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Professor Pawan Dhingra on What It Takes to Become a Spelling Bee Champ

The Conversation – “Whenever the Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place, parents and children may wonder: What does it take to become a champion?” writes Dhingra. “[A]s I state in my book Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough, there are certain practices that can greatly boost a child’s chances of becoming an excellent speller.”

Dr. Alison Christy ’02 Embroiders Brain Images, Writes and Creates Games

Neurology Today – “I’ve spent my life in between the arts and the sciences, and I don't think you have to pick one,” says Christy, a pediatric neurologist and neuroimmunologist who features her colorful embroidered images of neurons on her Instagram account.

“A Return to a Very Beloved Place”: Musician Rani Arbo ’89 and Her Quartet, daisy mayhem

The Commons – “We aim to play old music in such a way that it doesn’t sound old, and new music that sounds a bit timeless,” says Arbo in a Q&A with arts reporter Victoria Chertok. Arbo has been playing the fiddle and guitar, and also singing, in daisy mayhem for more than 20 years.

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