All posts tagged "academics"
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4.9KReligion and Social MovementsThe Vermont Eugenics Survey Purifies the Population’s Polluted Protoplasm
The Vermont eugenics survey began with the rural exodus of Vermont farmers and didn’t end until well after Hitler used its ‘philosophy’...
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4.4K1ConnecticutBlack Husband, White Scientist: The Secret Double Life of Clarence King
In 1888, Clarence King started to lead two secret lives, one on each side of the Brooklyn Bridge. In Manhattan, he was...
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6.1K4Arts and LeisureSix Mid-Century Modern Homes
Though the quintessential New England house is usually considered a white clapboard farmhouse or Cape, we actually have quite a few mid-century...
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5.6K13Crime and ScandalProfessor Marvin Hewitt Takes a Twisting Journey from Dropout to Imposter to Rocket Scientist
In 1954, University of New Hampshire president Robert Chandler had a problem faculty member. Professor Kenneth Yates was “undoubtedly a brilliant physicist,”...
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