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Claire Murashima

Claire Murashima

Production Assistant, Morning Edition and Up First

Claire Murashima is a production assistant on Morning Edition and Up First. Before that, she worked on How I Built This, NPR's Team Atlas and Michigan Radio. She graduated from Calvin University.

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Lambs aren't white and fluffy and other lessons learned at this campus farm

The newest baby lamb is named Artemis, and is the most colorful of the bunch. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption

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Education

Lambs aren't white and fluffy and other lessons learned at this campus farm

When the spring-only course starts at the University of Maryland, the sheep are pregnant and students wait for the call that their sheep is going into labor.

Lambs aren't white and fluffy and other lessons learned at this campus farm

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Young folks are moving in with their parents in record numbers. Meet 5 making it work

From left: Eric Salazar with his parents, Frances and Robert; Jennifer Moreno; Monica Lee with her parents and sister; and Lauren Ahlgren Eric Salazar, Eric Montelongo, Brian Baker Digital and Lauren Ahlgren hide caption

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Culture

Young folks are moving in with their parents in record numbers. Meet 5 making it work

Multigenerational living is on the rise, and the trend is growing fastest among Gen Zers and millennials.

Friday

Family

After a cancer diagnosis, he put his life on pause and moved in with his parents

William Cummings moved back home with his parents after college didn't work out the first time. After he was diagnosed with cancer, his parents became his caregivers.

After a cancer diagnosis, he put his life on pause and moved in with his parents

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Wednesday

Morning Edition

An independent entrepreneur adjusts to the rules of life with her parents

28-year-old Monica Lee used to work for a PR firm in China, now she's an entrepreneur in St. Louis and has had to readjust to life with her Korean American extended family.

An independent entrepreneur adjusts to the rules of life with her parents

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Tuesday

Family

A 28-year-old accountant on why he chose to move back in with his parents

Eric Salazar, 28, is an accountant living in his parents' basement. He hopes to buy the whole place when they retire, but says he'll rent out the rooms to make ends meet.

A 28-year-old accountant on why he chose to move back in with his parents

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Friday

Family

A full-time caretaker reflects on living and caring for her ailing mom

Lauren Ahlgren, 34, is a full-time caregiver for her mom with Alzheimer's in Healdsburg, CA. She feels isolated, wants a family of her own, and is grieving her mom while she's still alive.

A full-time caretaker reflects on living and caring for her ailing mom

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Thursday

Morning Edition

A Houston woman describes the cultural tradition behind her multi-generational home

Jennifer Moreno lives in her parents' house, where she cares for her disabled mom and a brother living with autism. Sharing a home in adulthood has deepened her sense of her parents as individuals.

A Houston woman describes the cultural tradition behind her multi-generational home

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Friday

People here live in complete darkness for 2.5 months. Here's how they do it

A view from researcher Kari Leibowitz's bedroom window in Tromsø, Norway in 2015. Kari Leibowitz hide caption

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Weather

People here live in complete darkness for 2.5 months. Here's how they do it

On a cluster of islands between Norway and the North Pole, everyone wears headlamps for two-and-a-half months out of the year because it's pitch black outside. This weekend, the darkness begins.

People here live in complete darkness for 2.5 months. Here's how they do it

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