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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Faculty Explore Possibilities for Students in Greenland]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-09-18, 00:48:03 +0000</alphaDate>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Washington and Lee University exploring ways to reimagine international education, three members of the W&amp;L faculty recently traveled to Greenland to investigate possible connections there for internships, student projects and spring term abroad courses.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Pre-orientation Program at W&amp;L Encourages Student Leadership]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/08/29/new-pre-orientation-program-at-wl-encourages-student-leadership/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-08-29, 16:02:13 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Aug 29</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington and Lee University has added a new element to The Leading Edge, its week-long pre-orientation program for entering students &#151; a Leadership Venture to encourage student leadership.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Washington and Lee University has added a new element to The Leading Edge, its week-long pre-orientation program for entering students &#151; a Leadership Venture to encourage student leadership.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Awards Johnson Opportunity Grants to 15 Students]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington and Lee University has awarded the second group of Johnson Opportunity Grants for the upcoming spring and summer to 15 juniors and seniors.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Washington and Lee University has awarded the second group of Johnson Opportunity Grants for the upcoming spring and summer to 15 juniors and seniors.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nine W&amp;L Students Win SSIR Grants]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2010/06/28/nine-w-l-students-win-ssir-grants/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2010-06-28, 12:00:00 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Jun 28</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nine Washington and Lee University seniors have won Student Summer Independent Research (SSIR) grants for study this year.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nine Washington and Lee University seniors have won Student Summer Independent Research (SSIR) grants for study this year.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Awards Johnson Opportunity Grants to 12 Students]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2010/06/21/w-l-awards-johnson-opportunity-grants-to-12-students/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2010-06-21, 12:00:00 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Jun 21</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Ireland to Peru, New York to Israel, the 12 Washington and Lee juniors and seniors who were awarded Johnson Opportunity Grants for the summer of 2010 are traveling not only across the country, but also across the globe to take part in their summer dream projects.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[From Ireland to Peru, New York to Israel, the 12 Washington and Lee juniors and seniors who were awarded Johnson Opportunity Grants for the summer of 2010 are traveling not only across the country, but also across the globe to take part in their summer dream projects.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Student Wins $10,000 Projects for Peace Prize]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2010/06/04/w-l-student-wins-10000-projects-for-peace-prize/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2010-06-04, 12:00:00 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Jun 04</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cailin Slattery, a Washington and Lee University student from Nyack, N.Y., has won a $10,000 prize to establish a microfinance initiative with women entrepreneurs in northern Haiti, from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Cailin Slattery, a Washington and Lee University student from Nyack, N.Y., has won a $10,000 prize to establish a microfinance initiative with women entrepreneurs in northern Haiti, from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Three W&amp;L Seniors Win Fulbrights]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2010/05/24/three-w-l-seniors-win-fulbrights-2/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2010-05-24, 12:00:00 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>May 24</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three Washington and Lee University seniors &#151; Meredith Freeman of St. Louis, Ben Goetsch of Timonium, Md. and Matthew Pagano of Zionsville, Ind. &#151; have been awarded Fulbright grants to teach English and conduct research in during the 2010-2011 academic year.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Three Washington and Lee University seniors &#151; Meredith Freeman of St. Louis, Ben Goetsch of Timonium, Md. and Matthew Pagano of Zionsville, Ind. &#151; have been awarded Fulbright grants to teach English and conduct research in during the 2010-2011 academic year.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Two W&amp;L Seniors Receiving Teaching Assistantships in France]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2010-05-24, 12:00:00 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>May 24</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Washington and Lee University seniors - Stephanie Dultz of Chester, N.J., and Grace Wang of Richmond, Va., - have been awarded teaching assistantships through the French Ministry of Education and the Cultural Services at the French Embassy and will teach English in France next year.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two Washington and Lee University seniors - Stephanie Dultz of Chester, N.J., and Grace Wang of Richmond, Va., - have been awarded teaching assistantships through the French Ministry of Education and the Cultural Services at the French Embassy and will teach English in France next year.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Researchers Explore a Noisy Theory of Aging]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2009/08/13/w-l-researchers-explore-a-noisy-theory-of-aging/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2009-08-13, 12:00:00 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Aug 13</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know that as people age their responses and decision-making processes slow down. What we don&#39;t know exactly is why this happens. Wythe Whiting, associate professor of psychology at Washington and Lee University, hypothesizes this may be due to a breakdown of the brain&#39;s neural circuitry, resulting in what he calls &#34;neural noise.&#34;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[We know that as people age their responses and decision-making processes slow down. What we don&#39;t know exactly is why this happens. Wythe Whiting, associate professor of psychology at Washington and Lee University, hypothesizes this may be due to a breakdown of the brain&#39;s neural circuitry, resulting in what he calls &#34;neural noise.&#34;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Team Tracking Potential New Salamander Species]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<easyDate>Aug 10</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What may prove to be a new species of salamander is being investigated in the George Washington National Forest by a Washington and Lee University professor and his students.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[What may prove to be a new species of salamander is being investigated in the George Washington National Forest by a Washington and Lee University professor and his students.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Economics Research Examining Whether the World Is Really Flat]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2009-08-09, 12:00:00 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Aug 09</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think about research into global economics, the cost of lipstick and toilet paper is hardly the first thing that comes to mind. But that is precisely what Katie Boiles and Ian Sturdy, both economics majors and R. E. Lee Research Scholars at Washington and Lee University, have been researching this summer. Along with light bulbs, bottles of wine and toasters, they are looking at the prices of nearly 200 products around the world.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[When you think about research into global economics, the cost of lipstick and toilet paper is hardly the first thing that comes to mind. But that is precisely what Katie Boiles and Ian Sturdy, both economics majors and R. E. Lee Research Scholars at Washington and Lee University, have been researching this summer. Along with light bulbs, bottles of wine and toasters, they are looking at the prices of nearly 200 products around the world.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Summer Research Brings Poverty Issues to Life]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spending your summer gathering data on how the U.S. government has funded social programs to combat poverty over the past 50 years would hardly seem to qualify as a day at the beach. But Washington and Lee University senior Caroline Head, an economics major with a minor in poverty studies, has discovered that such data mining is not as dull as it might seem, especially when you consider the stories that are behind the data.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Summer Research Means Yellow Jackets, X-ray Diffractometer  and Dirt]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2009/07/23/summer-research-means-yellow-jackets-x-ray-diffractometer-and-dirt/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stepping on a nest of yellow jackets is just part of Meredith Townsend&#39;s experience during her summer research project at Washington and Lee University.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Stepping on a nest of yellow jackets is just part of Meredith Townsend&#39;s experience during her summer research project at Washington and Lee University.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Olivia Burr &#39;12 Selected as Kemper Scholar]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2009/05/01/olivia-burr-12-selected-as-kemper-scholar/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olivia B. Burr &#39;12 has been selected from a group of finalists for the Class of 2012 of the prestigious Kemper Scholars Program.  She joins current W&amp;L students, Rebecca Taylor (&#39;09), Cale Grove (&#39;10), Eric Hamscher (&#39;11) and Chengpeng Mou (&#39;11) as Kemper Scholars.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Olivia B. Burr &#39;12 has been selected from a group of finalists for the Class of 2012 of the prestigious Kemper Scholars Program.  She joins current W&amp;L students, Rebecca Taylor (&#39;09), Cale Grove (&#39;10), Eric Hamscher (&#39;11) and Chengpeng Mou (&#39;11) as Kemper Scholars.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Two W&amp;L Students Win Goldwater Scholarships]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2009/04/09/two-w-l-students-win-goldwater-scholarships/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2009-04-09, 12:00:00 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Apr 09</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Washington and Lee University students &#151;  junior Bena M. Tshishiku from Martinez, Ga., and sophomore F. Andrew Tessier Jr. from New Orleans, La. &#151;  have been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two Washington and Lee University students &#151;  junior Bena M. Tshishiku from Martinez, Ga., and sophomore F. Andrew Tessier Jr. from New Orleans, La. &#151;  have been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.]]></content:encoded>
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