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Newswise: Artifact could be linked to Spanish explorer Coronado's expedition across Texas Panhandle
Released: 23-Feb-2024 8:00 AM EST
Artifact could be linked to Spanish explorer Coronado's expedition across Texas Panhandle
Southern Methodist University

It’s a small piece of obsidian, just over 5 centimeters long, likely found on a hard-scrabble piece of ranchland in the Texas panhandle. But when SMU anthropologist Matthew Boulanger looks at it, he gets a mental image of Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado making his way across the plains more than 470 years ago in search of a fabled city of gold.

Newswise: Star of Mother Cabrini Biopic Visits Sbarro Health Research Organization On Premier of Film
Released: 22-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Star of Mother Cabrini Biopic Visits Sbarro Health Research Organization On Premier of Film
Newswise

Cristiana Della’Anna, the actress who portrays Mother Cabrini in the upcoming biopic, Cabrini, visits with Sbarro Health Research Organization Founder and President Antonio Giordano

   
Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:20 AM EST
New research finds that language shapes communication
Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School

The new study suggests there may be benefits of more carefully considering language as a core influence of human performance and communication.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Rutgers Bildner Center Wins NJCH Grant for Symposium, “Black Americans, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections, Collisions, and Passings,” and Public Programming
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Nancy Sinkoff, professor of history and Jewish studies and the academic director of the Rutgers Bildner Center, has had a longstanding interest in themes of racial and ethnic “passing” for Black and Jewish Americans.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
MSU explores how intersection of arts and sports shapes history, creates community
Michigan State University

Michigan State University is exploring the intersection of arts and sports — and how they both serve as a social commentary.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
MSU to participate in nationwide effort to transcribe Frederick Douglass’ writings
Michigan State University

On Feb. 14, Michigan State University will celebrate the legacy of the renowned 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass by participating in a nationwide effort to transcribe all 8,731 pages of his writings in one day.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Scandinavia’s first farmers slaughtered the hunter-gatherer population
Lund University

Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, among others.

Newswise: 2024 Kyoto Prize Symposium to Honor Laureates in Arts and Philosophy, Basic Sciences and Advanced Technology
Released: 8-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
2024 Kyoto Prize Symposium to Honor Laureates in Arts and Philosophy, Basic Sciences and Advanced Technology
University of California San Diego

The University of California San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene University will co-host the 23rd annual Kyoto Prize Symposium on March 13 and 14.

   
Newswise: Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

A team of scholars spent five years studying them: "magical" texts from Egypt that were written on papyrus, parchment, paper and shards of clay – so-called ostraca – and date from the period between the fourth and twelfth centuries AD.

 
Newswise: Innovative urban living concept tackles housing woes and offers socially connected solutions
Released: 4-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Innovative urban living concept tackles housing woes and offers socially connected solutions
University of South Australia

Co-locating homes on single suburban allotments to create smaller and more socially connected living options could help address the nation’s housing crisis, according to a University of South Australia researcher.

Newswise: Researchers reveal the best-selling ‘pop’ songs of 17th century England
Released: 2-Feb-2024 6:05 AM EST
Researchers reveal the best-selling ‘pop’ songs of 17th century England
Queen's University Belfast

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Warwick have compiled the first ever collection of hit songs from seventeenth-century England, including over 100 ballads in total.

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30-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Tickets Now on Sale for 2024 St. Louis Literary Award Ceremony
Saint Louis University

Renowned Antigua-born author Jamaica Kincaid will receive the St. Louis Literary Award at the Sheldon Concert Hall at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. A craft talk will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 26, on Saint Louis University’s campus.

Newswise: URI history professor elected Fellow of Medieval Academy of America
Released: 29-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
URI history professor elected Fellow of Medieval Academy of America
University of Rhode Island

Joëlle Rollo-Koster, a history professor at the University of Rhode Island and a renowned medieval scholar, has been elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a medievalist.

Newswise: Cranfield University selects Symplectic Elements to manage research activity and REF submissions
Released: 29-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
Cranfield University selects Symplectic Elements to manage research activity and REF submissions
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Cranfield University has selected Symplectic Elements from Digital Science’s flagship products to manage its research information outputs and activities.

     
Released: 16-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
UCI Health stroke patients to participate in dynamic, music-focused rehab workshop
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Jan. 16, 2024 — Recovering stroke patients from the UCI Health SeniorHealth Center will participate in a dynamic, music-focused rehabilitation workshop called Strokestra, which will be led by professional musicians from the London-based Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and University of California, Irvine clinicians, on Friday, Jan.

Newswise: Is There a Common Link Between the Physical and Social Worlds? Two Brothers Think So.
Released: 10-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Is There a Common Link Between the Physical and Social Worlds? Two Brothers Think So.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Rutgers biophysical chemist and his brother, a political scientist on the West Coast, have joined intellectual forces, realizing a long-standing dream of co-authoring an article that bridges their disciplines involving cells and society.

   
Released: 10-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Bringing Medieval Humanities Into the 21st Century: SLU Research Team Receives NEH Grant to Update Humanities Software
Saint Louis University

A team of researchers from Saint Louis University has been awarded a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Newswise: Peer review innovator wins APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication
Released: 10-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
Peer review innovator wins APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Laura Feetham-Walker from the Institute of Physics Publishing has won the 2024 APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication at the 19th Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) Conference.

   
Newswise: Developing an intelligent tutoring system to help students write better
Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:50 AM EST
Developing an intelligent tutoring system to help students write better
Iowa State University

When college students are given a writing assignment, they usually get feedback on the final product, not the process.

Newswise: Cult Mentality: SLU Professor Makes Monumental Discovery in Italy
3-Jan-2024 2:00 PM EST
Cult Mentality: SLU Professor Makes Monumental Discovery in Italy
Saint Louis University Medical Center

Douglas Boin, Ph.D., a professor of history at Saint Louis University, made a major announcement at the annual meeting of the Archeological Institute of America, revealing he and his team discovered an ancient Roman temple that adds significant insights into the social change from pagan gods to Christianity within the Roman Empire.

Newswise: Former physician gifts Rowan University $1 million for new center for healing arts
Released: 3-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Former physician gifts Rowan University $1 million for new center for healing arts
Rowan University

Left quadriplegic following a fall in his home, Dr. James George credits therapeutic art in his journey to recovery. The former ER doctor is helping to fund a new center for therapeutic art at Rowan University in New Jersey.

Released: 19-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Who wrote it? The AI ghostwriter effect
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich)

Large language models (LLMs) radically speed up text production in a variety of use cases. When they are fed with samples of our individual writing style, they are even able to produce texts that sound as though we ourselves wrote them. In other words, they act as AI ghostwriters creating texts on our behalf.

Released: 18-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Rembrandt broke new ground with lead-based impregnation of canvas for The Night Watch
Universiteit van Amsterdam

New research has revealed that Rembrandt impregnated the canvas for his famous 1642 militia painting ‘The Night Watch’ with a lead-containing substance even before applying the first ground layer.

Newswise: Cassyni seminars integrated into Dimensions, further connecting research video into the scholarly ecosystem
Released: 14-Dec-2023 8:00 AM EST
Cassyni seminars integrated into Dimensions, further connecting research video into the scholarly ecosystem
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Cassyni is pleased to announce its latest strategic collaboration with Dimensions to increase the discoverability of research seminars and further connect them to the scholarly ecosystem.

   
Released: 14-Dec-2023 3:05 AM EST
Facial symmetry doesn’t explain “beer goggles”
University of Portsmouth

A new study led by the University of Portsmouth in England has tested the hypothesis that people are more likely to find someone attractive while drunk, because their face appears more symmetrical.

 
Released: 13-Dec-2023 10:05 PM EST
Why making things matters to Australia’s future
University of South Australia

Australia’s ability to sustain its local manufacturing industry is under threat by a generational loss of crafts and hands-on making expertise, according to a UniSA research report.

Newswise: ‘A ticking clock’: First ground-based survey of damage to Ukrainian cultural sites reveals severity, need for urgency
Released: 13-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
‘A ticking clock’: First ground-based survey of damage to Ukrainian cultural sites reveals severity, need for urgency
University of Notre Dame

Ian Kuijt, a professor in the Department of Anthropology, and William Donaruma, a professor of the practice in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre, both at the University of Notre Dame, visited Ukraine to document the extent of damage to cultural sites including churches, schools, opera houses, libraries and archaeological sites.

 
Released: 12-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Expert Available to Offer Insight on 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
University of New Hampshire

As tea arrives from all over the country for the reenactment of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, historians say a possible peaceful resolution in 1773 could have changed history. Eliga Gould, a professor of history at the University of New Hampshire and an expert on the American Revolution, said the actions of Boston’s Sons of Liberty dumping more than 300 crates of tea from the British East India Company into Boston Harbor on Dec. 16, 1773, was a pivotal event in the American Revolution.

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Released: 8-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Holiday gift ideas for gardeners and cold-weather garden tips
Texas A&M AgriLife

Whether Santa needs some ideas for you or there’s a gardener you’re stumped shopping for, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert has some holiday gift ideas.

 
Released: 7-Dec-2023 2:15 PM EST
Looking for unique stories about the winter holidays? Check out the Winter Holidays channel
Newswise

It's the moooost wonderful time...of the year! Are you looking for new story ideas that are focused on the winter holiday season? Perhaps you're working on a story on on managing stress and anxiety? Perhaps you're working on a story on seasonal affective disorder? Or perhaps your editor asked you to write a story on tracking Santa? Look no further. Check out the Winter Holidays channel.

       
Released: 6-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
The University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business and UMD’s School of Medicine Partner to Expand Business Education Opportunities for Medical Students and Faculty
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and the UMD School of Medicine announce enhanced MD/MBA degree program and associated scholarships

       
Newswise: Get Ready for the 2023 SMFA Art Sale
Released: 5-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Get Ready for the 2023 SMFA Art Sale
Tufts University

Just in time for the holidays, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University is once again opening its doors to the public for its annual art sale. The sale, which runs Friday, December 8, through Sunday, December 10, will include more than 1,700 works created by some 550 alumni, students, faculty, and friends of the school.

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Released: 4-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Experts available: Smart toy safety, managing holiday stress, economics of Christmas music, and more
Virginia Tech

The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews on holiday related topics. To schedule an interview, please contact [email protected]. Eco-friendly ways to celebrate the holiday From electricity usage to piles of presents, and an overload of food, this time of year can take a toll on the environment.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Consistency key to corporate expressions of racial solidarity
Cornell University

An analysis of Fortune 500 company statements after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd finds that donations to social justice groups only conveyed allyship to Black Americans when seen as part of a long-term commitment to diversity.

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Released: 1-Dec-2023 5:05 PM EST
The Science of Consciousness Conference 2024 - Announcement + Call for Abstracts
Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona

The 30th annual conference "The Science of Consciousness" will be held at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona from April 22-27, 2024.

   
Newswise: 1852 Legislative Session: This Abominable Slavery
Released: 29-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
1852 Legislative Session: This Abominable Slavery
University of Utah

The new public history digital database called "This Abominable Slavery," explores Indigenous and African American enslavement in Utah Territory through primary source documents – many of which are available to the public for the first time.

Newswise: ‘Safari & Science’ Art Exhibit Merges Art with Science during Art Basel
Released: 29-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EST
‘Safari & Science’ Art Exhibit Merges Art with Science during Art Basel
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

The 'Safari and Science,' art exhibit at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center opens Dec. 1. The exhibit blends photographs of Africa with the scientific research Sophia George, Ph.D., is conducting worldwide to control and prevent cancer in the Black community.

Released: 28-Nov-2023 12:05 AM EST
Expert Panel: Visions of Leadership: The Moments & Voices that Drive Change
Albany Law School

Please join our panel of distinguished leaders who have effected transformative change at the intersection of the rule of law, equity, and justice. Moderated by Cinnamon P. Carlarne, the discussion will engage the panelists in a conversation about how they have embraced leadership roles, how their notions of leadership have evolved, and what they see as some of the greatest challenges and opportunities facing future lawyers and leaders.

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Released: 21-Nov-2023 8:30 AM EST
AI for academia: Digital Science acquires Writefull to empower researchers and publishers
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Digital Science announces it has fully acquired the AI-based academic language service Writefull, which assists users worldwide with all aspects of their scholarly writing.

     
Released: 20-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Consumers, Florists Differ on Floral Arrangements
North Carolina State University

Consumer preferences in floral arrangements don’t necessarily match the designs that florists are taught to make, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University.

Released: 14-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
Europe was not covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans
Aarhus University

For decades, we believed that outside ice ages Europe was mostly covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans. Now, a new study shows that there was far more open and semi-open vegetation than conventionally expected

Newswise: The Filangieri-Franklin Correspondence: An Enlightening Dialogue Between Italy and the USA - A Talk at the University of Pennsylvania
Released: 14-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
The Filangieri-Franklin Correspondence: An Enlightening Dialogue Between Italy and the USA - A Talk at the University of Pennsylvania
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

Talk on the Filangieri-Franklin Correspondence will be held at the University of Pennsylvania on November 16, 2023.

Newswise: The State of Open Data Report 2023: Support for researchers still lacking
Released: 14-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
The State of Open Data Report 2023: Support for researchers still lacking
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

In the eighth annual The State of Open Data report released today, almost three quarters of surveyed researchers overwhelmingly said they are still not getting the support they need to share their data openly. Such data highlights the increased need for greater community collaboration and tools to support researchers in the move to sustainable open science practices.

   


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