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New center will expand research support, community outreach at Brown Library The Brown University Library’s new Center for Library Exploration and Research promises to strengthen scholarly inquiry and support for high-impact research by scholars on campus and beyond. The new Center for Library Exploration and Research promises to support scholarly inquiry at every stage of the research lifecycle, boosting research skills students need for class projects, dissertations and more. Photo: Mike Cohea/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — There’s no doubt that Brown Univers...

Media Credit: Phebe Grosser | Staff Photographer Brookside Gardens, a 50-acre display garden in Wheaton, Maryland, is about a 20-minute walk from the Glenmont Metro station. If you’re feeling cooped up in your apartment, escape for a day trip or weekend in the DMV. Most people are traveling close to home to stay safe during the pandemic, and there are plenty of activities around the District to feel like you’re away from home. Whether by Metro, Zipcar or Amtrak, a trip to a few nearby spots around the DMV is quick. Here are six places in D.C., Maryland and Virginia that you could plan fo...

“I made a promise to Thomas Jefferson,” Kurt Smith said, “that I would treat him fairly and honestly. I would not gloss over his sharp contradictions nor would I neglect his accomplishments. My job is to present the facts and opinions of Thomas Jefferson. And as long as I do that, the rest is icing.”

house. to say, debate begins on the confirmation of sonia sotomayor are. final vote on the nomination could happen later in the week. live coverage of the senate begins tomorrow at 2:00 eastern on c-span2. . >> this week, our guest is bruce chadwick, author of a new book about founding father george wythe. it is called "i am murdered: george wythe, thomas jefferson and the killing that shocked a new nation." >> bruce chadwick, author of the "i am murdered, "where did you get the title and why have we not heard that much about george wythe? >> the idea of this book fell out of the sky...

bruce chadwick. after that, gordon brown meets with the liaison committee. . . >> i lost my balance and fell against a shelf and as i did, from a higher shelf, there was a hardbound copies but it hit me in the head and landed on the floor and cover opened up and the page said the murder of george wythe. knew who was but i did not know he had been murdered. one of the chapter titles was a quote where he told doctors who arrived to see him when he fell ill that he had been murdered. he had been poisoned and he was feeling very badly and he propped himself up by his fellows and stared a...