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College Hill honored on list of best places

Move over, Cambridge. And see you later, New Haven. The American Planning Association selected College Hill as one of the top 10 great neighborhoods in America this year. Denny Johnson, the association's public affairs coordinator, said over 75 places were considered before the top neighborhoods, streets ...


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'Late antique Woodstock' brings Latin to life

For a dead language, Latin showed an awful lot of life at last week's "Classics Renewed" conference on the poetry and prose of late antiquity. The conference, which ran from Thursday to Saturday, brought 19 speakers from four continents to the Annmary Brown Memorial.


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Black patients less likely to get flu shots

Black nursing home patients are less likely to receive flu vaccinations than white patients, according to a study published Oct. 5. in the journal Health Affairs. The data, gathered between 2006 and 2009, encompass more than 14,000 nursing homes across the country.


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Study gives shape to Earth's deep layers

Professor of Geological Sciences Karen Fischer's team has spent years analyzing layers of the Earth deep below our feet. In a study published in the journal Science Oct. 6, lead author and postdoctoral research assistant Vedran Lekic presents a new, detailed image of the lithosphere beneath Southern ...


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Smith remembers Simmons' tenure

In President Ruth Simmons' living room hangs a painting of Paradise Pond, a lake in the center of the Smith College campus. Simmons said it reminds her of a house where she once lived — a great white structure that looked out over the lake.


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State economy struggles to recover

Like an unwanted visitor, the recession arrived early and stayed late in Rhode Island. And with national action on job creation currently at a standstill, the state's jobs problem appears to be sticking around for the foreseeable future.


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Facilities negotiations conclude amicably

After more than five weeks of deliberation, University Hall and Facilities Management workers agreed on a new five-year contract Wednesday. The contract enjoyed "overwhelming" support from both sides of the table, Karen McAninch '74, the workers' representative and business agent for the United Service ...


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Event highlights city's science companies

"Why is this goat smiling?" asked Giovanni Cicione as he pitched his product at yesterday's Life Sciences Technology Showcase in downtown Providence. Cicione's company, BioIntraface, patented an anti-microbial coating for orthopedic implants, which expedites healing and prevents infections. Cicione ...


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Homophobic scrawl spurs room change

A female sophomore who identifies as gay transferred out of Sears House in response to a homophobic remark written on the whiteboard on the front of her door. The student, who asked that her name not be used, said she saw the comment when she woke up the morning of Sept. 24. The comment read "OMG IM ...


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