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From stories of everyday people like Samuel Johnson to those of famous leaders like Thomas Jefferson, the historical investigations of Eva Sheppard Wolf, PhD ’00, reveal how individual Americans constantly grappled and negotiated with the ideal of freedom and their obligations across the color line. 

Suffolk University historian Robert Allison, PhD ’92, chair of Revolution 250, discusses the consortium's effort to celebrate “the founding of our country, while exploring the complexities that brought our nation into being and that continue to impact our culture and values.”

While ancient languages can help broaden our vocabularies and clarify unknown words, often they simply provide a starting point for tracing the remarkable journeys words make from their origins down to our times.

New research led by PhD candidate Matthew Jacob finds boys born just after the cutoff, who start kindergarten relatively old for their grade, enjoy far more advantages than previously known.

Biophysics PhD candidate Benjamin Fry explains how artificial intelligence is transforming the way scientists design proteins for medicine.

At The Economic Club of Washington, DC, Alan Garber, PhD '82, says policy changes for research funding and international students discourage the world’s best and brightest from coming to the US.