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Auburn University was established in 1856 as the East Alabama Male College, 20 years after the city of Auburn’s founding. In 1872, under the Morrill Act, the school became the first land-grant college in the South and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. In 1899 the name again was changed, to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Finally, in 1960 the name of the school was changed to Auburn University, a title more in keeping with its location, and expressing the varied academic programs and larger curriculum of a major university.

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The first Christmas card with the words ‘A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to You.“ Artist John Callcott Horsley via Wikimedia Commons

How nostalgia led to the invention of the first Christmas card

The custom of mailing printed Christmas cards in the 19th century was a product of the industrial revolution. It was influenced by older British holiday traditions − some entirely fictional.
Voting machines are tested at the Wake County Board of Elections on Sept. 17, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. Allison Joyce/Getty Images

Election officials are hard at work to deliver fair, secure and accurate elections – despite a constant flow of attacks

The people who run US elections are, according to a scholar who studies them, politically neutral professionals who uphold the law with transparency and integrity − and do it in tough circumstances.
The presidential debate on Sept. 10, 2024, did not add much context to what the two candidates would do on health care beyond their own records. Visual China Group/Getty Images

Health care under Harris versus Trump: A public health historian sizes up their records

Harris and Trump have starkly contrasting records on health care. This analysis examines their differing approaches to Medicare, the ACA, drug pricing and other public health efforts.
Sources of culture and thought can be found in literature and art that was considered lowbrow. Forrest J. Ackerman Collection/Corbis via Getty Images

A college course that’s a history of the future

Science fiction can be thought of as a film negative of history – a back door into what used to worry people and what gave them hope.
The Nutrition Facts label is designed to meet shifting dietary trends and public health goals. NoDerog/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Nutrition Facts labels have a complicated legacy – a historian explains the science and politics of translating food into information

The process of converting food into nutritional information is more than just a scientific process. It involves many political and technical compromises that continue to shape the food industry today.

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