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The “wow” moment is what Professor Thomas Bahde goes for in teaching history. That moment often comes when he can put an original primary source – something produced in the time period that is being studied – in front of his students. “It can be a newspa
At Lizard Island Research Station, a cluster of clean buildings on the breezy shore of a Coral Sea island, an unspoken yet strict code of conduct is in force. Next to each entrance stands a pan of water...
Cory Gerlach, soon to be a graduate student at Harvard University, never thought he would go to college. After “barely” graduating high school in 2005, he traveled a bit and moved to Hollywood, not giving much thought to school...
Universities are often imagined to be self-contained institutions isolated from the concerns and interests of the world — “ivory towers” — where students go to learn and study with remote scholars...
When Deepthika Ennamuri was in high school, she was certain she wanted to attend university outside her native Oregon. But on an April afternoon during her senior year,...
It does not take long to see the determination behind Jenna Wiegand’s wide smile. As she talks about the topics she is most enthusiastic about, finance and sustainability, it becomes clear that these are expressions of an underlying passion for...
Learning History Straight from the Source’s Mouth
The “wow” moment is what Professor Thomas Bahde goes for in teaching history. That moment often comes when he can put an original primary source – something produced in the time period that is being studied – in front of his students. “It can be a newspa
WREN PATTON: Understanding, and protecting, a changing ocean
At Lizard Island Research Station, a cluster of clean buildings on the breezy shore of a Coral Sea island, an unspoken yet strict code of conduct is in force. Next to each entrance stands a pan of water...
Cory Gerlach, soon to be a graduate student at Harvard University, never thought he would go to college. After “barely” graduating high school in 2005, he traveled a bit and moved to Hollywood, not giving much thought to school...
Universities are often imagined to be self-contained institutions isolated from the concerns and interests of the world — “ivory towers” — where students go to learn and study with remote scholars...
When Deepthika Ennamuri was in high school, she was certain she wanted to attend university outside her native Oregon. But on an April afternoon during her senior year,...
It does not take long to see the determination behind Jenna Wiegand’s wide smile. As she talks about the topics she is most enthusiastic about, finance and sustainability, it becomes clear that these are expressions of an underlying passion for...