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Released: 9-May-2023 9:00 AM EDT
NYC Media Lab Partners With Verizon to Release Free Immersive Educational Content Available to All US-Based Educators
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

The NYC Media Lab announced the availability of new immersive educational content for all US-based educators. Developed in partnership with Verizon for the $1M Museum Initiative, over 50 augmented reality (AR)- and virtual reality (VR)-focused lesson plans are available on Verizon Innovative Learning HQ (verizon.com/learning)—the free online education portal that brings next-gen learning to all.

   
Newswise: Hollywood writers strike: AI concerns, industry consequences
Released: 9-May-2023 2:10 AM EDT
Hollywood writers strike: AI concerns, industry consequences
Virginia Tech

Hollywood screenwriters have gone on strike. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) seeks higher pay, upfront fees from streaming services, better working conditions and reassurance that studios won’t use artificial intelligence programs to generate scripts. The last WGA strike, 15 years ago, led to permanent changes in the entertainment landscape, such as the rise of reality television.

Released: 4-May-2023 3:25 PM EDT
Riders up: FSU historian weighs in on history of Kentucky Derby, racing industry
Florida State University

By: Kathleen Haughney | Published: May 4, 2023 | 2:41 pm | SHARE: With the sporting world turning its attention to Churchill Downs this week, the racing industry is preparing for the 149th Kentucky Derby.Katherine Mooney, the James P. Jones Associate Professor of History, has authored a new book on three-time Kentucky Derby winner, Isaac Murphy.

Released: 4-May-2023 12:10 PM EDT
Coronation of King Charles III an ancient tradition in a modern world
University of Miami

As Westminster Abbey plans to host its 40th coronation in 900 years, members of the University of Miami community consider the role of a monarch in today’s society.

 
Newswise: Jamaica Kincaid to Receive the 2024 St. Louis Literary Award
Released: 2-May-2023 12:40 PM EDT
Jamaica Kincaid to Receive the 2024 St. Louis Literary Award
Saint Louis University

Author Jamaica Kincaid will receive the 2024 St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Libraries. Kincaid will come to St. Louis next spring to accept the award.

Released: 27-Apr-2023 8:20 PM EDT
Darwinism expunged from India’s school textbooks
SciDev.Net

Science educators in India are urging the government to restore material on Darwinian evolution which has been removed from science textbooks on the grounds that the study load on schoolchildren needs to be lightened after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 19-Apr-2023 2:35 PM EDT
UCI Libraries to host reception launching ‘400 Years of Shakespeare’s First Folio’ exhibit
University of California, Irvine

UCI Libraries is hosting a reception to celebrate the opening of its newest exhibit, “400 Years of Shakespeare’s First Folio.” The event begins at the Irvine Barclay Theatre with a discussion between Derek Quezada, exhibit curator and rare-books librarian at the University of Southern California, and Eric Rasmussen, Regents Teaching Professor and Foundation Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Released: 19-Apr-2023 1:00 PM EDT
UC Irvine’s Leo Chavez elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Acclaimed anthropologist, author and professor Leo Chavez from the University of California, Irvine – best known for his work in international migration, particularly among Latin American immigrants – has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The 243rd class of inductees includes nearly 270 people from around the world, recognized for their accomplishments and leadership in academia, the arts, industry, public policy and research.

Newswise: James Bond Novel, ‘Casino Royale,’ Celebrates 70th Anniversary
Released: 12-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
James Bond Novel, ‘Casino Royale,’ Celebrates 70th Anniversary
California State University, Fullerton

April 13, 2023 marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, “Casino Royale.” The book, which introduced the world to the suave, sophisticated and daring British secret agent, became an instant classic and paved the way for a franchise that has since become one of the most successful in history.

Released: 11-Apr-2023 12:30 PM EDT
Héctor Tobar and Roland Betancourt are named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows
University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine writers and scholars Roland Betancourt and Héctor Tobar have been awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships. They join 169 other American and Canadian scientists and scholars in the social sciences and humanities, as well as writers and artists of all kinds, receiving the prestigious grants this year.

Released: 10-Apr-2023 10:50 AM EDT
St. Louis Literary Award Partners with St. Louis County Library System to Highlight Award-Winning Authors
Saint Louis University

The St. Louis Literary Award, presented annually by the Saint Louis University Libraries, is partnering with St. Louis County Library (SLCL) on programming around the honoree.

Released: 30-Mar-2023 6:55 PM EDT
Researchers use 21st century methods to record 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt
Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti—and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti—as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of the Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt.

   
Released: 29-Mar-2023 11:25 AM EDT
Radar, AI identify Alaska Native Spanish flu victims burial site
Cornell University

A Cornell research scientist, working in partnership with an organization representing a consortium of 20 Native Alaska groups, used ground-penetrating radar and AI modeling to locate the communal graves of approximately 93 victims of the Spanish influenza at Pilgrim Hot Springs on the Seward Peninsula – a finding that helps clarify the historical record for the Indigenous communities devastated by the 1918-19 pandemic.

Newswise: UWF Dance Marathon raises more than $30,000 for Children’s Miracle Network
Released: 28-Mar-2023 3:35 PM EDT
UWF Dance Marathon raises more than $30,000 for Children’s Miracle Network
University of West Florida

The 10th annual UWF Dance Marathon raised $30,109.48 on March 25 in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

   
Newswise: Critical Language Scholarship Program provides a cultural immersion experience for students
Released: 28-Mar-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Critical Language Scholarship Program provides a cultural immersion experience for students
University of Delaware

“We live in such a global world nowadays that knowing even a little bit of another language or two languages is something that can really open doors for people career wise,” Kiara Cronin said. The 2022 honors graduate studied Swahili in the Critical Language Scholarship Program.

Newswise: How Muslims and Jews see each other in Western countries
Released: 23-Mar-2023 12:05 PM EDT
How Muslims and Jews see each other in Western countries
Indiana University

Jewish-Muslim relations have been complicated for centuries, but assumptions that all Jews and Muslims are eternal enemies are proven wrong by a comprehensive survey review conducted by a researcher in Indiana University’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.

17-Mar-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Beethoven’s genome offers clues to composer’s health and family history
University of Cambridge

International team of scientists deciphers renowned composer’s genome from locks of hair.

     
Newswise: Tulane University’s Walter Isaacson to receive National Humanities Medal
Released: 20-Mar-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Tulane University’s Walter Isaacson to receive National Humanities Medal
Tulane University

Walter Isaacson, the renowned bestselling biographer, Tulane professor of history and co-chair of the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, will be awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden at a White House ceremony on March 21 at 3:30 p.m. CDT. The event will be livestreamed here.

Newswise: UWF student brings original production to the stage
Released: 20-Mar-2023 10:30 AM EDT
UWF student brings original production to the stage
University of West Florida

UWF theatre and English literature student Deja Gamble will present her original play “Wishful Thinking,” March 24-25 at 7:30 p.m. on the Pensacola campus.

Newswise: Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity unveils inaugural marker on Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail
Released: 20-Mar-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity unveils inaugural marker on Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail
Binghamton University, State University of New York

The Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity at Binghamton University, State University of New York unveiled the first of 12 markers on the Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail. The markers will identify key Binghamton locations on the iconic Underground Railroad and other notable abolitionist sites.

 
Newswise: Maestro’s collection finds a home at the Frost School
Released: 16-Mar-2023 12:30 PM EDT
Maestro’s collection finds a home at the Frost School
University of Miami

During his nearly five-decade conducting career, Gerard Schwarz has amassed a large, artistically significant collection of printed music, all bearing his performance notations. Now, he has given that repertoire to the Frost School of Music for the benefit of future generations of music students and scholars.

Released: 13-Mar-2023 3:50 PM EDT
How new multi-sport facilities can be used after major events
University of Waterloo

Communities that are constructing new multi-sport facilities for major events could run the risk of ending up with expensive under-used complexes, but a new study suggests there are several factors that can keep them productive in the long run.

Released: 10-Mar-2023 2:05 PM EST
LaundryCares Offers Free Laundry and Literacy Day Events in Florida
LaundryCares Foundation

The LaundryCares Foundation welcomes the community of Gainesville, Florida, to experience a Free Laundry and Literacy Day event at two laundromat locations throughout the greater Gainesville area on Tuesday, March 28.

Released: 9-Mar-2023 3:35 PM EST
Ever Wonder Why Brits Sound So Smart?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Are the British generally more intelligent and informed than Americans? Americans certainly seem to think so, according to a study by Rutgers researchers.

 
Released: 8-Mar-2023 12:05 PM EST
Cuentos Nuevomexicanos Exhibition Opens at MOCRA on March 19
Saint Louis University

The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) at Saint Louis University presents work from artists Vicente Telles and Brandon Maldonado in the “Cuentos Nuevomexicanos” exhibition opening on Sunday, March 19.

Newswise: The colors on these ancient pots hint at the power of an empire
Released: 7-Mar-2023 5:35 PM EST
The colors on these ancient pots hint at the power of an empire
Field Museum

In a new study, archaeologists compared the colors on pieces of ancient Peruvian pottery. They found that potters across the Wari empire all used the same rich black pigment to make ceramics used in rituals: a sign of the empire’s influence.

Newswise: SMFA at Tufts Announces Traveling Fellows for 2022
Released: 7-Mar-2023 11:00 AM EST
SMFA at Tufts Announces Traveling Fellows for 2022
Tufts University

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University has announced its 2022 class of SMFA at Tufts Traveling Fellows. The five artists will journey to places around the world to conduct research and find inspiration for their art.

Newswise: National Endowment for the Arts awards one of its highest honors to Tulane folklorist Nick Spitzer
Released: 6-Mar-2023 12:45 PM EST
National Endowment for the Arts awards one of its highest honors to Tulane folklorist Nick Spitzer
Tulane University

Nick Spitzer, a Tulane University professor and folklorist, has produced and hosted the popular public radio program American Routes for the last quarter-century.

Newswise: Historian receives highly acclaimed Dan David Prize
Released: 2-Mar-2023 11:05 AM EST
Historian receives highly acclaimed Dan David Prize
University of Miami

Krista Goff, an associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a 2023 recipient of the prestigious Dan David Prize for her work in illuminating the past in bold and creative ways.

Newswise: New Research Embodies Queer History Through Artifacts
Released: 28-Feb-2023 5:35 PM EST
New Research Embodies Queer History Through Artifacts
Georgia Institute of Technology

New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology offers a unique framework for understanding queer communities and their histories.

 
Newswise: The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University announces full 2023 schedule
Released: 23-Feb-2023 9:55 AM EST
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University announces full 2023 schedule
Tulane University

The second annual New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University announced its full schedule and lineup for its 2023 event, which features over 130 renowned and rising authors participating in 78 panels, book signings, a culinary symposium, family day festivities and a musical performance.

Released: 20-Feb-2023 11:05 PM EST
Why language matters: Endangered languages and discrimination
University of Konstanz

Every two weeks, one of the world's estimated 7,000 languages becomes extinct. It is estimated that only about half of our current languages will still be spoken in the coming century. When UNESCO's "International Mother Language Day" is celebrated on 21 February, another language is about to die.

Released: 20-Feb-2023 10:05 PM EST
How the Nazi years influenced the Nobel Prize in Literature
University of Gothenburg

Paulus Tiozzo studied the Nobel Prize and German literature for his thesis. Previously inaccessible archival material shows how members of the Swedish Academy viewed German literature during the two World Wars and the influence that Adolf Hitler and Nazism had on the Nobel Prize.

Newswise: Award-winning Film Highlights Rutgers Efforts to Protect Basil from Blight
Released: 15-Feb-2023 1:20 PM EST
Award-winning Film Highlights Rutgers Efforts to Protect Basil from Blight
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

When a devastating disease wiped out New Jersey farmers' basil fields, growers turned to Rutgers scientists for help. Fields of Devotion, a science-in-action film, follows the unique partnership between local farmers and Rutgers scientists.

   
Newswise: Survivors of Utah’s Eugenic Sterilization Program Still Alive in 2023
7-Feb-2023 11:00 AM EST
Survivors of Utah’s Eugenic Sterilization Program Still Alive in 2023
University of Utah

At least 830 men, women and children were coercively sterilized in Utah, approximately 54 of whom may still be alive. They were victims of a sterilization program that lasted for fifty years in the state and targeted people confined to state institutions. Many were teenagers or younger when operated upon; at least one child was under the age of ten.

Newswise: New Mandeville Art Gallery Director Ceci Moss Takes UC San Diego Into the Next Era
Released: 13-Feb-2023 10:50 AM EST
New Mandeville Art Gallery Director Ceci Moss Takes UC San Diego Into the Next Era
University of California San Diego

With renovations complete, the UC San Diego Mandeville Art Gallery will open its doors to the community under the guidance and direction of a new, dynamic leader: Ceci Moss, who joins the university poised to take arts education and outreach to new heights, building on the gallery’s expansive, 57-year history. As Gallery Director and Chief Curator, Moss brings nearly 20 years of experience organizing solo, group, touring and online exhibitions, as well as public programs, performances and screenings, in museums, galleries and artist-run spaces.

Newswise: NSU Sea Turtle Turns Prognosticator, Predicts Winner of Super Bowl LVII
Released: 10-Feb-2023 9:35 AM EST
NSU Sea Turtle Turns Prognosticator, Predicts Winner of Super Bowl LVII
Nova Southeastern University

Forget Punxsutawney Phil and his shadow - Nova Southeastern University has Captain the Sea Turtle and her Shell - and she's predicting the future!

   
Newswise: Geography, language dictate social media and popular website usage, study finds
Released: 9-Feb-2023 6:50 PM EST
Geography, language dictate social media and popular website usage, study finds
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Since its inception, the internet has been viewed by technology experts and scholars as a way to access information at a global scale without having to overcome hurdles posed by language and geography.

   
Newswise: Echoes of ancient curse tablets identified in the Book of Revelation
Released: 8-Feb-2023 5:05 PM EST
Echoes of ancient curse tablets identified in the Book of Revelation
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Descriptions and phrases used in the Revelation of John are similar in terminology to those appearing on curse tablets produced in antiquity and the associated sorcery rituals.

Released: 8-Feb-2023 1:05 PM EST
Study shows enhanced spiritual care improves well-being of ICU surrogate decision-makers
Regenstrief Institute

Family members or others who make decisions for patients in a hospital intensive care unit (ICU) often experience significant anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.

   
Released: 8-Feb-2023 12:10 PM EST
New research suggests drought accelerated empire collapse
Cornell University

The collapse of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age has been blamed on various factors, from war with other territories to internal strife. Now, a Cornell University team has used tree ring and isotope records to pinpoint a more likely culprit: three straight years of severe drought.

   
Newswise: Remapping the superhighways travelled by the first Australians reveals a 10,000-year journey through the continent
Released: 3-Feb-2023 3:50 PM EST
Remapping the superhighways travelled by the first Australians reveals a 10,000-year journey through the continent
Flinders University

New research has revealed that the process of ‘peopling’ the entire continent of Sahul — the combined mega continent that joined Australia with New Guinea when sea levels were much lower than today — took 10,000 years.

Newswise: Research team identifies oldest bone spear point In the Americas
Released: 3-Feb-2023 2:30 PM EST
Research team identifies oldest bone spear point In the Americas
Texas A&M University

A team of researchers led by a Texas A&M University professor has identified the Manis bone projectile point as the oldest weapon made of bone ever found in the Americas at 13,900 years.

   
Newswise: The American Macular Degeneration Foundation Premieres New Films During AMD Awareness Month 2023
Released: 1-Feb-2023 6:50 PM EST
The American Macular Degeneration Foundation Premieres New Films During AMD Awareness Month 2023
American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF)

The American Macular Degeneration Foundation will be hosting multiple, awareness-spreading activities throughout February, which is AMD Awareness Month, including new films on living well with AMD.

   
Released: 1-Feb-2023 5:10 PM EST
Q&A: UW historian explores how a Husky alum influenced postcolonial Sudan
University of Washington

Christopher Tounsel, associate professor of history at the University of Washington, found multiple connections between Sudan and Seattle while researching his upcoming book. The most prominent was the late Andrew Brimmer, a UW alum who in 1966 became the first Black member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.



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