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A Gold Star

Four decades on, author Ernest Thompson still transports audiences to On Golden Pond and destinations beyond

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The Dirty Secret About Nasty Politics

Voters don't like insults and intimidation, so why do they reward such bad behavior at the ballot box?

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Sincerely Yours 

Alumna Liz Maguire's passion project, Flea Market Love Letters, offers Instagram followers a whimsical peek into the past

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Manual: 1 in 43 Quintillion 

Student-athlete Sasha Liu, CAS/BS '24, on how to solve a Rubik's Cube

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Biblio File: A Woman's Place 

Alumna Marita Golden chats about her novel's reissue and reflects on change 

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Digital Headspace 

Katherine Grill, CAS/MA '16, PhD '17, on how the mental health app she correlated is breaking down stigma and building resiliency and community  

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Power Forward 

CAS's Theresa Runstedtler on how Black ballplayers of the 1970s and '80s set the once-troubled NBA up for success

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Q&A: The Sole of a Teacher

Principal-turned-professor Phelton Moss on why Black boys' sneakers should matter to educators