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Look around New York, and you’ll probably see birds: wood ducks swimming in Queens, a stalking black-crowned night-heron in Brooklyn, great horned owls perching in the Bronx, warblers feeding in Central Park, or Staten Island’s purple martins flying to and fro...

By Kathryn R. Marguy, JHUP Staff On May 8, 2015, the seventieth anniversary of VE Day, thousands gathered at Horse Guards Parade in London to commemorate the end of World War II in Europe. A stage in the likeness of an aircraft hangar played host to hours of...

By Elizabeth Brown, Project MUSE staff Cheers were heard when this announcement appeared last week on MUSE Commons, the Project MUSE blog. Congratulations to our friend and colleague, Wendy Queen! We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Wendy J...

Guest post by Arien Mack In 2014, Social Research entered its eightieth year of continuous publication, and this year I entered my forty-fifth year of editing the journal. One anniversary is public, the other is personal. Both seem remarkable. Founded as the...

Gust post by Adam L. Kushner I know someone who needed surgery. He was born by emergent C-section and had stomach surgery at 2 months and an appendectomy at 23. He is alive today because of surgery. I am that person. Throughout much of the world, the lack of...

Guest post by Stephen H. Grant Emily Jordan was born in Ironton, Ohio on May 15, 1858. Following her two older sisters to Vassar College, she emerged a bluestocking: a refined lady with intellectual, scholarly, and literary interests. Emily’s Vassar 1879 class...

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Guest post by Martha Montello In 1957, D. J. Ingle, the first editor of Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, explained why he thought a new journal was needed for scientists and physicians already inundated by publications. With professional journals...

Guest post by Michael C. C. Adams On May 8, seventy years ago, the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany (Victory in Europe or VE Day), followed on September 2 by the surrender of our Pacific opponent (Victory over Japan or VJ Day). As we once...

It’s one of the hallmarks of American democracy: on inauguration day, the departing president heeds the will of the people and hands the keys to power to a successor. The transition from one administration to the next sounds simple, even ceremonial. But in...