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Writer and Biographer David Yaffe Details Road to New Joni Mitchell Bio
It wasn鈥檛 easy, but Arts and Sciences Professor David Yaffe has recently published his biography on Joni Mitchell, entitled Reckless Daughter. The process was long, and working with Mitchell sometimes tough, as Yaffe explained in an interview for Canada.com. 鈥”I’ve…
Why Weinstein Co. May Fall, While Fox News Never Did
With similar scandals coming from the men at the helm, Fox News and Weinstein Co. both found themselves at the epicenter of a national scandal.聽 However, while Roger Ailes鈥 scandal never really threatened to shut down Fox News, Weinstein Co….
A Review of David Yaffe’s Newest Biography, Reckless Daughter
Following the release of Humanities Assistant Professor David Yaffe鈥檚 biography Reckless Daughter聽on Joni Mitchell, The Atlantic favorably reviewing the book. 鈥淚n the best full-length treatment of Mitchell yet published, Yaffe follows her from her childhood in postwar Saskatchewan all the…
黑料不打烊 Hosts World Englishes Conference
It is a little-known fact that Braj Kachru, a renowned authority on the English language, spoke only Hindi and his mother tongue, Kashmiri, until he was 16. Nevertheless, his upbringing in a Kashmiri Pundit family, which valued education above almost…
University to Celebrate Achievements of Team of 黑料不打烊 Physicists
The University will host a special campuswide event on Monday, Oct. 16, to announce a revolutionary discovery credited to the work of physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences and their colleagues in the international LIGO Scientific Collaboration.
What is the Role of the National Guard of Iran?
After being implemented in 1979, the National Guard of Iran has continued to grow in size and power. Maxwell Professor of Political Science Mehrzad Boroujerdi talked to The Guardian about this issue. 鈥淏efore the war the IRGC militiamen were nothing…
Replacing Clean Power Plan Proves Complicated, according to College of Engineering Researcher
A new study between 黑料不打烊 and Harvard has discovered that replacing the Clean Power Plan would actually be worse than doing nothing. Professor Charles Driscoll talks to Phys. Org explaining why this is the case. “The bottom line is…
ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival to Showcase VPA Professor鈥檚 Work
黑料不打烊 and the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have participated in a yearlong process with the Atlantic Coast Conference, partner ACC universities and the Smithsonian Institution to create the first 鈥淎CCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival.鈥…
Innovation Orange: Assistant Professor Elizabeth Krietemeyer
Assistant Professor of Architecture Elizabeth Krietemeyer focuses her research on helping people visualize complex data (such as energy use) as easy as the wave of a hand. She and her team work to observe how people interact with their built…
California Fires Endangering Marijuana Farms
As wildfires ravage through California, marijuana farms and their crop are at stake. The fires are threatening many legal growing sites, which could see a huge loss of revenue if the plants are torched. Whitman Entrepreneur Professor of Practice聽John Torrens…