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From left: Helen Hagan, George William Stanley Ish, John Edward West Thompson, Charles McLinn, Thomas Nelson Baker, and Jefferson G. Ish Jr.

Descendants of early Black Yale graduates tell their stories

When Newman T. Baker first tried to play the washboard years ago, he had what he describes as an almost out-of-body experience. Though he had never played before, his hands seemed to glide over the ribbed surface of the board as if, he said, “my ancestors were showing me how to play.”

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing the snap election, Ottawa, August 15.

Canadian Liberals win election but, as expected, again fall short of a majority

Hoping to win a Liberal majority in the Canadian House of Commons, on August 15 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the Governor General, Mary Simon, to dissolve Parliament and call a new election on September 20. Trudeau, whose father Pierre Elliott Trudeau served as prime minister from 1968 to...

Saad Omer Saad Omer (Photo by Dan Renzetti)

‘Not a zero-sum game’: Sharing vaccines is in countries’ best interests

How nations can best allocate COVID-19 vaccines remains a discussion of global importance. And at its heart is the question of whether countries with greater access to vaccines should focus on vaccinating their own citizens or sharing their vaccine allotments with other nations.

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Community members consult with paper co-authors in Janaury 2020 on land use changes and emergent hazards in Dolakha, Nepal.

Compound Hazards Pose Increased Risk to Highly Populated Regions in the Himalaya

Urbanization trends in the Himalaya are exposing more people to risk from compound hazards such as flooding, landslides and wildfires, a new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment has found.

The study by a global team of researchers led by Jack Rusk ’22 MEM/ MArch...

United Russia party leaders celebrating Sunday evening after the Duma election.

Although vote slips a bit, United Russia retains substantial majority in Duma

On Friday, Russian voters went to the polls in the first of three days of voting to elect a new State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian Federal Assembly. The election, conducted over three days to allow more social distancing in the polling stations, concluded yesterday, and when the votes...

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