FOUND MEMORIES
Librarians at Bryant University discovered 1,400 forgotten letters from World War II soldiers, surprising everyone — not least the men who wrote them. John S. Renza, a co-founder of the Bryant Service Club before being drafted, wrote the club a thank-you note (above) for a sweater that it sent him shortly before the Battle of the Bulge. (Photograph from Bryant U.)
NO JACKET REQUIRED: A scholar's study of her own students suggests that while a professor's clothing might affect initial impressions, it doesn't make a difference in the long run.
A WEIGHTY GIFT: MIT gives Tufts University cuttings from a descendant of the apple tree that inspired Isaac Newton's theory of gravity.
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