His software brought printing into the digital age, allowing users to stop manually splicing columns of text and graphics and instead create layouts on a virtual pasteboard.

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From Monroe, North Carolina to one of NASA’s hidden figures, Dr. Christine Darden broke barriers in a field scarcely ...

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The Dallas Morning News interviewed three library employees to learn more about their work as the city considers shifting to a regional model.

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The University first offered French courses in 1769, Virginia Krause, chair of the Department of French and Francophone ...

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Scores of Apple veterans, including original co-founder Ron Wayne, attended the launch event for David Pogue’s new book, ...