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A heart-shaped yellow diamond that once belonged to the Duchess of Windsor is among a trove of jewels from the collections of Est脙漏e and Evelyn Lauder that will be auctioned to benefit breast-cancer research next month.

UVic marketer Nick Clewley gets top marks from judges; Grade 8 student Fiona Luo wins Readers' Choice prize

Nothing is more of a focal point on a university campus than the main library, where students do their research, run into friends or find quiet places to study.

An Asian elephant named Koshik can imitate human speech, saying words in Korean that can be understood by speakers of the language, researchers from the University of Vienna say.

Books >C9

It was appropriate, I think, that Conrad Black should provide the world with a portrait of a bully in action when he did.

Diversions >C10, C11

Climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer stood along the Hudson River and watched his research come to life as Hurricane Sandy blew through New York.

Despite all that's new in libraries, one of the most cherished items at the University of Victoria's McPherson Library is a 562-yearold medieval text.

It is once again the start of the much-lauded Wednesday Speakers' Luncheon series, which runs for the next 10 weeks.