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Learning architecture from the master
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Call it trial by fire. Several University of Notre Dame architecture students this week received verbal critiques of their work from famed architect and designer Michael Graves. "Why do you use so much glass?" Graves asked one student...Tags: Architecture, University of Notre Dame, Italy, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture
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Princeton to honor alumnus Daniels with award
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Princeton University will award Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels its Woodrow Wilson Award, a top honor for undergraduate alumni for a career that embodies the call to duty made by the former president. Daniels is a two-term governor...
Tags: Purdue University, Politics, Government, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan
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De Niro talks to Bates grads, gets honorary degree
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro received an honorary doctorate of fine arts during the 146th commencement at Bates College. During a 15-minute address Sunday that was by turns sincere and irreverent, De Niro drew a...Tags: Robert De Niro, Celebrities
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Amazon CEO Bezos and wife donate $15M to Princeton
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Amazon.com Inc. founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, have donated $15 million to their alma mater, Princeton University, to create a new center in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Princeton said...Tags: Human Interest, Charity, Amazon.com Inc., Jeff Bezos
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READER SUBMITTED: Hartford Marathon Foundation Hosts Running Champions at Inaugural Event
StatewideThe Hartford Marathon Foundation is excited to announce a legendary line-up of running greats participating in the inaugural Legends Run on Sunday, June 30, at Wesleyan University in Middletown. Runners are encouraged to register for this brand new four-...Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, Cross Country Horse Racing, Running, Track and Field, Wesleyan University
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Southern Baptists consider abandoning Boy Scouts of America
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.HOUSTON — Some conservatives predicted an exodus of families and church sponsors from the Boy Scouts last month after Scouting leaders announced plans to lift a longstanding ban on gay Scouts. So far, an exodus from Scouting has yet to...Tags: Port Deposit, Social Organizations, Christianity, Protestant Convention, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Hosts Strong Lineup
The Hartford CourantTwo Pulitzer Prize winners. A former U.S. poet laureate. President Obama's 2013 Inaugural poet. A "poet of witness" who champions human rights. This year's Sunken Garden Poetry Prize-winner, and students whose "fresh voices" have enlivened state poetry...Tags: New York City, Music Industry, Awards and Prizes, Artists, Festive Events
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Bomb threats: Often hoaxes, always annoying, but sometimes real
No bombs, so life will go on. Again. As it does. Princeton University exhaled after police determined that a vague phone threat made to multiple buildings on the campus turned out to be an apparent hoax. But before the campus could relax, the people...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Bombings, Explosions, Southwest Airlines Co., Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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READER SUBMITTED: Intercollegiate Fundraising Running Team Expands To Yale
New HavenIn the fall of 2011, Princeton University sophomore Joe Benun gathered a group of innovative students to create an intercollegiate fundraising running organization with a vision in mind: to make a difference in the world. The result was Team U, which...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Teaching and Learning, Road Running, Education, Yale University
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George Zimmerman trial: 11 more prospective jurors are interviewed
The second day of jury selection in the George Zimmerman trial in Sanford, Fla., picked up steam on Tuesday as lawyers continued to explore the attitudes and politics of those who may decide the fate of the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with...
Tags: New York City, Judges, Seminole County, Lawyers, Media Industry
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Princeton University evacuated after bomb threat
Princeton University was evacuated Tuesday morning after a bomb threat to "multiple, unspecified buildings on campus," officials said. No further information was available about the threat, which created a logjam of traffic leaving the Ivy League...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Emergency Incidents, Petroleum Industry, Bombings, Explosions
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