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Released: 12-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
It's time to explain country in indigenous terms
Flinders University

It's time to write about Indigenous Australian place relationships in a new way - in a language that speaks in Indigenous terms first, to convey a rich meaning of Country and best identify its deep ecological and social relevance to Aboriginal people.

   
Released: 10-Dec-2019 3:10 PM EST
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - Backgrounder by Jonathan Masters
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

As NATO readies for what some believe is a new Cold War with Russia, the seventy-year-old alliance struggles to manage widening internal divisions.

4-Dec-2019 10:30 AM EST
Long-Distance Timber Trade Underpinned the Roman Empire’s Construction
PLOS

The ancient Romans relied on long-distance timber trading to construct their empire, according to a study published December 4, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mauro Bernabei from the National Research Council, Italy, and colleagues.

Released: 20-Nov-2019 12:35 PM EST
Rutgers Professor on How Harriet Tubman “Came to Slay”
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

With the release of the film Harriet, Rutgers scholar Erica Armstrong Dunbar said it’s a good time to shed light on Tubman’s life not only as the famed Underground Railroad conductor, but as a sister, a daughter, a wife, a mother and a woman.

Released: 15-Nov-2019 11:05 AM EST
Early DNA lineages shed light on the diverse origins of the contemporary population
University of Helsinki

A new genetic study carried out at the University of Helsinki and the University of Turku demonstrates that, at the end of the Iron Age, Finland was inhabited by separate and differing populations

Released: 13-Nov-2019 10:55 AM EST
UNC Charlotte Partners with The Washington Center for RNC Student Learning Experience
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Through a partnership with The Washington Center, UNC Charlotte will host hundreds of students from across the country for an extraordinary two-week educational program during next summer's Republican National Convention.

7-Nov-2019 7:05 PM EST
Scientists Explore Egyptian Mummy Bones With X-Rays and Infrared Light to Gain New Insight on Ancient Life
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Experiments at Berkeley Lab are casting a new light on Egyptian soil and ancient mummified bone samples that could provide a richer understanding of daily life and environmental conditions thousands of years ago. In a two-monthslong research effort that concluded in late August, two researchers from Cairo University in Egypt brought 32 bone samples and two soil samples to study using X-ray and infrared light-based techniques at the Lab's Advanced Light Source.

11-Nov-2019 1:20 PM EST
New fossil pushes back physical evidence of insect pollination to 99 million years ago
Indiana University

A study co-led by researchers at Indiana University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has pushed back the first-known physical evidence of insect flower pollination to 99 million years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous period.

Released: 8-Nov-2019 3:05 AM EST
Ancient Rome: A 12,000-Year History of Genetic Flux, Migrations and Diversity
University of Vienna

Scholars have been all over Rome for hundreds of years, but it still holds some secrets – for instance, relatively little is known about where the city’s denizens actually came from. Now, an international team led by Researchers from the University of Vienna, Stanford University and Sapienza University of Rome, is filling in the gaps with a genetic history that shows just how much the Eternal City’s populace mirrored its sometimes tumultuous history.

Released: 5-Nov-2019 1:40 PM EST
The Art of Curation: Breathing New Life into Indian Tradition in Contemporary Art Exhibit
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Art history students at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, working toward a curatorial studies certificate that will help them stand out in the art world’s increasingly competitive job market, recently arranged an exhibit of more than 100 artworks by contemporary Indian artists in just one semester – the equivalent of curatorial boot camp.

Released: 5-Nov-2019 10:05 AM EST
How to decode inscriptions on 2,000-year-old pottery
George Washington University

Using an electromagnetic spectrum to provide details the eye cannot see, a religion professor will translate the inscriptions from ostraca -pottery- thought to be from the era of John the Baptist.

   
Released: 4-Nov-2019 8:05 AM EST
Beyond borders
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Geographers are linking the political and human rights issues at borders today to the legacies of foreign and domestic policy across the globe since World War I.

Released: 30-Oct-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Drones help map Iceland's disappearing glaciers
University of Dundee

A new 3D process which involves old aerial photos and modern-day drone photography has shed light on accelerated ice loss from some of Iceland's largest glaciers.

Released: 30-Oct-2019 10:50 AM EDT
Lessons from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” on How to be a “Good Neighbor”
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The film, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks as Rogers, is scheduled for release next month. Louis Benjamin Rolsky, a part-time lecturer in Rutgers University– New Brunswick’s Department of Religious Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences

Released: 30-Oct-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Tuninetti named 2019 Singer Professor in the Humanities
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Ángel Tuninetti is a passionate advocate for the importance of the humanities in higher education and society. He has been named the 2019 Singer Professor in the Humanities, recognizing his dedication and commitment to the study of the Spanish language and Latin American literature and cultures.

Released: 28-Oct-2019 11:05 AM EDT
FSU experts available to discuss life of Harriet Tubman
Florida State University

Published: October 28, 2019 | 10:04 am | SHARE: Harriet Tubman was born into slavery and spent her life fighting it.After fleeing to freedom in Philadelphia, she returned south several times to help other slaves escape, ferrying them to safety through the Underground Railroad.Florida State University experts are available to discuss Tubman’s life ahead of the upcoming movie “Harriet.

Released: 22-Oct-2019 4:20 PM EDT
The High Price of Trump’s Great Betrayal
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

President Trump’s abandonment of the Kurds reinforced already existing doubts in the region and around the world that the United States remains a reliable ally. Article by Richard N. Haass. Originally published at Project Syndicate October 17, 2019.

Released: 21-Oct-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Archaeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Street in Jerusalem Built by Pontius Pilate
Taylor & Francis

An ancient walkway most likely used by pilgrims as they made their way to worship at the Temple Mount has been uncovered in the "City of David" in the Jerusalem Walls National Park.

15-Oct-2019 9:30 AM EDT
Rewriting History: Scientists Find Evidence That Early Humans Moved Through the Mediterranean Much Earlier Than Believed
McMaster University

An international research team led by scientists from McMaster University has unearthed new evidence in Greece proving that the island of Naxos was inhabited by Neanderthals and earlier humans at least 200,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years earlier than previously believed.

Released: 11-Oct-2019 10:20 AM EDT
Rutgers Native American Experts Weigh in on Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples Day Debate
Rutgers University

Camilla Townsend, a history professor in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick whose research focuses on the relationship between indigenous people and Europeans throughout the Americas, says there is room for both holidays.

Released: 11-Oct-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Researchers Rediscover Fast-acting German Insecticide Lost in the Aftermath of WWII
New York University

A new study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society explores the chemistry as well as the complicated and alarming history of DFDT, a fast-acting insecticide.

   
Released: 7-Oct-2019 1:05 PM EDT
The Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory
New York University

Eliot Borenstein, author of "Plots Against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy After Socialism" (Cornell University Press, 2019), has traced how conspiracy theories, and their attendant sentiment and paranoia, are ingrained in Russian political and cultural life today.

Released: 7-Oct-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Ancient Burial Site Suggests Early Hunter-Gatherers Interacted in Long-Distance Exchange of Objects and Ideas Much Sooner Than Previously Believed
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A nearly 4,000-year-old burial site found off the coast of Georgia hints at ties between hunter-gatherers on opposite sides of North America, according to research led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Released: 4-Oct-2019 11:05 AM EDT
C’est La Vie: Historians Map French-speaking Migrations with Geospatial Tech
Michigan Technological University

Understanding how French-speaking people migrated throughout North America from the 1600s to 1940 means tracking them at work, school and home spatially and archivally.

   
Released: 2-Oct-2019 3:05 AM EDT
Researchers from TU Delft discover real Van Gogh using artificial intelligence
Delft University of Technology

What did Vincent van Gogh actually paint and draw? Paintings and drawings fade, so researchers from TU Delft are using deep learning to digitally reconstruct works of art and discover what they really looked like. ‘What we see today is not the painting or drawing as it originally was,’ says researcher Jan van der Lubbe.

Released: 30-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Jack the Ripper: A Wrongful Conviction Based on Flawed DNA Analysis
Texas State University

Research published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences claiming to identify the notorious 19th century murderer through DNA analysis grabbed headlines around the world in the spring of 2019.

Released: 25-Sep-2019 10:00 AM EDT
Webb to Unlock the Mysteries of Comets and the Early Solar System
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Shortly after its launch in 2021, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will observe three different types of comets to learn more about them and about the early solar system.

Released: 18-Sep-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Rare 10 million-year-old fossil unearths new view of human evolution
University of Missouri, Columbia

Near an old mining town in Central Europe, known for its picturesque turquoise-blue quarry water, lay Rudapithecus. For 10 million years, the fossilized ape waited in Rudabánya, Hungary, to add its story to the origins of how humans evolved.

Released: 18-Sep-2019 10:00 AM EDT
PubSci at the Parrish Merges Science, Art, and Music
Brookhaven National Laboratory

The sciences and the arts are often seen as polar opposites. But a conversation between a scientist, artists, and composers held at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY, on the evening of Sept. 6, 2019 showed how these fields can be combined to create beautiful visuals and sounds based on real scientific data. The conversation was the second installment of PubSci at the Parrish, a spin-off of PubSci—the science café and conversation series of Brookhaven National Lab.

Released: 12-Sep-2019 8:05 AM EDT
$2.25 million gift to UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture to help secure Rockefeller legacy in Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust has gifted $2.25 million to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture to preserve and educate the public about the history of Arkansas, including the notable contributions of Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. 

Released: 10-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Smithsonian Snapshot: Stay Sharp This School Year
Smithsonian Institution

With back-to-school season underway, just the sight of this pencil sharpener may bring back memories of school days past. Generations after it was first introduced, this style of sharpener can still be found in schools today.

Released: 9-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Crossroads Premieres ‘Paul Robeson’ at NBPAC’s Grand Opening, ‘Lion King’ Actor to Star
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Paul Robeson – a play examining the life of the famous scholar, athlete, entertainer and activist who graduated from Rutgers 100 years ago – is the first production of the upcoming season of the Crossroads Theatre Company as well as Crossroads’ first play in the new New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC).

Released: 4-Sep-2019 8:00 AM EDT
“What We Can Learn About Allyship Today from ‘Suffragents’ Who Helped Women Get the Vote”—Sept. 23 Lecture by NYU’s Brooke Kroeger
New York University

Author Brooke Kroeger will discuss the impact of powerful men in the women's suffrage movement with “What We Can Learn About Allyship Today from ‘Suffragents’ Who Helped Women Get the Vote,” on Mon., Sept. 23.

Released: 29-Aug-2019 11:00 AM EDT
The Chemistry of Art: Scientists Explore Aged Paint in Microscopic Detail to Inform Preservation Efforts
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

To learn more about the chemical processes in oil paints that can damage aging artwork, a team led by researchers at the National Gallery of Art and the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a range of studies that included 3D X-ray imaging of a paint sample at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source.



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