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Tag: University of Washington
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Nation & World
Where science meets creationism
Professor David Montgomery’s most recent book explores an unexpected crossroads: the intersection of geology and the Bible.
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Nation & World
Unmasking minstrelsy
A new exhibition at Harvard’s Loeb Music Library, containing items from the Harvard Theatre Collection in Houghton Library, offers visitors a disturbing look at the racist history and enduring legacy of blackface minstrelsy.
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Nation & World
A learning gap is filled with plants
With classes in plant morphology fading in universities across the country, an Arnold Arboretum short course is seeking to plug the hole, bringing in top botany graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for an intensive, two-week course.
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Nation & World
Women fighting for change
During the Radcliffe Institute’s annual gender conference, scholars gathered to explore the role of women in forging democracies across the Arab world.
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Nation & World
Physics at 2,500 feet
In 1934, a group of enterprising young Turks pooled their money and bought construction plans for a glider. Pioneers in the infancy of aviation, they built it by hand, out of wood and fabric, and when the time came for its maiden flight, they drew straws.
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Nation & World
Creating the digital humanities
Jeffrey Schnapp, professor of Romance languages and literatures, is using his academic passions to explore and experiment with the emerging field of digital scholarship.
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Nation & World
Keeping students in the loop
Getting Harvard graduate students to connect with each other and the vibrant offerings at Dudley House keeps its longtime administrator Susan Zawalich, a tap dancer with a love for Godzilla and toys, busy.
