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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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With their approval of a site for the Windhover Contemplative Center, trustees have taken the first step toward fulfilling the late Nathan Oliveira's dream: A center where people could rest in quiet reflection while viewing his large paintings inspired by birds in flight. |
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The future of a large chunk of the island of Oahu was at stake when Stanford environmental scientists were called in to lend a helping hand. In the end, the environmental value of the land – not just the commercial value – was considered, and that made all the difference.
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Founded by graduate students in 2000, Mantis has maintained an emphasis on new poets and internationally diverse content. The journal emerged from a desire to facilitate conversation among writers engaged in the practice of poetry or literary criticism of poetry. |
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Helmut Krawinkler, professor emeritus in civil and environmental engineering, and a leading expert in structural design and earthquake engineering, died April 16. Krawinkler fundamentally changed the process of evaluating seismic safety and damage potential.
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W. S. DI PIERO, professor emeritus of English, awarded the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize . . .
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