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Feb. 6, 2017: Caplan *97 Discusses Education’s Real Value; Schultz ’54 Backs New PBS Documentary; and More

By Brett Tomlinson
Published online February 6, 2018

Economist and author Bryan Caplan *97 argues that there is “an enormous gap between the education that people receive and what they actually use.” — The Chronicle of Higher Education

 

Executive producer Chiz Schultz ’54 was a catalyst in the creation of Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, a documentary film about A Raisin in the Sun playwright Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on PBS Jan. 19. — The New York Times

 

Publisher and former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes ’70 will be inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in May. — NJ.com

 

Woodrow Wilson School alumna Toddi Steelman *92 was chosen as the next dean of Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. — Duke Today

 

Caltech chemistry professor Dennis Dougherty *78 was named director of the school’s Beckman Institute, an interdisciplinary research center that develops technologies used in chemistry and biology. — Caltech News

 

In a recent interview, Robert Caro ’57 discusses the research for the next book in his five-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson. — The New York Review of Books


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