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Monday | Fairfield Weekly

Jazz Bag:

It's hard to get a steady gig in New York. When you've had one for more than four decades, it's worth celebrating.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Thad Jones, Bill Evans, New London, CT, Thelonious Monk

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Videolicio.us

Fluorescent Amphibians

These genetically modified axolotls glow green under a blue light. They belong to Marc Zimmer, professor of chemistry at Connecticut College, who is an expert on green fluorescent protein .

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Hartford Courant

'A Christmas Carol' Expert Gives Big Thumbs-Up To 3-D Version

It's doubtful that anyone in the country, maybe even the world, knows more about "Christmas Carol" movies than Fred Guida.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Animation Movies, Short, A Christmas Carol, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Scrooge, Entertainment

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Norman Transcript

Chinese poet awarded Neustadt Prize at OU

An international jury representing nine countries selected critically acclaimed Chinese poet Duo Duo as the 2010 laureate of the $50,000 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international magazine, World Literature Today.

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Related Topix: University of Oklahoma, Arts, Poetry

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Day

At 86, it was time to move downtown

George Jagger is probably not quite the hipster that Claire Gaudiani had in mind, when the Connecticut College president was predicting a downtown renaissance that would make New London a "hip little city." But 86-year-old Jagger is indeed what the doctor ordered for making the downtown a more interesting and dynamic place, a transplant from the ...

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Related Topix: New London, CT, Quaker Hill, CT

Sat Oct 31, 2009

LiveScience

Making Molecules (And Salamanders) Glow

Green fluorescent protein lights up an axolotl under ultra violet light. Credit: Justin Rosenberg, Connecticut College Geneticists can engineer mice and fish to have fluorescent proteins that light up certain parts of their bodies.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Day

Sailor accused in fatal van crash offered plea deal

The state's attorney office has made an offer to resolve the case of a Navy sailor accused of causing the crash that killed a Connecticut College Student Elizabeth Durante in March.

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Related Topix: New London Metro, Boston Metro

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Philly.com

Tributes in the picture for a portrait painter

The coming month may prove to be the homecoming Philadelphia-born painter Barkley L. Hendricks has long deserved.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Fine Arts, Arts, Photography, African-American, Black Entertainment, Miles Davis, Jazz, Entertainment

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Centre Daily Times

Caught in the college arms race, students and parents pay more and more

Colleges are like the cookie monster. They seek and devour every resource in sight, with few constraints and even less restraint.

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Related Topix: Cornell University, University of Washington

Thu Oct 15, 2009

The Jewish News Weekly

CJM offers - Monster' dance in epic space

When choreographer Rebecca Pappas presents her haunting dance piece "Monster" at the Contemporary Jewish Museum's Yud gallery, she'll be adding some "rough" to the diamond-shaped structure.

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Related Topix: Arts, Dance, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Modern Dance

TheDay.Com - Region News

Show of solidarity

Connecticut College students, including Susanna Matthews, front left, a senior, and Catherine Monahan, second from left, a sophomore, gather with faculty members on Tempel Green at the college for a candlelight vigil in support of"The Laramie Project 10 Years Later - An Epilogue," a play that explores life in Laramie, Wyo., 10 years after Matthew ...

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Related Topix: Laramie, WY, Gay/Lesbian

Tue Oct 13, 2009

PerezHilton.com

Connecticut College "Protecting" Their Coeds From Letterman

Quinnipiac University in Connecticut isn't taking the David Letterman scandal lightly.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

TheDay.Com - Connecticut College

Ireland's Past and Present Juxtaposed in Mystic Photographer's Images

A crumbling 10th-century tower still standing tall amidst a stark 21st-century housing development with a satellite dish balanced on the edge of a dormer in the background, a dog standing perfectly still on a wall in the foreground.

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Related Topix: Arts, Photography, Cromwell, CT

Sat Oct 10, 2009

TIME.com

Education: The Pot Problem

MAIL ORDER AT CORNELL, said a headline in the New York Herald Tribune last week.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Sausalito, CA

Fri Oct 09, 2009

TheDay.Com - Connecticut College

Food from Farm to City

Did you know there is a coalition of food-related stakeholders throughout Greater New London who have partnered to assess and determine the viability of a local food system? Such a system would provide as much locally produced food to the area as possible and increase that capacity over time.

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Related Topix: New London, CT, Life, Food, Nutrition, Local Food, Agriculture, Science

Playbill

Dennehy to Speak at Eugene O'Neill Celebration in CT

Two-time Tony Award winner Brian Dennehy will be the special guest speaker at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 10th Annual Eugene O'Neill Celebration.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Death of a Salesman, Brian Dennehy, New London Metro, New London, CT

Thu Oct 08, 2009

TheDay.Com - Connecticut College

Ocean Beach Rocks Tonight

Classic Hits 98.7 WNLC is hosting Ocean Beach Rocks! to benefit the Barnaba Institute on Thursday, Oct.

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Related Topix: New London, CT, Theater, Arts

TheDay.Com - Connecticut College

Emily Tate Rudolph, 72 Grantham, New Hampshire, formerly of New Canaan and West Norwalk

Emily Tate Rudolph, 72, of Grantham, New Hampshire, formerly of New Canaan and West Norwalk, died Sept.

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Related Topix: Canaan, CT, Norwalk, CT, New Canaan, CT, Ovarian Cancer, Health, Fairfield University

TheDay.Com - Rick Koster Column

The legacy of Matthew Shepard

As early as last January, Robert Richter heard rumors that the Tectonic Theater Project was considering a follow-up to their widely acclaimed "Laramie Project" - a production dealing the with the aftermath of the 1998 Laramie, Wyoming, hate-crime murder of 22-year-old gay student Matthew Shepard.

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Related Topix: Arts, Theater, Laramie, WY

Wed Oct 07, 2009

Hartford Courant

Dreams Deferred: Students Transfer To Less-Expensive Colleges As Families Feel Strain

Ben Telep had to abruptly change his college plans after his mother lost her job.

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Related Topix: Storrs, CT, Hartford Metro, Connecticut, Tsunami, Natural Disasters, East Hampton, CT

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