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Power couple receives joint Founders’ Day Award at assembly

Russell and Jackie Weatherspoon share gratitude for a life spent at Exeter.

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Senior documents laptop build for all the world to see.

As many as one in every 10 infants born worldwide suffers from some form of Ankyloglossia, more commonly known as tongue tie. But all too…

Filmmaker shares story of Jewish resistance for Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Heard in Assembly Hall

"My story is not a pretty story, it is not a pleasant story, but it is American history. Is it OK for us to talk about history today?" — Rev. Wheeler Parker: the cousin and last surviving eyewitness of Emmett Till

I felt awe, I felt pride and I felt sadness. Hot tears started running down my cheeks. I was trying to furiously wipe them away. I didn’t want my dad to see, but he did notice and he placed a hand on my shoulder and said, ‘Let the tears fall. The day that you stop crying, or at least don’t feel like crying when you take an animal’s life, is the day that you should stop hunting.’

— Tia Shoemaker, Registered Alaskan Hunting Guide

"The difference between good writers and bad writers is that good writers know when they are bad." — Dan Brown '82, addressing Exeter's ninth-graders

Girls Wrestling

Female athletes take the mat in growing numbers

  • By Brian Muldoon
  • May 1, 2025
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Laura Callanan ’83: The Creative Economy

Laura Callanan ’83 brings creative entrepreneurs and impact investors together

  • By Sarah Zobel
  • May 1, 2025
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Longtime educator and advocate chosen for Phillips Award

Wick Sloane '71 has worked to improve the lives of low-income students and veterans in higher education.

  • February 11, 2025
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Rawson announces plan to retire in 2026

Principal Bill Rawson ’71; P’08 announced to the greater Exeter community Friday that he intends to retire after the 2025-26 academic year.

  • February 10, 2025
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Recorder of the Ages

Robert Lutes ’73 remembers 20-plus years of writing the Class News and Notes column

  • May 1, 2025
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From the Bulletin

Curiosity and hard work earn students accolades in computer science, math, music and more

How new technology is reshaping everything we do

Examining the Academy’s connections to slavery and its path forward