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Paul Fussell dies at 88; social historian and critic

2012-05-27 17:21:00

For social historian and critic Paul Fussell, the most enduring moments of truth came as a 20-year-old platoon leader in France during World War II. German shrapnel tore up his back and thigh. The blood and guts of fellow soldiers were spewed on him....

Department of Education lists cheapest and costliest colleges

2012-06-12 14:45:00

Berea College doesn’t have the cachet and name recognition of Harvard or Yale. But it also doesn’t have the high price tag. The small Christian school in Kentucky charges the lowest annual tuition and fees of any four-year private college --...

Federal education leaders urge families to compare college costs

2012-06-12 16:36:09

Irreconcilable differences at the end of the day: Men, women and housework

2011-05-20 20:32:00

Men, it's your health and happiness or hers. Women, it's your health and happiness or his. At the end of the day, if there's housework to be done (and there's always housework to be done) and you’re both employed (as almost 52% of married couples...

A picturesque time at the Impressionist Normandy Festival

2010-09-12 00:00:00

Last spring in the Paris Metro, I paused to admire a colorful advertisement for the Impressionist Normandy Festival, a celebration of the region's role in the Impressionist painting movement. My brother Davey, an art history major at Connecticut College,...

A new way to think about the 5-second rule

2010-01-25 21:32:32

Richard Goodwin, 96; noted environmentalist

2007-07-23 00:00:00

Richard H. Goodwin, a pioneering land preservationist and early president of the Nature Conservancy who negotiated the conservation group's first land purchase in California, a 3,000-acre stretch of virgin forest along the state's northern coast, has...

Go ahead, eat that cookie

2007-05-17 00:00:00

Health facts come and go: One minute fiber wards off cancer, the next minute it's ... well, fiber. Now one of the most famous health rules we live by is hanging by a thread: The 5-second rule, which states that you can eat a cookie that fell on the...

Marion Scott dies at 86; returned to dancing at 62 , staged performances by aging artists

2008-11-20 00:00:00

Marion Scott, a noted dancer, choreographer and teacher who returned to the stage at the age of 62 and in her 80s mounted concerts that displayed the talents of aging artists like herself, died Oct. 5 in Los Angeles. She was 86. The cause of death was...

The little protein that glowed

2008-10-09 00:00:00

As is the case with most great scientific discoveries, it all started with a bit of curiosity. In the 1960s, Osamu Shimomura wondered why crystal jellyfish gave off green pinpricks of light. Now, half a century later, Shimomura has been awarded for his...

School daze: the whirlwind tour

2005-09-11 00:00:00

EXHAUSTED parents, collapsed on sofas in college admissions offices, tell one another this urban legend while waiting for the next campus tour. It's about one family who took their teenager to visit a dozen schools in Pennsylvania in three days. They...

READER SUBMITTED: West Hartford Resident Wins Connecticut College's Faculty Leadership Award

2013-05-19 16:10:04

West Hartford resident Lawrence Vogel, a professor of philosophy at Connecticut College, has been honored with the college's highest award for faculty leadership. Vogel was awarded the 2013 Helen Brooks Regan Faculty Leadership Award at a May 10...

Enrollment: 1,896 Acceptance Rate: 34% Graduation Rate (Four Years): 81% Endowment Funds: $211,151,000 Tuition (In-State): $44,890 Tuition (Out-of-State): $44,890 Median Borrowing: $22,219 Starting Salary: $41,900 Mid-Career Salary: $80,600 Return Of Investment: 6.7%

2013-03-25 13:22:02

Langer was one of the first women to make an academic career in the field of philosophy and the first to be considered a major American philosopher, according to the Hartford Courant. She is best known for her 1942 book, Philosophy in a New Key. Langer was a long-time resident of Old Lyme, Conn.

2013-02-26 00:00:00

James is an award-winning television and film star and Special Olympics activist, most widely known for her work on such television shows as McMillan & Wife and Kate & Allie. James attended Connecticut College for Women in New London, as stated by the .

2013-02-26 00:00:00