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Making it Easy to be Green: Susan Hunt Stevens ’92 wants to help you live green in your home

“You can measure your carbon footprint, but that’s like stepping on a scale and asking, ‘What do my bones weigh?’” says Susan Hunt Stevens ’92, founder and CEO of Practically Green. “The footprint is only one part of the equation for green and healthy living; there are so many other factors—water us…
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FIVE QUESTIONS: William Johnston, Professor of history, Science in Society, and East Asian Studies

Q: How did you become interested in the history of diseases, and more specifically, flu outbreaks? A: While in graduate school I was drawn to the history of medicine in Japan because it was in that field that the Japane…
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National Trust for Historic Preservation Honors Middletown’s Main Street as “Most Romantic”

When the National Trust for Historic Preservation went hunting for the nation’s “Most Romantic Main Streets,” Middletown topped the list. Here is what the Trust said:   “Middletown’s allure includes an artful Main…
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