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Learning from Experience
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Learning from Experience

As alternative schools gain traction, School of Education faculty and alumni are spreading their influence by showing how classroom practice meets teaching theory.

by Diane Rogers

They're Back!
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They're Back!

Sidelined last season for behavior deemed out-of-bounds, the Stanford Band returns to the football field this fall with increased administrative support and new marching orders: follow the rules.

by Kevin Cool

Mind Over Platter
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Mind Over Platter

That jumbo box at the theater concession isn’t just bad for your waistline, it’s playing with your mind, says food researcher Brian Wansink. And he has the five-day-old popcorn to prove it.

by Barrett Sheridan

Eureka!
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Eureka!

A medieval priest scrubbed the writing from an ancient Greek manuscript to reuse the pages as a prayer book. Now the long-buried words written by Archimedes have been magically restored, and have changed what we know about the origins of science.

by Theresa Johnston

Me Talk Pretty One Dia
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Me Talk Pretty One Dia

by Julie Doherty