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Christopher Reeve Is Paralyzed
Reeve after the opening night of The Marriage of Figaro at The Circle in the Square Theatre in NYC, 1985 was an American actor, film director , producer, screenwriter and author.
REGION: UCR professor wins $640,000 to study love
A UC Riverside philosophy professor and two colleagues are taking on the subjects of love and caring in a study to find how they affect human thoughts and actions.
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City.
Book Review : Book Review: Darwin's Devices: What Evolving Robots Can ...
BOOK REVIEW: Darwin's Devices: What Evolving Robots Can Teach Us About the History of Life and the Future of Technology Director of the Interdisciplinary Robotics Research Laboratory at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Long reflects on his career as a biologist who uses robots to study fish evolution.
Celebrations: Opera singer finds cantorial work a good fit
When Sharon Azrieli-Perez told her father, David Azrieli, one of Israel's biggest real estate moguls, that she wanted to be an opera singer, he told her he'd pay for voice lessons only if she got into Juilliard.
Ridgefield's Holmes continues to dominate the track at Vassar College
Vassar College junior track and field star Kelly Holmes -- a 2009 Ridgefield High graduate -- earned the Liberty League Track Performer of the Week award on Monday for the fifth time this season and the third week in a row.
Chloe Sevigny to Star in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Abigail/1702 at New York Stage and Film
Chloe Sevigny is set to star in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's previously announced play Abigail/1702 as part of the 2012 season of New York Stage and Film at Vassar College.
Millay Celebration to Mark Poet's 1912 "Discovery" in Camden
A summer-long celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent, Millay, pictured here in her early 20s at Vassar College, will mark the 100th anniversary of the "discovery" of the poet at the Whitehall Inn in Camden in 1912.
Duke of Windsor rejects claim to English throne; engages American divorcee
From a proclamation issued by Maj. Gen. Butler, Commander of the United States forced in New Orleans, May 1, 1862: "All persons well disposed toward the Government of the United States, who shall renew their oath of allegiance, will receive the safeguard and protection, in their persons and property, of the armies of the United States, the ... (more)
Lonna Saunders: Birthday Wishes for Betty Daniels: Still Vassar's Cheerleader After 65 Years
Betty Daniels , Candice Bergen , Charlie McCarthy , Edgar Bergen , Elizabeth Daniels , Maria Mitchell , Matthew Vassar , Vassar College , Civil War , Mary Mccarthy , Happy Birthday, Betty Daniels! As she now asks us to call her.
Piedmont's Matt Wang and Daniel Cooper win 2012 North Coast Section doubles title in boys tennis
Piedmont High's top-seeded doubles team of Matt Wang and Daniel Cooper claimed the North Coast Section Division I boys tennis championship with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Monte Vista's No.
REVIEW: Darwin's devices: what evolving robots can teach us...
REVIEW: Darwin's devices: what evolving robots can teach us about the history of life and the future of technology Why are blue marlin faster than tuna? This innocuous question sets Vassar College biologist Long off on a meandering investigation through evolution, robotics and, eventually, the future of warfare.
Grace Hopper was known as the grandmother of the computer age
New York City was the place, December 9, 1906 the date when the future of the computer age arrived.A It was on this day future mathematics genius "Amazing" Grace Murray Hopper was born.
Andrew Zimmerna s Bizarre Food Journeys
Andrew Zimmern, host of the Travel Channel's "Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern" and "Bizarre Foods America," is the main draw at the third annual Foodie Experience at the Hippodrome Theatre on Saturday, May 12.
ACCESS Honors Americans of the Year at Annual Dinner
AmbassadorsA Selwa "Lucky" Roosevelt and Edward M. Gabriel accepted awards as 2012 Americans of the Year on Saturday at the largest Arab American dinner in the nation.
Don't Turn Your Admissions Cycle into the Season of Dread
Every year, it seems, one or more institutions raise students' hopes of admission only to dash them with erroneous acceptance announcements.
America Eats its Young: The Cause and Effects of Social Sin in the 21st Century
GROTON, Ma.-The public is welcome to attend Groton School's Percy and Eben Pyne Chapel Lecture, presented by Dr.
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
Obama Has Edge in North Carolina
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City.
Maestra Howlett to close FCC's 49th season with 'Peace & Joy' concert
Christine R. Howlett, director of choral activities at Vassar College, will conduct the Fairfield County Chorale at its season finale Saturday, May 5, in Norwalk.
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