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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Graduating magna cum laude in 1929, Carson won her master's degree in zoology at Johns Hopkins, but increasing family responsibilities caused her to abandon her quest for a doctorate. For a few years she would teach zoology at the University of Maryland, continuing her studies in the summer at the Marine Biological Laboratories in Woods Hole, Mass. It was there, in her early 20s, that she first saw--and became enchanted with--the enormous mysteries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environmentalist RACHEL CARSON | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard sees two edges that make testing have some merit," Hughes said. "One is that there is a correlation between very high SAT scores and one's likelihood for getting a magna or summa degree, and the other is that there is some evidence that the SAT is an indicator for how well students will do in their four years here...

Author: By Erica B. Levy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Speaker Debate Fairness of SAT Examination | 3/10/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard sees two edges that make testing have some merit," Hughes said. "One is that there is a correlation between very high SAT scores and one's likelihood for getting a magna or summa degree, and the other is that there is some evidence that the SAT is an indicator for how well students will do in their four years here...

Author: By Erica B. Levy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Speakers Debate Fairness of SAT Examination | 3/10/1999 | See Source »

...theses must be written on acid-free paper, and some concentrations have a requirement for paper weight, to ensure that the summa cum laude and magna cum laude theses archived in Pusey Library do not disintegrate...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Down to the Wire: Last Minute Tales of Thesis Trauma | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...theses must be written on acid-free paper,and some concentrations have a requirement forpaper weight, to ensure that the summa cum laudeand magna cum laude theses archived in PuseyLibrary do not disintegrate...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Down to the Wire: Last-minute Tales of Thesis Trauma | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

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