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Article: A zest for teaching. (Amherst College biology professor Paul Ewald) (1994 College Guide) (Cover Story)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- October 4, 1993
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1993 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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It is 6:15 in the morning, and five students from Amherst College's animal behavior lab are shivering in their hip boots while standing in a marsh near campus. Suddenly, 40-year-old biologist Paul Ewald sees a blackbird flying over the cattails. He points to the bird and then to another, growing excited as the blackbird social system plays itself out before these young observers.
It is like this always: The biologist infects both students and colleagues with his enthusiasm, making him one of the most popular professors at Amherst, ranked No. 1 among national liberal arts colleges in the U.S. News survey. Says Vaughn Cooper, a 20-year-old senior from Wilton, ...
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