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For Philadelphia Futures director, this college success story was personal
The Philadelphia InquirerFor the last 13 years, Joan Mazzotti has made a public career of helping low-income, first-generation students from Philadelphia's public high schools get into and through college. Quietly, she and her husband, Michael Kelly, also have made it a...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Haiti, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania
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USC-Union graduates urged to take risks, embody success
The Union Daily Times, S.C.Saturday's commencement exercise was followed by a reception in the Main Building. Saturday's commencement exercise was followed by a reception in the Main Building. slideshow UNION -- The USC Union Class of 2013 was honored not only as graduates of...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Religion and Belief, University of South Carolina , Taoism
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Razing the ivory tower
If you think today's university is home to individual thinkers thinking individually, think again. Today's university is international and multinational in every way — blown open, in great part, by this century's digital explosion of information....Tags: Israel, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Education
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Dr. Francois Jacob dies at 92; Nobel-winning biologist
When James Watson and Francis Crick deciphered the structure of DNA in 1953, their discovery answered a crucial question in biology: How is genetic information passed down from parent to child? Their work also created conundrums, however. They and...
Tags: Science and Technology, Ceremonies, Viral Diseases and Infections, Entertainment Events, E. coli Infection
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Movie review: 'Leonie' biopic upstaged by woman's famous son
In the biopic "Leonie," the famous artists in a Japanese American family — the sculptor-architect Isamu Noguchi and his writer father — are supporting characters. The "woman behind the men," Leonie Gilmour, steps out front and center. She's...
Tags: Emily Mortimer, Entertainment, Japan, Christina Hendricks, Movies
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Unearth Paris' hidden gems: Cinemas
PARIS — It may seem backward to travel to one of the most beautiful cities in the world and sit in the dark.
In Paris, there are seemingly endless rues and quais and museums and cafes to explore, which means visitors often hurry past one of the...Tags: Entertainment, Robert Mitchum, Arts, Woody Allen, Marilyn Monroe
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China leaders pledge clean government, less waste
BEIJING (AP) — China's new leaders pledged to run a cleaner, more efficient government and slash spending on official perks Sunday as the ceremonial legislature wrapped up a pivotal session to install a new leadership in a once-a-decade transfer...
Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, China, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering
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Stanley Karnow dies at 87; author of epic Vietnam history
Stanley Karnow, an award-winning author and journalist who combined insightful reporting with personal accounts and historical sweep in books on the Vietnam War and the Philippines and the critically acclaimed public television series that accompanied the...
Tags: The Washington Post, Christian Dior, Audrey Hepburn, China, Authors
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Gary S. Hill, former Hopkins chief of pathology
Dr. Gary S. Hill, an internationally renowned renal pathologist and the former chief of pathology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, died Tuesday from lung cancer. He was 74. Dr. Hill pioneered a new technique for biopsies of tissue, in addition...
Tags: Biopsy, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center , Hospitals and Clinics, Teaching and Learning, Johns Hopkins University
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Clothespin queen's new take on vintage
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIf clothes can tell a story, the mix of dresses, jewelry, boots, buttons, lace and beading at the West Hollywood boutique Clothespin add up to a novel of epic proportions. First, there are the never-worn vintage fabrics from the 1940s, cut in 18...Tags: Diana Vreeland, Education, Entertainment, Ralph Lauren, Joel Schumacher
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Georg H.B. Luck, Hopkins professor
Georg H.B. Luck, whose career teaching the classics at the Johns Hopkins University spanned two decades and included studying the role magic and witchcraft played in the theology and world of the ancient Greeks and Romans, died Sunday from complications...Tags: Christianity, Teaching and Learning, Book, Education, Johns Hopkins University
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The year of John Cage
Once, when asked how he thought history would consider his work, John Cage responded that he had made so much, getting rid of it all would be very difficult. Twenty years after his death he has been spectacularly proven right. This year marked the 100th...
Tags: Festive Events, Entertainment, Japan, Blu-ray Discs, Music
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