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Making College Work for Student-Athletes

What factors might help student-athletes at Division I schools get the most from their years at school?

Animal History: An Emerging Scholarly Trend

A survey of emerging fields in animal history and animal studies.
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The Surprisingly Long History of School Lunch as Teaching Tool

Research behind the history of school lunch.
Certificate awarded to Shloyme Preisner of Brooklyn for participating in YIVO’s 1942 autobiography contest.

YIVO Vilna Project Will Digitize Jewish History

It's an exciting time for Yiddish scholarship. The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has announced the start of its YIVO Vilna Project, a $5.25 million, 15-year endeavor to unite, at last, a collection of treasured documents that has been separated by an ocean for half a century .
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Scholarly Advice for Potential New Undergrads

Some counterintuitive advice for students.
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Undocumented at College

The effects of allowing undocumented students to receive in-state tuition rates at their state colleges and universities.
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Campus Hookup Culture: Myth vs. Reality

Hookup culture on American college campuses has become a predictable subject for magazine articles and op-eds. It might be time to shift the debate.