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  • Dr. Harris discusses impact of loss of ashes in CBC News story Jan 24, 2023

    Dr. Harris discusses impact of loss of ashes in CBC News story

    In a CBC news story about a woman's ashes being lost in a Canada Post vehicle fire, Dr. Darcy Harris, Professor of Thanatology, discusses the impact of such a loss. "Ashes are the last tangible representation of the person we lost," Dr. Harris says.

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  • Presenting King's Top News Stories of 2022 Dec 20, 2022

    Presenting King's Top News Stories of 2022

    The Communications and Media Relations department searched through our archives to highlight some of the top news items from the past year.
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  • Dr. Harris explains Thanatology and death literacy to CBC Nov 8, 2022

    Dr. Harris explains Thanatology and death literacy to CBC

    Dr. Darcy Harris, Professor of Thanatology, was interviewed as part of a documentary about the language we use to refer to death and dying that aired on CBC's Tapestry with Mary Hynes. (Dr. Harris begins at the 11:12 mark.)
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  • Dr. Arnold discusses if grief can be cured on TVO's The Agenda Oct 18, 2022

    Dr. Arnold discusses if grief can be cured on TVO's The Agenda

    Dr. Carrie Arnold, Assistant Professor of Thanatology, participated in a panel discussion examining society's approach to grief which asked "Can Grief Be Cured" on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
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  • 2021-2022 Board of Directors' gold medal award winners Jun 24, 2022

    2021-2022 Board of Directors' gold medal award winners

    King's celebrates academic excellence by bestowing the 2021-2022 Board of Directors’ Gold Medal Awards on 13 deserving graduates of the Class of 2022.
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  • The Walrus podcast talks about King's Thanatology program May 5, 2022

    The Walrus podcast talks about King's Thanatology program

    In the Walrus podcast, writer David Swick talks about his fascination with King's degree program in Thanatology—the study of death—and by the students who feel compelled to dive deep into what is often a taboo subject.
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  • The Walrus looks at King's Thanatology department Apr 18, 2022

    The Walrus looks at King's Thanatology department

    The Walrus has published an in-depth article about King's Thanatology department, the only such program in Canada, looking at why people are drawn to the subject of grief, dying and loss.
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  • Flashback: Alumna Sara Villani now Olympian Feb 2, 2022

    Flashback: Alumna Sara Villani now Olympian

    Sara Villani, BA ’19 (Psychology and Thanatology) is representing Canada in the 2022 Beijing Olympics in the bobsleigh event.
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  • Virtual recruiting sessions help you plan your future at King's Jan 28, 2022

    Virtual recruiting sessions help you plan your future at King's

    Our upcoming virtual recruitment events, focusing on topics from admission requirements to the student experience, will show you how King’s can become your place to be and a place to become.
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  • Dr. Darcy Harris talks trend of medically assisted deaths at funeral homes Oct 26, 2021

    Dr. Darcy Harris talks trend of medically assisted deaths at funeral homes

    In a CBC News article, Dr. Darcy Harris, Associate Professor of Thanatology, says the trend of funeral homes offering rooms for medically assisted deaths makes sense.
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  • Homecoming is upcoming Sep 1, 2021

    Homecoming is upcoming

    Members of the King’s Alumni family will gather virtually on September 23-26 for a variety of events as part of Homecoming 2021.

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  • Dr. Harris: How COVID-related grief will affect reconnections Jul 23, 2021

    Dr. Harris: How COVID-related grief will affect reconnections

    Dr. Darcy Harris, Associate Professor of Thanatology, appeared on an episode of 610 CKTB's Life Unscripted to discuss how COVID-related grief will affect people as they start to begin reconnecting with family, friends and work colleagues. 
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  • Dr. Darcy Harris talks about COVID-19 grief even as restrictions ease Jul 15, 2021

    Dr. Darcy Harris talks about COVID-19 grief even as restrictions ease

    In an article in The Globe and Mail, Dr. Darcy Harris, Associate Professor of Thanatology, talks about how, even as pandemic restrictions are easing in Ontario, people continue to experience grief caused by COVID-19.
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  • King's TikTok case study wins 2nd Communications Award Jun 29, 2021

    King's TikTok case study wins 2nd Communications Award

    A communication case study, which launched the King’s TikTok account, has received a Virtuoso Award of Excellence from International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Virtuoso Awards, London chapter. It previously won a Silver Pinnacle Award from the Canadian Public Relations Society, Hamilton Chapter.

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  • Dr. Harris on dealing with loss on Mother's Day May 10, 2021

    Dr. Harris on dealing with loss on Mother's Day

    Dr. Darcy Harris, Associate Professor of Thanatology, appeared on CBC's Afternoon Drive with Chris dela Torre to discuss coping methods for those experiencing feelings of grief and loss on Mother's Day.
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  • Sara Villani – from one track to another Mar 25, 2021

    Sara Villani – from one track to another

    King’s alumna Sara Villani’19 is busy preparing as a member of the Canadian Senior Bobsleigh Team for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
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  • Incorporating work-integrated learning at King's Mar 23, 2021

    Incorporating work-integrated learning at King's

    Despite studying and work from home, King’s students have continued to incorporate work-integrated learning during COVID-19, benefitting the university and community as a whole.

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  • Thanatology professor discusses grief in a year like no other Mar 17, 2021

    Thanatology professor discusses grief in a year like no other

    Dr. Darcy Harris, Associate Professor of Thanatology, is quoted about how people are grieving "the loss of living our lives" in an article in the Christian Science Monitor about how COVID-19 has summoned unsuspected strengths across cultures.
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  • Harris: Canadians experiencing collective grief during COVID-19 Feb 22, 2021

    Harris: Canadians experiencing collective grief during COVID-19

    Professor Darcy Harris of Thanatology was featured on CBC radio's Cross Country Checkup, discussing how Canadians are grieving the loss of their lives and the way our lives have been, in addition to death and illness, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • Dr. Gorman on grief, death and dying during a pandemic Feb 5, 2021

    Dr. Gorman on grief, death and dying during a pandemic

    Dr. Eunice Gorman, Associate Professor of Thanatology, appeared on CBC's London Morning with Rebecca Zandbergen to discuss the reality of death and the process of grieving during a pandemic.
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  • Choose your major and choose your future at King's Dec 4, 2020

    Choose your major and choose your future at King's

    The Choose Your Major event will be held virtually on December 10, 2020 from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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  • King's lecturer discusses grief over celebrity deaths Nov 9, 2020

    King's lecturer discusses grief over celebrity deaths

    In an article for The Fulcrum, Adam Koenig, Lecturer in Thanatology and Psychology, says it is natural to express grief when a celebrity dies because of the connection we make with them. 
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  • New video series discusses COVID-19 from a Catholic viewpoint Oct 23, 2020

    New video series discusses COVID-19 from a Catholic viewpoint

    A new series of videos from the Centre for Advanced Research in Catholic Thought discusses three key Catholic themes of hope, resiliency, and mortality and what they mean when dealing with a pandemic.
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  • Thanatology professor discusses importance of celebrating grads Jun 24, 2020

    Thanatology professor discusses importance of celebrating grads

    In an article in the London Free Press, Dr. Carrie Arnold, Assistant Professor of Thanatology, discusses the importance of celebrating graduates who have missed out on traditional graduations due to COVID-19.
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  • Thanatology lecturer discusses grief and changing funeral rules Jun 23, 2020

    Thanatology lecturer discusses grief and changing funeral rules

    In an article in the London Free Press, Dr. Sherry Smith, Lecturer of Thanatology, discusses how changing rules for funerals have shifted the way we grieve during COVID-19.
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  • Gold medal recipients of the Class of 2020 Jun 16, 2020

    Gold medal recipients of the Class of 2020

    King’s celebrates academic excellence by bestowing Gold Medal Awards on 12 deserving graduates of the Class of 2020.
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  • Thanatology professor speaks about COVID-19 graduations Jun 15, 2020

    Thanatology professor speaks about COVID-19 graduations

    Dr. Carrie Arnold, Assistant Professor of Thanatology, is quoted in "Diplomas Under duress," an article in the Winnipeg Free Press about how families and friends can support Grade 12 students who have missed out on graduations because of COVID-19.
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  • Dr. Sherry Smith discusses grief in a time of pandemic Jun 8, 2020

    Dr. Sherry Smith discusses grief in a time of pandemic

    Dr. Sherry Smith, Lecturer of Thanatology at King's, discusses how people's ability to properly express grief has changed with the absence of meaningful rituals due to COVID-19 as part of an article on Toronto.com.
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  • King's alumni seeks to create grief education curriculum May 26, 2020

    King's alumni seeks to create grief education curriculum

    Matthew Simmons ’17, seeks to break the stigma around death and loss in general by creating a grief education curriculum for Ontario secondary schools.
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  • Thanatology professor discusses grief during COVID-19 May 22, 2020

    Thanatology professor discusses grief during COVID-19

    Dr. Eunice Gorman, Associate Professor of Thanatology, was quoted in an article from the Catholic News Service, about how grieving has changed for those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19.
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  • Support youth mourning their missed milestones Apr 20, 2020

    Support youth mourning their missed milestones

    In an article in Western News, Dr. Carrie Arnold, Assistant Professor of Thanatology, discusses how parents can help children cope with the loss of expectations, celebrations and friendships because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • Rome trip brings Religious Studies to life Mar 11, 2020

    Rome trip brings Religious Studies to life

    Religious Studies experiential learning trip to Rome allows students to see first-hand what they have been studying.
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  • Thanatology professor interviewed about helping youth understand loss Jan 10, 2020

    Thanatology professor interviewed about helping youth understand loss

    In the wake of the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, Dr. Carrie Arnold, Assistant Professor of Thanatology, was interviewed by thestar.com about helping youth understand grief and loss.
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  • Remember 30: Power of grieving Dec 6, 2019

    Remember 30: Power of grieving

    Carrie Arnold, Assistant Professor of Thanatology, has written an article for Western News, about the power of grieving and the consequences when we do not, on the 30th anniversary of the École Polytechnique de Montréal shootings.
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  • Thanatology student receives award from Bereavement Ontario Network Nov 28, 2019

    Thanatology student receives award from Bereavement Ontario Network

    Michaeline Falla, fourth-year Thanatology student, was recently awarded the John D. Morgan Memorial Student Conference Scholarship award from the Bereavement Ontario Network.

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  • Congratulations New Alumni Oct 23, 2019

    Congratulations New Alumni

    Autumn 2019 Convocation was held on October 24, 2019 at Alumni Hall.

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  • Stating their case to the Prime Minister Aug 14, 2019

    Stating their case to the Prime Minister

    King’s students had a chance to discuss increased funding for childhood cancer research with Prime Minister Trudeau.

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  • Memorial tattoos help people cope with loss May 27, 2019

    Memorial tattoos help people cope with loss

    Dr. Eunice Gorman of King's Thanatology department is quoted in an article on FM 106.9's website about people getting tattoos as a way to cope with the loss of a loved one.
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  • King's student-athletes receive medals for track and field Apr 5, 2019

    King's student-athletes receive medals for track and field

    King’s track and field students receive medals in U Sports tournament.
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  • An award-winning night for King's student-athletes at the 2019 Mustang Athletic Gala Apr 5, 2019

    An award-winning night for King's student-athletes at the 2019 Mustang Athletic Gala

    As part of the 2019 Mustang Athletic Gala, held on April 2, 2019 King’s student-athletes receive team MVP awards, Purple Blanket, and F.W.P. Jones Trophy.

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  • Awards and bursaries have positive impact on students Feb 4, 2019

    Awards and bursaries have positive impact on students

    $125,000 in awards and bursaries were bestowed upon students during the Student Awards Ceremony, held on January 24, 2019.
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  • Being present in our lives: the Christopher Perrin Beatty Lecture 2019 Jan 23, 2019

    Being present in our lives: the Christopher Perrin Beatty Lecture 2019

    Dr. Carrie Arnold will speak on being present in our own lives as part of the 7th Annual Christopher Perrin Beatty Lecture.

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  • Coping with mortality Jan 22, 2019

    Coping with mortality

    Professor Linda Goldman of the King's Thanatology department has written an article for The Kids' Cancer Project entitled "Adults can help children cope with death by understanding how they process it."
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  • Could green burials be in London's future? Nov 16, 2018

    Could green burials be in London's future?

    A presentation on Green/Natural Burials discussed ecologically-friendly burials to a good turnout from the community.

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  • Welcoming students to the department of Interdisciplinary Programs Sep 13, 2018

    Welcoming students to the department of Interdisciplinary Programs

    Department of Interdisciplinary Programs held their first student welcome event.

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  • King's receives praise for conference Aug 15, 2018

    King's receives praise for conference

    King’s College hosted the 30th meeting of the International Working Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement in June 2018 and received high praise for the organization and planning of the meeting.

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  • Thanatology graduate advocates safe injection sites Aug 9, 2018

    Thanatology graduate advocates safe injection sites

    Deana Ruston '17 starts an online petition supporting supervised injection sites to prevent deaths.
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  • Thanatology classes at King's inspire student to write a play Jun 29, 2018

    Thanatology classes at King's inspire student to write a play

    Student’s Thanatology research at King’s leads to a play, “Living Will”, which is being produced at the Toronto Fringe.
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  • King's student will receive funding to pursue her Olympic dreams Jun 8, 2018

    King's student will receive funding to pursue her Olympic dreams

    Track and Field student-athlete, Sara Villani, beats out thousands of athletes to win RBC Training Ground Toronto.
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  • Professors in Social Work and Thanatology receive annual teaching award Jun 7, 2018

    Professors in Social Work and Thanatology receive annual teaching award

    Congratulations to Dr. Rick Csiernik and Dr. Carrie Arnold who are the recipients of the King’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2018.
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  • King's Thanatology students bring Death Café to London high school Apr 23, 2018

    King's Thanatology students bring Death Café to London high school

    A group of five Thanatology students talked to students at H.B. Beal SS about their unique field of study: death and bereavement.
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  • Celebrating Undergraduate Student Research Apr 8, 2018

    Celebrating Undergraduate Student Research

    The King's Undergraduate Research Conference and the King's Undergraduate Research Journal are both examples of great student success on campus.
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  • King's Dance Company is here! Feb 5, 2018

    King's Dance Company is here!

    The newest club on campus is the King’s Dance Company. Auditions happen this week.

     

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  • Thanatology student is guest on CBC Radio Jan 25, 2018

    Thanatology student is guest on CBC Radio

    Thanatology student, Susan Memedovich, is guest on Cross Country Checkup, CBC Radio, on the topic of Britain’s appointment of a Minister for Loneliness.

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  • New cafe gets a name Nov 24, 2017

    New cafe gets a name

    The winning name for the fairtrade café in the Student Life Centre has been chosen.

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  • Londoners graduate from Liberal Arts 101 Nov 3, 2017

    Londoners graduate from Liberal Arts 101

    Graduation ceremony was held for 29 Liberal Arts 101 program on Thursday, October 26, 2017. 
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  • King's celebrates 2017 Alumni Awards winners Jul 13, 2017

    King's celebrates 2017 Alumni Awards winners

    King’s University College is proud to welcome home two outstanding alumni, Edward Struzik ‘77 and Nicole Turner ’16, both recipients of the 2017 Alumni Awards.
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  • Thanatology student overcomes obstacles to graduate Jun 19, 2017

    Thanatology student overcomes obstacles to graduate

    Thanatology graduate, Deana Ruston speaks with CTV news about the obstacles she overcame to graduate.

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  • Thanatology student participates in Vimy 100th memorial Apr 17, 2017

    Thanatology student participates in Vimy 100th memorial

    Vimy Ridge was remembered as a solemn crowd gathered beside the military gravestones at London’s Woodland Cemetery.
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  • King's student, Rebeca Sousa, candidate for London Youth Advisory Council-Western representative Jan 28, 2017

    King's student, Rebeca Sousa, candidate for London Youth Advisory Council-Western representative

    Learn more about Rebeca Sousa’s platform.

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  • King's Thanatology Professor and student to be honoured at the Association for Death Education and Counseling Conference Jan 18, 2017

    King's Thanatology Professor and student to be honoured at the Association for Death Education and Counseling Conference

    Professor Carrie Arnold and Mark Shelvock will receive their awards at the conference in Portland, Oregon. 
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  • King's Thanatology graduate helps restore tombstones Nov 2, 2016

    King's Thanatology graduate helps restore tombstones

    Kate Schumacher discusses her role in restoring tombstones in Woodland Cemetery.
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  • King's Thanatology certificate graduate leaves no stone unturned Sep 15, 2016

    King's Thanatology certificate graduate leaves no stone unturned

    Kate Schumacher recently completed a Thanatology certificate at King’s and helped restore tombstones at Woodland Cemetery as part of a project funded by Canada Summer Jobs.
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  • Congratulations to Dr. Harris for receiving the Robert Fulton Center for Death Education and Bioethics Founder's Award Jun 13, 2016

    Congratulations to Dr. Harris for receiving the Robert Fulton Center for Death Education and Bioethics Founder's Award

    King’s Thanatology professor, Dr. Harris, receives award for her work in death, dying, and bereavement education.
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  • King's Death Café Featured in The Gazette Apr 5, 2016

    King's Death Café Featured in The Gazette

    Mark Shelvock discusses what Death Cafés are and how popular they're becoming.
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  • Students host Death Cafe and celebrate awareness of Death Mar 31, 2016

    Students host Death Cafe and celebrate awareness of Death

    The Than Clan is hosting a Death Cafe, Thursday, March 31, creating a safe space for people to have discussions about all aspects of death and dying.
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  • King's community celebrates Scholarly Monographs Feb 5, 2016

    King's community celebrates Scholarly Monographs

    King's celebrates its faculty's scholarly monographs of 2014 - 2015. 
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  • Dr. Darcy Harris accepted as member of the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement Mar 18, 2015

    Dr. Darcy Harris accepted as member of the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement

    Congratulations to Dr. Darcy Harris, Associate Professor/Thanatology Coordinator at King's, who has been accepted as a member of the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement (IWGDDB). 

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  • King's welcomes Thanatology Club to campus Jan 29, 2015

    King's welcomes Thanatology Club to campus

    Than Clan, the new academic club at King's, hopes to create a supportive social learning environment for students to discuss the topic of Thanatology. 

     

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