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2020 Student Research Tackles Urgent Regional Concerns

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For Rural Westerners With Poor Access to Health Care, Telemedicine Offers Great Promise

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New Book Co-Edited by David Kennedy Explores WWII's Impact on the American West

World War II and the West It Wrought

Center Director gives prestigious Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture in Representative Government

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Articles Worth Reading: September 23, 2020

Sep 23 2020 | ... & the West Blog, ... & the Best | Stories Recommended by the ‘... & the West’ Blog

California State Senate candidate proposes an Indigenous wildfire taskforce; mass die-off of birds in the Southwest; Microsoft tests underwater data servers; preserving Indigenous language in California, recycled plastic headed to LA streets; and other environmental stories about the West.

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World War II and the West It Wrought

Co-edited by former Lane Center Director David M. Kennedy and Mark Brilliant, the new volume World War II and the West It Wroughtbuilds on our 2017 conference considering the War's impact on our region.

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