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Universities: Life after death

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In February, a biologist gunned down three colleagues at the University of Alabama, Huntsville. Meredith Wadman reports how their department is trying to move past the tragedy.

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Wadman, M. Universities: Life after death. Nature 465, 150–155 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/465150a

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