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In last week’s blog, I talked about the importance of remembering key individuals in the history of an institution. Remembering...

Peter Porter, a poet born in Australia but resident mainly in England, has died, at 81. Here's one of his...

Some 25 years ago, a quasi-country quartet calling themselves "The Girls Next Door" had a moderate hit with a ditty...

“Indicators” are released to provide data on students, faculty and American life.

I suspect that variations on this will become more common in the next several years. A new correspondent writes: I...

A colleague in the Biology department recently told me about a book that applies game theory to altruism in the...

Today it really is Earth Day 40, even though we at Greenback celebrated last weekend. The celebration was somewhat muted...

The official commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death took place today in Hannibal, Missouri. I'll write something...