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Library of Congress appoints Arthur Sze to a second 1-year term as US poet laureate

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NEW YORK — U.S. poet laureate Arthur Sze has been appointed to a second one-year term by the Library of Congress, where he has served without incident despite last year’s ouster of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Sze, a highly regarded poet and translator, said in a statement Tuesday that he plans to travel the … Read more

Columbia brain institute co-director and Nobel laureate steps down over Epstein ties

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A leading molecular biologist who won the Nobel prize for his work studying how the human brain processes smells has stood down from a prestigious post at Columbia University over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Richard Axel said in a Tuesday statement that he will resign as co-director of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute … Read more