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After co-leading 27 members of ������ϲʹ���’s faculty around India for two weeks, Professor Padma Kaimal was all the more convinced that the enterprise would have lasting impact on ������ϲʹ���.

Goals for Good, a charitable organization founded by student-athlete Kevin McNamara ’12, raised $22,000 in its first year of operation.

The Manhattan String Quartet arrived on campus this week to perform for and instruct ������ϲʹ��� students and faculty. The quartet offered several classes for students who were interested in learning about the evolution of classical music.

An exhaustive seven-year project by Nigel Young, who was Cooley Professor of peace studies and director of the Peace Studies Program at ������ϲʹ��� from 1984 to 2004, has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, in the Award for Scholarship category.

A scientist wearing lace wings paces about the stage, while a blue-and-white “bird spirit,” also costumed in lace and feathers, sings her a birdcall. All the while, animations of cellular processes unfold on the dome above their heads. Needless to say, this was not your average science lecture.

On the Fault Line: Managing Tensions and Divisions Within Societies, a book co-edited by ������ϲʹ��� President Jeffrey Herbst, has received high praise from people such as Henry Kissinger and F. W. de Klerk in advance of its official launch March 1.

The return of Cornel West to ������ϲʹ��� on Thursday night, after nearly 20 years, brought the return of a man whose impact has persisted in classrooms throughout campus.

This week started off with a visit from my family. My mom, dad, and little sister, Sophia, drove to spend the day with me on Sunday. It is always nice to reconnect with family when feeling stressed about a mounting workload.