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Welcome to Guptill House

The Front Street dormitory is being renamed for an alumnus and longtime Academy supporter.

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Family, friends and faculty celebrate graduating seniors in the Academy’s 244th year.

Global Initiatives experiential learning program scatters dozens of students to seven destinations.

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

Academy Building work commences

A once-in-a-century renewal of the iconic building is underway, with work to include 45 refurbished Harkness classrooms, an Assembly Hall makeover and a new state-of-the-art Design Lab.

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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

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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Faculty Farewells

Dean of Faculty Eimer Page delivers tributes to instructors retiring with the distinction of emeritae

  • August 1, 2025
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Second Acts: A conversation with Kristin Koval ’88

A conversation with debut novelist and former lawyer Kristin Koval ’88

  • By Daneet Steffens ’82
  • July 1, 2025
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From the Bulletin

The renewal of Exeter’s Academy Building and venerated Assembly Hall

The puzzles and potential of studying economics at Exeter

Eric Schultz brings the 'Fab Four' to life in studying the history of pop music.