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William Matthaeus, the Martin A. Pomerantz Chair of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, has won UD’s highest ...

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A lure and fish hook that together stretch 22 feet hangs from a stairwell ceiling at the University of Minnesota Duluth. The tackle turned heads when it passed under the Aerial Lift Bridge in 2013.

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Craig Ester, left, is Ira Aldridge and Marina DeYoe-Pedraza is Betty Lovell in Swine Palace's production of 'Red Velvet,' ...