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Wim Wenders speaking at Sanders Theatre on April 2
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Wim Wenders delivers the final installment in the 2018 Norton Lectures on Cinema.
4.16.18
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At the Kennedy School, Ohio governor John Kasich encouraged graduates to live selfless, faith-driven lives.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie addresses the class of 2018.
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The Undergraduate chooses a concentration.
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Abbi of Bacabi (1978), among Cannon’s last and unfinished works
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Works by T.C. Cannon at the Peabody Essex Museum
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Commencement Day, 1978
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A fellow Peace Corps volunteer took this snapshot of the author (at left) during a school visit in Africa.
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A century apart, two alumni find each other in the American South.
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Wim Wenders speaking at Sanders Theatre on April 2
Photograph courtesy of the Mahindra Humanities Center
Wim Wenders delivers the final installment in the 2018 Norton Lectures on Cinema.
Abbi of Bacabi (1978), among Cannon’s last and unfinished works
Image © 2017 Estate of T. C. Cannon.
Works by T.C. Cannon at the Peabody Essex Museum
Among the museum's “Ugly Truth” figures are Aunt Jemima and golliwogs.
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The National Black Doll Museum
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Seth Towns ’20, the Ivy League Player of the Year, scored a game-high 24 points in the Crimson’s 74-55 victory over Cornell in the Ivy tournament semifinals.
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The basketball teams fall short of the NCAAs.
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James and Deborah Fallows explore “what the hell is happening in America.”
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Mara Sidmore, artistic director of Applied Theatre Practice at the Bok Center
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A theatre troupe aims for higher ed.
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<p class="caption">The Classical Theatre of Harlem premiered <i>Fit for a Queen,</i> Shamieh's most recent play, in October.
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<p class="credit">Photograph by Leland Durond Thompson</p>
A playwright making those overlooked by history into lore