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Truth = Math = Beauty

Thomas Garrity, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Mathematics, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about truth, math, and beauty. That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. What...

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In Search of the Center

Justin Crowe, Assistant Professor of Political Science, is going in search of the center, and he wants to tell you all about it. Rough old yaks graze better in valleys. Richard of York gave battle in...

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Designing Nanoarchitecture

Lee Park, Professor of Chemistry, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about designing, shaping, and tailoring nanoarchitecture. Spellcheck does not recognize nanoarchitecture; but then, it...

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Mobilizing the Mural

C. Ondine Chavoya, Associate Professor of Art, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about mobilizing murals. But beware – one does not simply mobilize a mural. The eye of Sauron is on the...

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Notes from a Big City in the “Occupy” Era

Mike McGinn ’82, Mayor, City of Seattle, gives his notes from a big city in the “Occupy” Era. The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone and I...

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The Complex Truth of Many Voices

Annie Thoms ’97, English Teacher, Editor of “With Their Eyes: September 11th – the View From A High School at Ground Zero” speaks about the complex truth of many voices. We are grateful that she added...

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Home Field Advantage: What Sports Teach Us About Limiting Financial Crises

Gerard Caprio, Jr. ’72, Chair of the Executive Committee for the Center of Development Economics and William Brough Professor of Economics, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about home...

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Boulder Thoughts: Decoding the World through Geoscience

Rónadh Cox, Chair and Professor of Geosciences, Chair of Maritime Studies Program, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about decoding the world through geoscience. This correspondent is a fan...

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This is Not a Ghost Story: Rethinking Resurrection

Denise Buell, Chair and Professor of the Religion Department, wants you to rethink resurrection and know that it’s not a ghost story. One does not simply rethink resurrection. One does not simply rise...

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The Percheron in the Tunnel

Jim Shepard, J. Leland Miller Professor of American History, Literature, and Eloquence of the English Department, is gonna tell you all about percherons, tunnels, and percherons in tunnels. What you...

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