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Alumni Essays

Alumni Essays

Dying Words: The first alum to answer our invitation to share thoughts about death penned a limerick; dozens more wrote a trove of essays, poems and other reflections.

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Student Videos

Student Videos

How do different cultures mourn and recognize death? Students from Burma, Mexico and the U.S. share their stories.

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The Poetry of Life

The Poetry of Life

Sooner or later, we all must face it. Death. Experience the personal side of science’s efforts against humanity’s eternal inevitability.

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