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John Hendrix, the Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art

I don’t reject what Minnesota nice purports to offer. But it is not a simple and straightforward cultural value adopted by – and equally applied to – everyone, writes post-doctoral fellow Giang Nguyen-Dien.

In the latest episode of the “This is Cancer” podcast, hear the story of a teenage athlete’s battle with cancer and efforts to get back on the football field.

Nicholas Szoko, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics

Ganesh Babulal, associate professor of neurology

Jake Rosenfeld, chair of sociology

Bestselling author and illustrator John Hendrix, of the Sam Fox School, has published the graphic novel “The Mythmakers,” which explores the extraordinary friendship between literary giants C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. 

“Engineering the Future,” a podcast from McKelvey Engineering, has released a new season focused on women in engineering. Here, materials scientist Patty Weisensee discusses her journey from music to mechanical engineering and how she maintains a healthy work-life balance.

R. Marie Griffith, the John C. Danforth Distinguished Professor in the Humanities

In barking about cats and dogs in Springfield, Trump, Vance and their right-wing supporters are spreading the same kind of anti-Haitian rhetoric that has sown a harmful distrust of Haitian migrants for over a century, writes Nathan Dize.