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January 17, 2020

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UW-Madison grad’s emotional commencement speech goes viral: ‘We’re gonna teach ’em how to say goodbye.’

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

In the month since (Lisa Kamal) made the speech — a poignant meditation on belonging, resilience, diversity, mental health and kindness toward oneself — the video went viral, garnering 3.5 million views across multiple social media platforms and a lot of attention, especially from her home country of Malaysia.

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We’re trying to keep the Galapagos pristine. That might destroy them.

The Washington Post

Visiting the Galapagos Islands — which have long been considered Charles Darwin’s natural laboratory — is like stepping into a nature documentary. You can snorkel with playful sea lions, watch “Darwin’s finches” feed and inch up to ancient giant tortoises.

Elizabeth Hennessy is an assistant professor of history and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the author of “On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galápagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden.”

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