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Feature Stories (page 43)


October 10, 2012

Wasps & Selfish Chromosome B

Groundbreaking research by biology professor Patrick Ferree and 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú alumna Megan Swim ’12 may offer important insights into understanding mental disorders and chromosome-related diseases in humans such as cancer.

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October 5, 2012

Nuremberg Chronicle Returns to Denison Library After Two-Year Conservation

After over two years of conservation and restoration, the Nuremberg Chronicle has returned to 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’s Ella Strong Denison Library. The chronicle, one of approximately 400 surviving Latin copies, was published in 1493 in Nuremberg, Germany and is also known as “Liber Chronicarum” (“Book of Chronicles”) from a phrase in the introduction.

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September 24, 2012

Women in Public Service

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú senior Kristie Hernandez participates today in “A Global Conversation: Women Leaders Responding to the United Nations General Assembly,” an event hosted by the Women in Public Service Project (WPSP) and the U.N. General Assembly.

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September 19, 2012

Double Up

The Claremont-Mudd-51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú women’s soccer team scored impressive victories last week over regional Pomona-Pitzer and Occidental Colleges, leaving them undefeated in the SCIAC.

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September 17, 2012

Summer in Beirut

While conflicts in the Middle East generated headline news this summer, three 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú students lived in Lebanon and either met with Palestinian refugees or interned at a conflict management think tank in Beirut.

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September 14, 2012

The Art of Science

More than three dozen undergraduate research projects made their formal debut last week during an afternoon of presentations at the W. M. Keck Science Department

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September 10, 2012

Agents of Change

Part of academic convocation, Hatcher-Skeers’s keynote address “Ode to My Single Mother” received a standing ovation from the hundreds of students, faculty, and staff assembled, and kicked off the 2012-13 academic year with an unprecedented amount of energy. Please watch the video of her and 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Associated Students president Emily Jovais or take a look at the pictures from the event and get fired up yourself!

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August 30, 2012

Welcome, Class of 2016!

Each year, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú greets women from around the globe who possess unique interests, brilliant intellects, and a passion for service. As you’ll see, the class of 2016 is no exception.

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August 24, 2012

Senior Profile: Margaret Dickman ’12

Margaret Dickman came to 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú with thoughts of majoring in theater – until she realized the classroom was her stage.

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August 20, 2012

Preserving Clean Water Sources

She didn’t know it when her internship started, but the six weeks Lisa Beem ’14 spent in South America alongside biologists and engineers in Ecuador’s Ministry of the Environment would be a watershed moment in her life.

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