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Parent topics
- New England [r]: Region of the northeastern USA consisting of the 6 states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. [e]
- U.S. colleges and universities [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ivy League [r]: A group of prestigious, long-established American universities. [e]
Subtopics
Faculty, fellows, officials
- Félix d'Hérelle [r]: (1873 – 1949) - A French-Canadian bacteriologist, and the discoverer of bacteriophages. [e]
- V.O. Key, Jr. [r]: (1908 - 1963) An influential American political scientist. [e]
- Serge Lang [r]: (19 May 1927 – 12 September 2005) French-born American mathematician known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra. [e]
- Stanley Milgram [r]: American social psychologist (1933-1984), best known for the Milgram experiment on obedience, but also for concepts such as the "familiar stranger" [e]
- Edmund Morgan [r]: Emeritus Professor of History, Yale University, specializing in the 17th and 18th centuries [e]
- Benjamin Lee Whorf [r]: American amateur linguist who created the '[Sapir]-Whorf hypothesis' on the relationship between language and thought. [e]
- C. Vann Woodward [r]: (November 13, 1908 - December 17, 1999) An American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations. [e]
- Fareed Zakaria [r]: Add brief definition or description
Research
- Milgram experiment [r]: Series of social psychology experiments, which measured the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with their personal conscience. [e]
Alumni
- James Truslow Adams [r]: (1878-1949) American author and amateur historian who coined and defined the term "The American Dream." [e]
- George H. W. Bush [r]: (1924–2018) 41st U.S. President (Republican), elected in 1988 and serving one term; Director of Central Intelligence; U.S. Ambassador to China; youngest naval aviator in World War II. [e]
- George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. [e]
- Ann Hamilton [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Isabelle Y. Liberman [r]: Add brief definition or description
- John M. Clayton [r]: Add brief definition or description
- L. Paul Bremer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Conspiracy theory [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Secret society [r]: A type of subculture with three characteristics: "it is exclusive, it claims to own special secrets, and it shows a strong inclination to favor its own" (Alan Axelrod). [e]
- Skull and Bones [r]: Add brief definition or description
Ivy League universities
- Brown University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Columbia University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cornell University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dartmouth College [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Harvard University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- University of Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Princeton University [r]: Add brief definition or description