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A. Van Jordan, professor of English, on poetry, movies, and Einstein

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Gordon H. Chang awarded 2023-24 research fellowship from The Huntington

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Lauren O’Connell receives 2023 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

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Aron Rodrigue made honorary citizen of Greek city of Didymoteicho

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Gretchen Daily receives 2023 Eminent Ecologist Award

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Kathryn Gin Lum wins 2023 Merle Curti Intellectual History Award

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Kathryn Olivarius receives 2023 Frederick Jackson Turner Award

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Carolyn Bertozzi receives 2023 American Association for Cancer Research award

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R. Lanier Anderson elected board chair of American Philosophical Association

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Monika Schleier-Smith honored with 2023 Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award

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Richard Zare awarded a 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal

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Matthew Sommer awarded $60,000 grant from NEH

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Richard Roberts elected honorary fellow of American Society for Legal History

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Rowan Dorin awarded 2022 Mary L. Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize

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