By Anita V. M. Shea
Dean (Retired), School of Arts and Sciences
Until 1997, undergraduate research activities in the School of Arts and Sciences were based mainly in selected departments relying on a nucleus of committed faculty or on an occasional grant. In general, those efforts were neither publicly acknowledged nor supported in concept by the college community. That [...]

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By Paul Kelly
Biology Department
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” – Bertrand Russell
The well-publicized battles between evolutionary theory and the religious beliefs of some fundamentalists are just the latest in a series of struggles against the advancement of [...]

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