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Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., was known as Seminary State when classes began in 1824. The name was changed to Indiana College in 1828 and it became Indiana University in 1838. The school offers more than 130 undergraduate majors and more than 320 other degree programs. Enrollment at the beginning of the 2007 school year was 38,990. The school colors are red and white and the sports teams compete in the Big Ten conference. Famous alumni include James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA structure; Actor Kevin Kline; Broadcasters Dick Enberg and Jane Pauley; Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; Sen. Evan Bayh...
Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., was known as Seminary State when classes began in 1824. The name was changed to Indiana College in 1828 and it became Indiana University in 1838. The school offers more than 130 undergraduate majors and more than 320 other degree programs. Enrollment at the beginning of the 2007 school year was 38,990. The school colors are red and white and the sports teams compete in the Big Ten conference. Famous alumni include James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA structure; Actor Kevin Kline; Broadcasters Dick Enberg and Jane Pauley; Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; Sen. Evan Bayh, former governor of Indiana; Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael; and jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker.
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Obama's inevitable embrace of gay marriage
President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday that he was done "evolving" and now supports same-sex marriage was, in retrospect, inevitable. Vice President Joe Biden made it so Sunday, when he remarked almost casually that he had grown "comfortable"...
Tags: Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Democratic Party, Family, Same-Sex Marriage
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Classical debut for Centennial High graduate
Columbia Pro Cantare is marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of two composers who were born in 1862, Debussy and Delius, as well as the 100th anniversary of the death of Massenet in 1912, at its concert Sunday, March 18 at 3 p.m. at First...Tags: Entertainment Events, Concerts, Broadway Theater, Music Industry, Opera (genre)
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Digest: Ex-UMES coach Wilkerson to join Indiana Hall of Fame
College basketball Ex-UMES coach Wilkerson to join Hall Bobby Wilkerson, a former men's basketball coach at UMES, will be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame next Wednesday in New Castle. Wilkerson, who won a national championship as a...Tags: College Sports, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Face-Off Classic, Basketball, High School Sports
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Gryphon Trio: 'We love Beethoven'
The Gryphon Trio will be thinking a lot about Beethoven when this Canadian ensemble performs locally for the Candlelight Concert Society Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre.
"We love Beethoven," cellist Roman Borys...Tags: Entertainment Events, Concerts, Leonard Cohen, Laurie Anderson, Colleges and Universities
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Goucher senior Sarah Bart advances again on 'Jeopardy!'
The Baltimore SunSarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College, won again Thursday night on the "Jeopardy! College Championship" competition. It wasn't even close. Bart more than doubled the combined total of both of her competitors, Greer Mackabee, of Duke, and Jaime Alayon,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Don't leave gifted students behind
Maryland public schools are rightfully acclaimed as some of the best in the nation. And yet these outstanding schools are at risk of leaving their top students behind.
The problem is not limited to our state; it's a growing national concern. A recent...Tags: Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Public Schools, Students
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Dr. Constance A. "Connie" Griffin
Dr. Constance A. "Connie" Griffin, an internationally known pancreatic cancer researcher who led the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center's Cytogenetics Core and was director of the Pathology Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, died Jan. 8 of pancreatic...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pancreatic Cancer, Oncology, Medical Research, Teaching and Learning
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Doctors aim to stop pancreatic cancer before it forms
Seeing a chance to stop one of the most deadly kinds of cancer before it forms, doctors at Johns Hopkins and at other hospitals around the nation are focusing on the common pancreatic cyst.
Up to 20 percent of pancreatic cancer begins as one of these...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pancreatic Cancer, Oncology, Medical Research, Advil (drug)
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Local college hoops preview: New era begins for Towson
Towson sophomore Marcus Damas brought a crowd of students and alumni to their feet after dunking over three cheerleaders who playfully cowered under the basket at the Tigers' recent Black & Gold Jam.
The inaugural, fan-friendly event officially...Tags: Coppin State University, The Pennsylvania State University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Teaching and Learning, College Sports
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Columbia resident has ceramics art on juried exhibit in New York
Erica Kempler, of Columbia, has two ceramics pieces on juried exhibit at the First Street Gallery in New York City, and two other ceramics pieces on juried exhibit at the Bedford Gallery, in Walnut Creek, Calif. She is a 2005 graduate of Wilde Lake High...Tags: Armed Forces, Frostburg State University, Material Science, U.S. Navy, Building Material
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Weddings & Engagements
Jonathan and Kelly Caplan Paules and Kathleen Gibson, of Lewisburg, Pa., announce the marriage of their daughter, Kelly Lynn Gibson, to Jonathan Lee Caplan, son of Howard and Diane Caplan, of Columbia, on May 22, 2011. The bride is a 1987 graduate...Tags: Marriage, Oswego, Johns Hopkins University, Weddings, American Visionary Art Museum
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Reader essay: After cancer comes 4,000 miles
Tom Backof, a Baltimove native and biology grad student at Indiana University-Purdue University, hasn’t been in school for a while. He’s been too busy battling cancer and, most recently, biking 4,000 miles across the country with 4K for...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chest, Surgery, Colleges and Universities, Cancer
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