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What is RSS?

RSS, depending on the exact specification used and whom you ask, stands for Rich Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication, or RDF Site Summary. RSS is a tool for distributing content via feeds; feeds which you can pick and choose and combine in an aggregrator. For example, using an RSS program you could display a Duke RSS feed alongside the latest headlines from the New York Times or CNN, the latest articles from an entertainment site, or articles from online magazines. The user could then scan the headlines from these sites and follow links to articles.

To take advantage of these new services, there are two primary options. The first is to use an RSS Aggregrators/Reader, such as Feed Reader or Thunderbird. In addition, modern browsers such as Opera, Safari RSS, and Firefox can use RSS feeds directly. Another option are online services. Portals, such as My Yahoo!, Google, and others, have the ability to add RSS feeds to your custom page, and other services such as PubSub let you aggregrate and use RSS feeds.

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Arts & Sciences is pleased to support RSS in an ongoing effort to serve our community. A&S has several news feeds available:

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