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The Mars rover Opportunity is sampling a novel rock type from the planet’s 22,000-meter-wide Endeavour Crater.

For 40 years, Tillie’s Food Shop operated at the corner of Garrison and Sheridan avenues in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood in North St. Louis. More than a ­grocery store, the site became a hub of informal activism and ­community empowerment.

Preston M. Green Hall, recently certified LEED Gold, is the third building in a new engineering complex.

The famed New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast (see sample at left) and historian Douglas Brinkleypresented keynote addresses for the university’s 10th annual faculty book colloquium in December 2011.

Five national championships, 10 Final Fours, 19 UAA championships, 17 UAA Coach of the Year and seven NCAA Division III Coach of the Year honors.

Howard Wood credits his success in business to one fundamental principle: “If you hire bright, dedicated people, they will see to it that you succeed.” As co-founder of two of the nation’s most successful telecommunications companies, Wood understands the value of investing in talented individuals.

Xi’an Famous Foods in New York City is becoming a phenomenon. Critics rhapsodize about its strictly authentic cuisine from the northwestern Chinese city of Xi’an, the country’s ancient capital and former gateway to the Silk Road.

Janni Lee Simner, AB ’89, AB ’89, made a promise to herself when she was 15: She would never forget that she was real.

A native of India, Ani Vallabhaneni, BSBA ’02, BSCS ’02, knows firsthand about the lack of sanitation in developing countries. An estimated 2.5 billion people lack ­access to adequate sanitation in the developing world, and 1.6 million children die each year from diarrheal disease as a result. Now, as co-founder and CEO of Sanergy, Vallabhaneni is […]

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