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<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/goodnight_430x300.jpg" height="300" width="430" />Sterile ants faithfully tend their queen with no chance of reproducing themselves. Bees lay down their lives to defend the hive. "Why do they do that?" asks University of Vermont biologist Charles Goodnight. "Doesn't natural selection drive animals to behaviors that increase their own chances of survival, not those of others?"

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/cynthiareyes_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />The printed words, "I am a little shy," begin 11-year-old Lubna's movie, "But I want you to know more about me." As the screen fades into a classroom photo of a young Iraqi girl wearing a headscarf, her voice narrates the simple story of a child new to English.

Please and thank you are a must at any meal, but do you know the proper way to pass the salad dressing at a business dinner?

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/steinweis_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />Poring over court records and first-hand accounts from those who witnessed Kristallnacht, Alan Steinweis revealed a disturbing truth: the Nazis weren't the only ones who assaulted Jews and burned their synagogues and businesses during what was considered a major escalation in the Nazi program of Jewish persecution leading to the Holocaust.

<p>The 20th president of ¶¶Òõ̽̽, Edward C. Andrews, who guided the institution through a difficult period of financial retrenchment and established it as a national leader in teaching and research on the environment, passed away on Feb. 19 in Maine.</p>

<span id="preview"></span> <span id="caption">Flash Player is required to view this video. <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Download Flash 10 here.</a></span></span>Gregory Ramos, assistant professor of theatre, is director of the upcoming production of <em>Godspell</em> at Royall Tyler. Hear him talk about the performance and see photos from a dress rehearsal in this audio slideshow.</span> <script type='text/javascript' src='/~uvmpr/videos/swfobject.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> var s1 = new SWFObject('/~uvmpr/videos/player.swf','player','420','280','9'); s1.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); s1.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); s1.addParam('flashvars','file=http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/videos/godspell.flv&skin=/~uvmpr/videos/stijl.swf&image=http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/videos/godspell_preview.jpg'); s1.write('preview'); </script>