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The annual burden of gun violence in America, including the costs
of prevention, avoidance, amelioration, and injury, is about $100
billion, which averages to $1,000 per household |
Writing her new novel, Nowhere Else on Earth,
involved Josephine Humphreys’ bearing witness to a life lived
on the margins of mainstream white America more than a century ago |
Art professor Annabel Wharton’s new book
reveals how a legendary American entrepreneur used the stylistic language
of grand commercial buildings to convey staunch cultural-political
ideology, and changed the hotel industry in the process |
Scientists in Duke’s new Center for Neuroscience
are uncovering surprising clues on how the human brain enables us
to understand language, pay attention, grasp numbers, and store emotion-laden
memories |
Play production and professional preparation,
madness and mayhem—the place of drama in the liberal-arts curriculum. |
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| That Championship Season: A view of victory |
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| Gauging a generation: Has ethics become the hot
topic on campus? |
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Artistic events; strategic thinking; mini-profiles:
a fighter against hunger, an expert
on debt, an interpreter of sports |
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| Agitation over an ad, funding for a freshman-year
program, a trio of student stars |
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| Memories of a maverick naturalist, plus book
notes |
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| Institutional attachments, financial investments, musical
moments |
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| Faith-based initiatives, information-gathering
habits |
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“People are always asking if we feel overshadowed
by the men, who have such a great tradition and also are very supportive
of us. Hopefully, we can build the same tradition for our team.”
—Senior guard Georgia Schweitzer, captain of the women’s
basketball team, in her online season diary for ESPN.com |
“We are not one monolithic group. We
don’t all think alike, act alike, talk alike. I’d like to
see a more diverse look at the African-American experience.”
—Filmmaker Spike Lee, on the stereotyped image and portrayals
of blacks in television and in films, speaking to a crowd of more
than 600 in ReynoldsTheater in February |
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