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VORA: Reflect on the Power of Names

VORA: Reflect on the Power of Names

By Shivali Vora February 10, 2023

According to Shakespeare, that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But according to social scientists, names are more consequential than that.  As kids, many of us were...

Awkward

Awkward

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford May 1, 2016

Freshman year of college is like the first episode of New Girl or the sex-ed class in 5th grade- awkward. But it’s okay because you’re a freshman and you get to embrace this identity throughout all...

Jinwoo

Jinwoo

By Jinwoo Chong August 12, 2015

Last week at Starbucks, the employee taking my order didn’t ask for my name. Instead, he looked down at the credit card I’d just given him, and after a moment’s pause, wrote the name he found onto...

Name a Baby Panda!

Name a Baby Panda!

By Emma Holland and Emma Holland November 6, 2013

It's so cute, I'm crying. The Smithsonian National Zoo, just around the corner in D.C., is deciding on a name for its baby panda bear. On December 1, when the baby panda turns 100 days old, she'll officially...

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