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The City University of New York, founded in 1847, is one of the nation's leading urban public universities, serving more than 400,000 students at 20 colleges in New York City.
The City University of New York, founded in 1847, is one of the nation's leading urban public universities, serving more than 400,000 students at 20 colleges in New York City.
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The Holocaust and the sins of the father
A friend of mine got a lifetime achievement award recently, and it got me to thinking about the Holocaust again, something that's never been completely out of my mind for the last 22 years. Randolph L. Braham and I are an odd couple to be friends because...
Tags: Good Friday, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Prisons, Hungary, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Elan Steinberg dies at 59; former head of World Jewish Congress
The son of Holocaust survivors, Elan Steinberg preferred to keep his family history private. But the fierce strategist and former leader of the World Jewish Congress was clearly motivated by it, according to observers, as he relentlessly pushed to...Tags: Politics, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Brooklyn (New York City), Kurt Waldheim, United Nations
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Monster Mash: Broad Museum at MSU; World Trade Center site
Culture MonsterThe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University has named Alison Gass as its curator of contemporary art. A planned performing arts center to be designed by Frank Gehry for the former World Trade Center site in New York is in limbo as organizers await... -
Harry Pachon dies at 66; Latino scholar and activist
Harry Pachon, a scholar-activist who helped focus national attention on the needs and traits of a growing Latino population, particularly in politics and education, has died. He was 66.
Pachon, the longtime president of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute,...Tags: Local Elections, Culture, Politics, Michigan State University, Social Sciences
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Monster Mash: Rembrandt found; details on Shepard Fairey assault
Culture MonsterShepard Fairey posts photo of himself following assault in Denmark... -
Rosalyn Yalow dies at 89; Nobel winner helped revolutionize medical diagnostics
Physicist Rosalyn S. Yalow, who shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of a medical diagnostic test that revolutionized patient care and led to a new understanding of diabetes and a host of other diseases, died May 30 in...Tags: Insulin, Dietary Supplements, Nobel Prize Awards, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology
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PASSINGS: John Hospers
JOHN HOSPERS
1st Libertarian presidential candidate
John Hospers, 93, a USC philosophy professor who became the Libertarian Party's first presidential nominee and received one electoral vote in the 1972 election won by Richard Nixon in a landslide, died...Tags: Education, Politics, Retirement, Richard Nixon, Career and Workplace
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Rethinking Hemingway 50 years after his death
Los Angeles TimesBoozy, boorish and self-besotted, the world-famous writer in Woody Allen's current hit film, "Midnight in Paris," is kind of a clown. And, as played by actor Corey Stoll, he's an instantly recognizable replica of the author of "The Sun Also Rises" and...Tags: Mick Jagger, Nobel Prize Awards, Clive Owen, Ken Kesey, Suicide
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Festival of Books: Susan Straight and novelists examine the cultural fallout of 'those who stay and those who leave'
Jacket CopySusan Straight and other novelists discuss characters who shift their cultural borders at the Festival of Books on Sunday.... -
Monster Mash: Walton family gives $800 million to museum; shortlist for Turner Prize announced
Culture MonsterMajor donation to Crystal Bridges Museum from Walton Family... -
Theater review: 'The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures' at the Public Theater
Culture MonsterCharles McNulty reviews "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures" by Tony Kushner... -
Monster Mash: Getty Trust chooses James Cuno as president; 'Book of Mormon' collects critics awards; Oprah to Broadway?
Culture MonsterJames Cuno named new leader of Getty Trust; is Oprah heading to Broadway?...
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