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Kathy Nutt Nekton receives Founders’ Day Award
Champion of the mind-body connection was a courageous voice for equality during Exeter’s burgeoning years of coeducation.
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Equity and America's pastime
With baseball as the backdrop, on-campus events spark conversations about race, sexual identity and equality.
![A second-grader at Main Street School raises her hand to ask a question during story time with Phillips Exeter Academy students.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/esso-reading.jpg?itok=KARfbbk3)
Every book has a story
Exeter Student Service Organization program shares tales about diversity and inclusion with young readers.
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Climate Action Day: Exeter renews the fight
PEA celebrates its commitment to environmental activism.
![Combat Surgeon Colonel Robert Lim ’87 in a Computer Science class at Exeter.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/EP-Lim-classroom.jpg?itok=3sl45X73)
“What started as some guys sitting in the back of a conference room is now the strongest meeting for military general surgeons in the world.”
Robert Lim ’87
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![Exeter convenes its fifth annual Climate Action Day on Friday, April 26.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/senter18973.jpg?itok=fEXP4yHL)
Taking action for Mother Earth
Exeter assembles Friday for its fifth annual Climate Action Day, renewing the community's commitment to sustainability.
Dr. Seung Kim '81: ‘How do you find the thing you love?’
Dr. Seung Kim ’81 of Stanford discusses the joy he feels in scientific discovery and encourages Exonians to explore widely to find their own life purpose.
![Meredith Hankenson Alexander and her daughter Schuyler.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/BUL-Alexander-Schuyler.jpg?itok=rG8IWhLs)
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PEA teams excel at LaunchX
Team Sticky, with an app designed to reduce food waste, wins overall and moves on to the Global Competition at MIT in May. Team Edamame gains the Innovation Award for the reuse of single-use plastics as 3D printing filament.
![Bryan Stevenson at Exeter](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/BryanStevenson-1200.jpg?itok=q7GrbLAE)
Bryan Stevenson urges Exeter to 'change the narrative' on race
The MacArthur Fellow and Equal Justice Initiative founder outlined his four-pronged approach
![Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen speaking with students in the library at Exeter](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/vtnguyen.jpg?itok=g_5GoSQp)
Pulitzer winner shares tough love
Viet Thanh Nguyen offers a sobering assessment of the "American Dream" during a two-day visit to campus.
![Principal Bill Rawson](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/FAC-Rawson.jpg?itok=IpWsqaUy)
A full and equitable experience
How do we ensure an equitable Exeter experience for every member of our community, no matter their background or identity?
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Presidential hopeful addresses Exonians
Andrew Yang '92 spoke at assembly about why he has mounted a longshot campaign for the White House.
![Melody Nguyen](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/BUL-Nguyen.jpg?itok=JM6X01fm)
![Students look at the chalkboard in Religion Instructor Peter Vorkink's class.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_topic_cluster_primary/public/news/BUL-Tech-Su19-2.jpg?itok=-LmJgXqE)
Exploring how goodness fits into the future
Students and alumni mentors decode ethics in the Digital Age.
“That's one of the most noble goals ... embracing this one-of-a-kind education and using it to help others.”
"Exeter has given me the opportunity to develop into myself. It’s made me a more secure person.”
“It was a lot of hard work, but [what] made it worth it was the people who ... said, 'Wow, that really had a profound impact on me.'”