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Infant memories and college mergers

By Lucas Willard
Published April 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT
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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.

We may not remember our earliest days, but that doesn’t mean that infants aren’t making memories.

And in a challenging time for higher education, we’ll speak with the college presidents of two merging institutions.

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Lucas Willard is a news reporter and host at WAMC Northeast Public Radio, which he joined in 2011. He produces and hosts The Best of Our Knowledge and WAMC Listening Party.
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