is one of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize winners in Economic Sciences—honored for his research on game theory, market design and matching.   More...
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Phillips Exeter Academy Hosts Gilbert Concert Series with Carnegie Hall Preview, Performed by Baritone Andrew Garland and Renowned Collaborative Pianist Warren Jones

October 30, 2012   |  7 p.m. |   Phillips Church

Duo Previews New and Adventurous Program, "The Quest: Don Quixote and Other Wanderers   More...

Science Instructor John Blackwell Chosen for NITARP 2013 Program

October 15, 2012

One of 18 teachers chosen from a highly competitive pool to work on the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program, which brings NASA research to high school and younger students   More...
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U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to Read at Phillips Exeter Academy

October 17, 2012   |  7:30 p.m. |   Assembly Hall

Emory University English and creative writing professor Natasha Trethewey weaves relationship, race and history into her layered and revealing poems   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Opens Fall Sustainability Film Series with Dirt! The Movie

September 28, 2012   |  7 p.m. |   Phelps Academy Center Forum

It's about dirt: the basic and omnipotent element brimming with living organisms and made from the same matter as the stars, planets and human beings.    More...

Opening Assembly Starts Off Exeter's 232nd Year

September 7, 2012

September 7, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Library Summer Concert Series Hosts "Sweet Dreams" Concert

August 01, 2012   |  7 p.m. |   Academy Center Library Rockefeller Hall

Clarinetist Christine Fell and Pianist Arlene Kies Perform Musical Selections by Tucek, Chopin and Milhaud    More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Library Summer Concert Series Hosts Cabaret Jazz Artists Phil Wilson, Jean Strazdes and Christine Fawson

July 18, 2012   |  6 p.m. |   Class of 1945 Library Rockefeller Hall

Cabaret: A Jazz Double-Feature with Jean Strazdes, soprano; Robert St. Cyr, piano; Phil Wilson Quintet with special guest Christine Fawson, on Wednesday, July 18,
6 p.m. at The Class of 1945 Library, Rockefeller Hall
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Ravi Jagadeesan '14, Zhuo Qun (Alex) Song '15 and David Yang '13 Gain Gold Medals at International Mathematical Olympiad 2012

July 18, 2012

Song ranks 4th, Yang 9th, Jagadeesan 33rd for individual scores; USA team finishes 3rd   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Library Summer Concert Series Hosts Faculty Chamber Music Concert

July 11, 2012   |  7 p.m.  |   Class of 1945 Library Rockefeller Hall

Violin, Cello and Piano Ensemble will Perform Musical Selections by Bach and Schumann    More...

PEA Goes Geothermal

June 27, 2012

Read how the Academy's installation of 49 heating and cooling wells, buried 400 feet deep, will provide a savings on energy costs of 30 percent.    More...
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Pennsylvania Student Honors Former U.S. History Teacher

June 22, 2012

A few students had a Harkness happening before they were Exonians.
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Three Exeter Students Receive USAMO Awards

June 8, 2012

Ravi Jagadeesan '14, (Alex) Zhuo Qun Song '15 and David Yang '13 travel to Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program   More...
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Phillips Exeter Academy Graduation

June 12, 2012

Graduation coverage from Seasoastonline   More...
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Charles T. "Chuck" Harris III '69 Receives 2012 Founder's Day Award at Phillips Exeter Academy

May 31, 2012 Academy Building Assembly Hall

Former Trustee and Instrumental Exonian Leader, Charles "Chuck" T. Harris '69 is this year's Founder's Day Award recipient   More...

Crews Take the Heat at Interschols

May 29, 2012

6 Exeter boats raced at this year's Interschols held at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, MA, earning medals in all events   More...

Nevada Student Honors Former Middle School Principal

May 23, 2012

Lazaro, a ninth-grader formerly of Las Vegas, NV, describes his nominee, former principal of West Prep Academy, Dr. Michael Barton, as 'a life coach.'   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Hosts "Reading and Teaching Books in a Digital Age"; Talk by Haley Lecture Guest, Professor Stephen Railton

May 18, 2012

University of Virginia American Literature Professor and William Faulkner scholar to explore the historical nonverbal forms of expression found in classic American tales   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy Students Win 2012 Lamont Younger Poets Prize

May 8, 2012

A PEA ninth and 10th-grader from Exeter, NH, and two other PEA 10th-graders from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, are all winners of this year's Lamont Younger Poets Prize.   More...

Activist Poet Marilyn Chin to Read at Phillips Exeter Academy

May 09, 2012   |  7:30 p.m. |  

PEA's 2012 Lamont Poet will give a public reading and will meet with students   More...

Phillips Exeter Academy's Lamont Gallery presents "Joyce Tenneson Selected Works: 2002-2011"

March 26, 2012 - May 4, 2012 EVENT 

Art critic Vicki Goldberg writes: "The images are deeply affecting, often evoking forgotten memories."   More...

Graduation Exercises Are Coming Up!

May 4, 2012

Four days of activities culminating on June 10, 2012. Here's useful information to help plan your visit.   More...

Phillips Exeter Hosts Evening Talk with Best-Selling Author of "The Dressmaker of Khair Khana" and Journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

April 26, 2012   |  7:15 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. |  

Deputy Director of the Council on Foreign Relations' Women and Foreign Policy Program Will Speak on Latest Book and her International Work with Entrepreneurs 

 

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Phillips Exeter Academy, Conservation Law Foundation Host The Last Mountain in 2012 Sustainability Film Series

May 04, 2012   |  7 p.m.  |   Phelps Academy Center's Forum

A passionate and personal tale honoring ordinary Americans who continue to face an extraordinary battle against big business, The Last Mountain shines a light on America's energy needs and how those needs are being supplied.   More...

The Relationship School

March 22, 2012

See how an elementary school serving minority students in Crown Heights, Brooklyn is integrating Harkness into the classroom   More...
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