To catch the Parade of Nations as it happens, watch live coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the XXV Olympic Winter Games on Friday, February 6, at 2 p.m. ET on NBC and streaming on Peacock. You can also catch a special primetime presentation of the ceremony at 8 p.m. ET.
Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The discussion explores the evolution of the games from a sacred religious sanctuary at Olympia to today's "moving circus" of international host cities.
Every Olympic Games has a torch. Every torch has a designer. For the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, that designer is MIT engineer and architect Carlo Ratti .
This past week, Switzerland and Greece announced its 2026 Winter Olympic teams. Tanguy Nef '20 was named to Team Switzerland while AJ Ginnis '20, Greece's
Olympic organisers invoke ancient truce to call for suspension of war - The tradition stretches back to ancient Greece