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100 Years Ago, This American Doctor Built a Life in China

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100 Years Ago, This American Doctor Built a Life in China

100 Years Ago, This American Doctor Built a Life in China

In a courageous and impactful career, Ruth Hemenway, M1921, dedicated herself to improving health in prerevolutionary China, Tufts Now, March 2026

Walking a Fine Line

Walking a Fine Line

In its agreement with the federal government, has Brown shrewdly saved itself from bleeding out—or surrendered to yet more scrutiny from D.C.? Brown Alumni Magazine, Winter 2025-2026

The Invisible Hand of the Vampire

The Invisible Hand of the Vampire

Two centuries ago, an unseen terror was killing New Englanders. They went to macabre lengths to protect the living. The Boston Globe Magazine, October 26, 2023.

A Watermark, and ‘Spidey Sense,’ Unmask a Forged Galileo Treasure

A Watermark, and ‘Spidey Sense,’ Unmask a Forged Galileo Treasure

One of the University of Michigan Library’s most prized possessions, which appeared to be a Galileo manuscript, is now thought to be a 20th-century forgery. The New York Times, August 18, 2022.

Why a Schoolteacher Spent 70 Years Collecting Thousands of Black History Artifacts

Why a Schoolteacher Spent 70 Years Collecting Thousands of Black History Artifacts

Elizabeth Meaders’ acquisitions include sports memorabilia, civil rights posters, military paraphernalia and art. Smithsonian, February 22, 2022.

Plagiarism Software Unveils a New Source for Shakespeare's Plays

Plagiarism Software Unveils a New Source for Shakespeare's Plays

"If it proves to be what they say it is, it is a once-in-a-generation - or several generations - find." The New York Times front page, February 9, 2018.

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

Theo Padnos spent nearly two years captive in an al-Qaeda prison in Syria. It was Vermont that saved him. Middlebury Magazine, Winter 2017.

Dramatic Stress

Dramatic Stress

As part of the Shakespeare Anthology Project—the brainchild of noted actress, director, scholar, and impresario Tina Packer—students learned to wound and be wounded, with words and with swords drawn. And to consider why. Boston College Magazine, Winter 2015.

The 10 Most Important Maps in U.S. History

The 10 Most Important Maps in U.S. History

Without these pieces of paper, the United States as we know it would never have existed. Mental Floss, July 18, 2014.

The Lie That Charted New England's Future

The Lie That Charted New England's Future

John Smith’s map changed the world, especially the parts he made up. Boston Globe Ideas, June 15, 2014.

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100 Years Ago, This American Doctor Built a Life in China
Walking a Fine Line
The Invisible Hand of the Vampire
A Watermark, and ‘Spidey Sense,’ Unmask a Forged Galileo Treasure
Why a Schoolteacher Spent 70 Years Collecting Thousands of Black History Artifacts
Plagiarism Software Unveils a New Source for Shakespeare's Plays
The Prisoner
Dramatic Stress
The 10 Most Important Maps in U.S. History
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