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By Maureen Hanes

Introduction

Machismo, a distinctly Latin
American form of masculinity, is an important aspect of Mexican national
identity. Although machismo is often viewed as a singular idea centered […]

Alexander Borodin: Chemist Poet-Composer
Alexander Borodin was a Russian composer born 1833 in St. Petersburg to a Georgian prince and serf mother. Alexander Borodin was formally educated as a chemist at St. P […]

Georg Cantor was a German mathematician who was born and grew up in Saint Petersburg Russia in 1845. He helped develop modern day set theory, a branch of mathematics commonly used in the study of foundational […]

This blog is focused on Anna Pavlova, a Russian ballerina. It will offer an overview of her life, from being the illegitimate daughter of a laundress, to her legacy as one of Russia’s most famous dancers. It will […]

As we’re currently living through a pandemic, I thought that it might be interesting to look at how a different infectious disease played out over a century ago–and I was surprised to find many parallels. Cholera […]

This webpage is dedicated to Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel’s 1890 work Demon Cidyatsti/The Demon Seated. It will provide background on the artist and the evolution of his style, a look a the Russian Symbolist M […]

A Boolean Model of Microglial Phenotype Transitions Under Acute and Chronic Inflammation
Class of 2020

Biography

Education

Thang Long high school for the gifted, Da Lat city, Vietnam
The College […]

While very important, I thought I
would take a break from the COVID-19 pandemic and cover something different.

On April 4th and 5th,
Chile still held its annual Teletón albeit virtually. Teletón is a t […]

You should be able to edit your site from off campus without any issue. The requirement for VPN to edit has been removed. However, if you are having issues, you might try logging into VPN before attempting to […]