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child with hand in cookie jar
Society & Culture
April 4, 2017 | 12:40 pm

Kids in stressful environments may adapt cognitive skills

A new study shows that early experiences of environmental harshness, in combination with personal temperament, can shape the child’s problem-solving abilities later in life.

topics: child development, Melissa Sturge-Apple, Mt. Hope Family Center, research finding,
librarian with a large table covered in letters
Society & Culture
March 29, 2017 | 02:00 pm

Library acquires unknown Susan B. Anthony letters found in old barn

Forgotten for over a century, a recently discovered trove of more than a hundred letters fills in the political details of how the suffrage movement was run and the women activists who ran it.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, women's rights,
woman stands next to 12-foot high panel signed with many names
Society & Culture
February 17, 2017 | 03:56 pm

AIDS Remembrance Quilt resurfaces after 23 years

“I knew I had it,” says Linda Dudman of the University Health Service. “I knew it was a very important item to keep, but I never quite knew what to do with it.” Now the 12-foot square panel will be on display through February and finds a new home in River Campus Libraries.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, events, featured-post-side, HIV and AIDS, rush rhees library, University Health Service,