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Joan Juster, panel maker and names reader coordinator, discusses the origins of The AIDS Memorial Quilt with Mike Smith, co-founder of The Names Project
Paleontologist Jack Horner has advanced dinosaur science through both unique and controversial methods.
“Gypsy Colours” was recorded as the encore on July 1, 2012, at the Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center stage on the National Mall.
Poet and spoken word artist Mary Bowman was born HIV-positive.
Wishing everyone a Happy July 4! Under sunny skies and a light breeze, there is great energy out here on the National Mall.
The last time The AIDS Memorial Quilt was unfolded in its entirety was October 1996 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The Good Hope and Naylor Corner, Citified’s narrative stage, hosted a surprise joint-discussion with D.C. native Christylez Bacon and East L.A. musician Quetzal Flores.
The Campus and Community program features a detailed and instructive timeline of events
Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, stopped by the Foodways Test Kitchen
So far one of this year's musical highlights has been the evening concert performance of Azerbaijani music with Imamyar Hasanov and Pezhham Akhavass.
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