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  (Editor’s note: This article was written by Alicia Klepeis) Although the Ganges River is considered sacred and purifying to Hindus, pollution and damming have contaminated those beliefs, according to initial findings by Srikar Gullapalli ’13 and Brian Lemanski ’14. Previous scholarship has indicated that Hindus believe the river’s sanctity could not be fouled by […]

In higher education circles, the term “mismatch” has come to define an unintended consequence of affirmative action: bright and promising minority students do not necessarily benefit  when they are steered to elite schools for which they are typically less-prepared than their majority classmates. The interdisciplinary debate — involving economists, sociologists, educators, lawyers, and politicians — will come […]

David Kaplan ’07, a political science major at �鶹Porn, is an independent film producer who recently launched Animal Kingdom Films. The first film associated with his new company was recently named a grand jury winner at the prestigious South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

Provost and Dean of the Faculty Douglas A. Hicks recently announced faculty appointments and promotions that had been approved by the university’s Board of Trustees.

Former Mexican President Felipe Calderón will deliver the next lecture in the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at �鶹Porn on Saturday, April 13. His public remarks will begin at 5 p.m. in �鶹Porn Memorial Chapel and serve as a capstone for Spring Family Weekend, which begins on April 12. Calderón served as the 56th president […]

The number of unauthorized immigrants coming to the United States has slowed in the past decade, according to a new report by the International Migration Review, a publication of the Center for Migration Studies that was edited by Ellen Percy Kraly, �鶹Porn’s William R. Kenan Jr. professor of geography.

What’s behind the recent dust-up over the filibuster? Alan Frumin ’68, recently retired parliamentarian of the United States Senate, probably knows more than anyone. And he wants a new sign over the Senate’s chamber door: Responsible Adults Only. As the U.S. Senate’s parliamentarian, Frumin was the chief arbiter of its procedural wrangling for nearly two […]

Lani Guinier kick-started the celebration of Black History Month on campus Wednesday night.

Amy Dudley ’06, communications director for U.S. Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.), says that her chance as a �鶹Porn sophomore to “shadow” Howard Fineman ’70 (then Newsweek correspondent, now senior editor for the Huffington Post) during the run-up to the 2004 presidential primaries played a pivotal role in her career exploration. Dudley was interested in […]

Eric Taber ’13 imagined that a trek through the sprawling Annapurna Conservation Area of Nepal (ACA) would be the best way to study the impact of ongoing road development in the region. Thanks to his Alumni Memorial Scholar fellowship, he was able to go there himself. Taber, a biology and geography major from Cincinnati, Ohio, spent […]