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Chancellor George Blumenthal talks with students as they pitch their ideas at a campus hackathon.

Thank you, Chancellor

Chancellor Blumenthal may be retiring at the week's end, but he has no plans to stop working. He intends to teach a few courses with distinguished astrophysics professor Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, write the fourth edition of his book "Understanding Our Universe," and more.

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