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Letter from the Chair

With your financial support, we have been able to make a tangible difference for students: to help them pay tuition, buy books, attend professional conferences, take part in teaching workshops, and carry out research projects— all things that we could not do without you.
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06/10/08

One Floor Up

Mary Kennedy is taking research on traumatic brain injury to the next level by studying how we think about how we think.
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06/11/08
A Head for Language

As one of the newest faculty members in SLHS, Yang Zhang is rethinking classic theories about how we learn languages.
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06/11/08
The Sound of Silence

For Peggy Nelson, the sound of silence is the sound of children learning.
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06/11/08

Bridging Languages, Bridging Cultures

Ph.D candidate Pui-Fong Kan studies the relationship between language acquisition and culture.
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06/11/08

Taking The Higher Ed Road

For Rachel King and Native American Youths, higher education is the surest route to the future.
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06/11/08

A Career For The Common Good

Charles (Chuck) Speaks was mowing the lawn at this Houston home on Thanksgiving weekend in 1967 when he made a decision that would shape his future. “I want to teach," he thought. “I won’t know if I don’t try."
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06/11/08

Finding The Words

As she finds her way back from a stroke, Gail Becker is relearning how to talk.
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06/11/08