A book is a gift that will be appreciated long after it’s unwrapped. For titles perfect for everyone from the family bookworm to your holiday chef, check out these wide-ranging recommendations from our booksellers. For fans of literary fiction, you can’t go wrong with Wind/Pinball, two surreal coming of age stories written by Haruki Murakami [...]

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A quarter-century ago, the film “Back to the Future Part II” made some bold predictions about the state of transportation in the year 2015. The movie’s imagination ran a bit wild, and none of us use a flying car or a hoverboard to get around. But that doesn’t mean transportation hasn’t made some big advances, especially [...]

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Feeling stressed and rundown? Eat for better energy, exercise regularly, find time for relaxation…and don’t forget to laugh more. In fact, laughter has been proven to be an effective method of coping with stress. According to the Mayo Clinic, laugher has many health benefits: Laughter relaxes the whole body. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical [...]

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Listen up: Women rock, and they've been rocking for a very long time. That's what you'll learn from Michelle Habell-Pallán, an associate professor in the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies. She teaches a class about the female side of American music, from early rock 'n' roll to punk and hip hop.

I remember sitting around the table as we planned our next event in collaboration with The Combined Fund Drive. It was August, and we had just completed our summer stair challenge. Over a thousand faculty and staff participated. Because of that success, we decided to plan another one — but this time for a cause. [...]

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Track and field champion Carl Lewis. Heavyweight boxer Cam Awesome. Bodybuilder Jehina Malik. Ultra-marathoner Scott Jurek. These four are all amazing athletes, but they have another similarity: They’re all vegan. Whether it is for health, environmental, or ethical reasons, following a plant-based diet is becoming increasingly prevalent. And as the prevalence increases in the general [...]

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It’s rainy and cold today. As a relative newcomer to the Pacific Northwest, I assumed there was nothing to be done about that until spring. But Cliff Mass opened my eyes. Cliff, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, rides his bike almost every day, but avoids getting soaked. He knows black ice is [...]

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