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The Yale Alumni Magazine is owned and operated by Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., a nonprofit corporation independent of Yale University.

The content of the magazine and its website is the responsibility of the editors and does not necessarily reflect the views of Yale or its officers.

April 2000
Volume 63, Number 6

Feature stories:

Welcome to World Lit
by Mark Alden Branch ’86

Can one course introduce students to literature written in dozens of languages over several millennia? Despite some skepticism, two comparative literature professors—and a battery of guest lecturers from throughout the University—are giving it a try.

What’s in a Name?
by Bruce Fellman
In 1735, a Swedish botanist named Linnaeus developed the method that scientists still use to classify plants, animals, and other organisms. A group of Linnaeus’s successors, led by two Yale researchers, now believe that they have come up with a better way to catalog creation.

A Life in History
by Howard Lamar
History professor C. Vann Woodward, who died in December, helped reshape the way Americans look at the South. A colleague and former President of the University remembers Woodward’s contributions to Yale and the nation.

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