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Thomas Levenson Thomas Levenson is a professor of science writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.—
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Literary Hub,
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In 1876, Arthur Lakes, a professor at Jarvis Hall college, discovered several dinosaur fossils on the west side of a hogback west of Denver, including the first fossils to be called stegosaurus.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Ayanna Howard, the dean of Ohio State University's engineering college and appointee to the federal government's National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee, was chosen to be the next president of Spelman College in Atlanta, a historically Black liberal arts institution for women.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2026
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Brenda McAleer, dean of the College of Professional Studies at the University of Maine at Augusta — which is preparing to offer a bachelor’s of applied public administration — said the degrees were designed for adults who already have some work experience or have taken some college courses.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2026
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Nurses, doctors and pharmacists, as well as health groups such as the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Cancer Society (ACS), had the broad support of 80 percent or more of respondents.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
9 June 2026
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Ferguson explained that Brown would be assigned a medical doctor who will evaluate him.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Chelsea Torres,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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Born on July 27, 1954, in Israel, Janklowicz was a one-time Olympic hopeful in the decathlon, and dedicated his early years to track and field before serving as a fitness instructor in the Israel Defense Forces.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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Learn to ride Atlantic swells from expert instructors in towns like Lagos.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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