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Photo Features of a Virtual Campus Quad

Take a tour of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's campus in Second Life, a 3-D online environment.
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Al-Faisal University's Future Campus

An artist's video depiction of the campus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Turning Programming Into Child's Play

Watch a demonstration of Scratch, a programming language designed for kids by MIT's Media Lab, and see some of the most popular creations.
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Webcasting College Sports

Watch a video report about how small colleges are using technology to promote their sports programs.
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A Reading of Electronic Literature

Watch a video report of authors reading their works of electronic literature.
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Audio

The Spellings Commission, One Year Later

Hear U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings talk about the continuing impact of last year's report by her Commission on the Future of Higher Education.
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A Race to Rescue Native Tongues

Hear a graduate student in linguistics speak in her ancestral language of Tututni.
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A Katrina Survivor's Story

Joan Britton, a 53-year-old New Orleans school-bus driver who was evacuated after Hurricane Katrina, tells Nicole Eugene what happened to her and her family when they tried to leave the city. Ms. Eugene interviewed Ms. Britton on April 28, 2006, as part of the U. of Houston's folklore project, "Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston."
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Academic Style

An interview with the fashion guru Tim Gunn.
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Voice Lessons

Kendyll, a male-to-female transsexual in her 20s, is a student at George Washington University's voice clinic. She talks about her efforts to make her voice sound more feminine.
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Dance of the Medieval Scholars

Listen to a report from "prom night" at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University.
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Reinventing the Internet

Hear Vinton G. Cerf, one of the inventors of the Internet and now "chief Internet evangelist" at Google, talk about whether the worldwide computer network should be revamped.
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Defending College Rankings

Excerpts from a Chronicle interview with Robert J. Morse, director of data research for U.S. News & World Report
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Trustees May Be More Willing Than Ready

John Maguire, chairman of Maguire Associates, an education-consulting firm, discusses highlights of a survey of college trustees the firm conducted for The Chronicle.
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On the Scene at Virginia Tech

Hear a report from John Gravois, a Chronicle reporter, on the mood on the campus the day after the shootings.
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Podcast

Tech Therapy

Flying a Plane While Building It

You want to plan a grand technology strategy for your campus, yet you find yourself putting out fires and making 11th-hour decisions. Sound familiar? Scott Carlson, a Chronicle reporter, and Warren Arbogast, a tech consultant, tell you how to get your department in order. (Bonus material: How is technology like a drug?)

Interviews

Measuring the Universities' Performance: What Works?

Mark G. Yudof, chancellor of the University of Texas system, talks about why taxpayers, students, and parents have a right to know how well colleges are doing.

Photo Gallery

Photo The Cat People

Meet members of the Stanford Cat Network, who care for strays near the university's campus.
Photograph by Pauline Lubens
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Where Italy's Treasures Are Restored

See photos from the Central Institute of Restoration, where students learn art restoration, in Rome.
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Scenes from Saudi Arabian Campuses

View scenes from Saudi Arabian campuses.
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Parisian Scenes

See photographs of Paris by Patrick Zachmann.
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Modernism in Albany

Tour the Modernist campus that Edward Durell Stone created for the State U. of New York at Albany.

The Temple at Temple University

Take a virtual tour of Temple University's historic Baptist Temple.
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Robotic Goal

See images from RoboCup 2007.
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Work Can Be Delicious

See images of ice cream being made at the University of Connecticut's creamery.
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Solar Pressure

Watch and listen to the story of a solar-powered house being built at the University of Cincinnati.
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A Vast New University for India

See the designs for an ambitious new university in India.
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Life on an Islamic Campus

See photos of the Islamic University in Uganda.
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The Pagoda Boys

See photos of Cambodian students who live in Buddhist pagodas in order to attend university.
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