Spring 2015, Volume 23, Number 2
// FEATURES PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR
With her distinct, no-nonsense style of teaching, Senior Lecturer in Japanese Hisae Kobayashi is the fourth professor in College history to be named the top in the state.
THE NOODLE FACTORY REBORN
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Extensively renovated, Shain Library is supporting a new generation of tech-savvy, collaborative learners.
AN ENDURING SLICE OF AMERICANA
A cross section of artifacts from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum reveals the sport’s inextricable link to American culture.
WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY
Whether home or abroad, alumni are forging global careers in today’s highly complex, interconnected society.
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// DEPARTMENTS NOTEBOOK
Tidbits from daily life on campus; a new major; athletics news and notes; and more
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LIVES
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CLASS NOTES
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Profiles of a political scientist who studies social media movements, the creator of an online community for gay fathers, a bioinformatics trailblazer, a top money manager and a cheese whiz “Against Authenticity: Why You Shouldn’t Be Yourself ” and other alumni and faculty titles
THIS PAGE: Laurene Giovannelli Palmer ’76 unloads boxes from a conveyer belt (inset) which was set up to move books from Blaustein Humanities Center (formerly Palmer Library) to the then-unnamed Charles E. Shain Library in preparation for the building’s opening in 1976. PHOTOS FROM THE LINDA LEAR CENTER FOR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES
ON THE COVER: The newly renovated Charles E. Shain Library at night. PHOTO BY NICK CAITO
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