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Released: 22-Mar-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Copper artifacts unearth new cultural connections in southern Africa
University of Missouri, Columbia

Chemical and isotopic analysis of copper artifacts from southern Africa reveals new cultural connections among people living in the region between the 5th and 20th centuries according to a University of Missouri researcher and colleagues.

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: UWF Sea3D Lab collaborates with The Mariners’ Museum and Park and NOAA to put pieces of history in public’s hands
Released: 22-Mar-2023 10:20 AM EDT
UWF Sea3D Lab collaborates with The Mariners’ Museum and Park and NOAA to put pieces of history in public’s hands
University of West Florida

UWF Sea3D Lab recently partnered with The Mariners' Museum and Park, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NOAA Monitor National Marine Sanctuary to create artifact replicas recovered from the shipwreck of the USS Monitor.

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: Tulane dean to release podcast on Anti-Racism and the Disciplines featuring leading Black scholars
Released: 20-Mar-2023 2:35 PM EDT
Tulane dean to release podcast on Anti-Racism and the Disciplines featuring leading Black scholars
Tulane University

Tulane University School of Liberal Arts will release a new podcast miniseries, Anti-Racism and the Disciplines, that explores the complex histories of liberal arts majors with the aim of identifying more accurate and effective practices in higher education. The podcast series premieres on Tuesday, March 21, in observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

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: Pioneering female politicians’ papers available for review in UIC Library special collections
Released: 15-Mar-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Pioneering female politicians’ papers available for review in UIC Library special collections
University of Illinois Chicago

Cardiss Collins served 1973 to 1997 and Esther Saperstein served from 1957 to 1979 in elected office

Newswise: Lasers and chemistry reveal how ancient pottery was made — and how an empire functioned
Released: 14-Mar-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Lasers and chemistry reveal how ancient pottery was made — and how an empire functioned
Field Museum

Peru’s first great empire, the Wari, stretched for more than a thousand miles over the Andes Mountains and along the coast from 600-1000 CE.

Newswise: Modern baseball players gain on history's greats in new University of Illinois model
Released: 13-Mar-2023 12:15 PM EDT
Modern baseball players gain on history's greats in new University of Illinois model
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Baseball statistics seem to place higher values on the achievements of players from past eras, particularly pre-integration. Lifelong baseball fan and statistics professor Daniel Eck, grad student Shen Yan, & history professor Adrian Burgos developed an era-adjusted statistical method.

Released: 13-Mar-2023 10:25 AM EDT
History saved lives in this pandemic. Will society listen next time?
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

As the pandemic enters its fourth year, the medical historian whose team's work on the 1918 flu influenced the "flatten the curve" approach in 2020 reflects on what lessons for the future can be drawn by studying recent pandemic history.

Released: 9-Mar-2023 1:30 PM EST
You can't put a price tag on knowledge. Read the latest news on finance and the world economy in the Economics channel
Newswise

The U.S. economy is on people's minds as the government prepares for a showdown on the deficit and government spending. Find the latest research and expert commentary on money issues here. Below are some of the latest headlines in the Economics channel on Newswise.

       
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: Mysterious new behavior seen in whales may be recorded in ancient manuscripts
Released: 28-Feb-2023 6:20 PM EST
Mysterious new behavior seen in whales may be recorded in ancient manuscripts
Flinders University

In 2011, scientists recorded a previously unknown feeding strategy in whales around the world. Now, researchers in Australia think they may have found evidence of this behaviour being described in ancient accounts of sea creatures, recorded more than 2,000 years ago.

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.

Newswise: Jimmy Carter Lived the Ideal That There is More That Unites Us Than Divides Us
Released: 23-Feb-2023 9:35 AM EST
Jimmy Carter Lived the Ideal That There is More That Unites Us Than Divides Us
California State University, Fullerton

The news of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter entering hospice care brought messages of love and support from around the world. The legacy of the 39th president will endure for decades to come.

Newswise: Uncovering the traits of Japan’s dual ancestry: New research reveals historical regional mix and genetic predispositions to obesity and asthma
Released: 20-Feb-2023 2:10 PM EST
Uncovering the traits of Japan’s dual ancestry: New research reveals historical regional mix and genetic predispositions to obesity and asthma
University of Tokyo

Regional differences in the spread of Japan’s two main ancestral groups have been revealed, thanks to new research at the University of Tokyo. Japanese people are generally thought to descend from two main groups: Jomon hunter-gatherers and immigrant farmers from continental East Asia.

Newswise: Back to the time of the first Homo Sapiens with a futuristic clock, the new Radiocarbon 3.0
Released: 15-Feb-2023 6:50 PM EST
Back to the time of the first Homo Sapiens with a futuristic clock, the new Radiocarbon 3.0
Universita di Bologna

It is called Radiocarbon 3.0: it is the newest method developments in radiocarbon dating, and promises to reveal valuable new insights about key events in the earliest human history, starting with the interaction between Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals in Europe.

Newswise: Weather balloons and UFOs: FSU professor offers historical perspective on aerial surveillance
Released: 15-Feb-2023 12:50 PM EST
Weather balloons and UFOs: FSU professor offers historical perspective on aerial surveillance
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: February 15, 2023 | 12:03 pm | SHARE: The recent incursion of a Chinese spy balloon and other flying objects into American airspace evoked memories of aerial reconnaissance missions from the Cold War era. After a U.S. Air Force fighter downed the balloon, officials sent its antenna array to a Federal Bureau of Investigation lab.

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: Researchers solve a 150-year-old mystery
Released: 13-Feb-2023 2:05 PM EST
Researchers solve a 150-year-old mystery
University of Bonn

Aetosaurs had a small head and a crocodile-like body. The land dwellers were up to six meters long and widely distributed geographically. They died out about 204 million years ago, at the end of the Triassic.

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 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: Seven new species of whitefish described in Central Switzerland
Released: 6-Feb-2023 5:50 PM EST
Seven new species of whitefish described in Central Switzerland
Pensoft Publishers

Biologists at Eawag have identified ten species of whitefish in the lakes of the Reuss river system.

Released: 6-Feb-2023 3:30 PM EST
CSU's African American Leaders Reflect on Journey During Black History Month
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

To mark the occasion of Black History Month, we asked some of the CSU's African American university presidents to share their journey, what inspires their work and how they use their platforms to affect change in their communities. Read thoughts from CSU Dominguez Hills President Thomas Parham, Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson, Jr. and Cal Poly Pomona President Soraya Coley.​

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.

   
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.

Released: 27-Jan-2023 3:30 PM EST
Mercury helps to detail Earth’s most massive extinction event
University of Connecticut

The Latest Permian Mass Extinction (LPME) was the largest extinction in Earth’s history to date, killing between 80-90% of life on the planet, though finding definitive evidence for what caused the dramatic changes in climate has eluded experts.

Newswise: Cultural historian, writer named director of UIC’s Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Released: 27-Jan-2023 1:05 PM EST
Cultural historian, writer named director of UIC’s Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
University of Illinois Chicago

Liesl Olson is a respected scholar, cultural leader and social justice advocate.

Released: 26-Jan-2023 4:15 PM EST
Tweets reveal where in cities people express different emotions and other behavioral studies in the Behavioral Science channel
Newswise

Below are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Behavioral Science channel on Newswise, a free source for journalists.

       
Newswise:Video Embedded lost-video-of-georges-lema-tre-father-of-the-big-bang-theory-recovered
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Released: 26-Jan-2023 11:10 AM EST
Lost Video of Georges Lemaître, Father of the Big Bang Theory, Recovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Fans of science history can now access a new gem: a 20-minute video interview with the father of the Big Bang theory, Georges Lemaître. European broadcast network VRT found the 20-minute recording that is thought to be the only video of Lemaître. His interview, originally aired in 1964 and conducted in French, has now been transcribed and translated into English by physicists at Berkeley Lab and the Vatican Observatory.

Newswise: 52-million-year-old fossils show near-primates were cool with colder climate
Released: 25-Jan-2023 6:40 PM EST
52-million-year-old fossils show near-primates were cool with colder climate
University of Kansas

Two sister species of near-primate, called “primatomorphans,” dating back about 52 million years have been identified by researchers at the University of Kansas as the oldest to have dwelled north of the Arctic Circle.

Newswise: Were galaxies much different in the early universe?
Released: 24-Jan-2023 6:40 PM EST
Were galaxies much different in the early universe?
University of California, Berkeley

An array of 350 radio telescopes in the Karoo desert of South Africa is getting closer to detecting “cosmic dawn” — the era after the Big Bang when stars first ignited and galaxies began to bloom.

Newswise: UAlbany Professor Finds New Poem by Famed Early American Poet Phillis Wheatley
Released: 24-Jan-2023 12:00 PM EST
UAlbany Professor Finds New Poem by Famed Early American Poet Phillis Wheatley
University at Albany, State University of New York

A University at Albany professor has discovered the earliest known full-length elegy by famed poet Phillis Wheatley (Peters), widely regarded as the first Black person, enslaved person and one of the first women in America to publish a book of poetry.

Released: 11-Jan-2023 2:30 PM EST
How UCI saved the ozone layer
University of California, Irvine

On Jan. 9, a United Nations-backed panel of experts announced that Earth’s protective ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, closing an ozone hole over the Antarctic that was first noticed in the 1980s. But it was research conducted at the University of California, Irvine in the 1970s that made this good new possible.

Released: 6-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
Place names are important for understanding history
University of Agder

Preserving place names keeps history alive and helps new generations to understand it, says Vidar Haslum, Associate Professor at the Department of Nordic and Media Studies at the University of Agder.

Newswise: Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age
Released: 28-Dec-2022 8:20 PM EST
Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age
Princeton University

A new study shows that the Bering Land Bridge, the strip of land that once connected Asia to Alaska, emerged far later during the last ice age than previously thought.

   
Released: 22-Dec-2022 7:30 PM EST
Hunter-gatherer social ties spread pottery-making far and wide
University of York

Analysis of more than 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites has shown that pottery-making techniques spread vast distances over a short period of time through social traditions being passed on.

Newswise: Graduate Finishes College Education 50 Years After Starting
Released: 22-Dec-2022 12:50 PM EST
Graduate Finishes College Education 50 Years After Starting
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A UA Little Rock history student is celebrating the completion of his lifelong dream of finishing his college education, a dream that is 50 years in the making.

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Newswise:Video Embedded fsu-historian-available-to-discuss-100-year-anniversary-of-rosewood-massacre
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Released: 15-Dec-2022 3:40 PM EST
FSU historian available to discuss 100-year anniversary of Rosewood massacre
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: December 15, 2022 | 2:40 pm | SHARE: A century ago, a mob destroyed the town of Rosewood in Levy County, Florida — racial violence that ended with at least eight people dead and erased what had been a thriving community.A Florida State University historian who helped document the massacre for the Florida Legislature is available to speak to media about her work and the history of Rosewood.

Newswise: SLU Researcher Receives NEH Grant to Create Platform to Share Medieval Interpretations of Culture-Shaping Text
Released: 14-Dec-2022 6:45 PM EST
SLU Researcher Receives NEH Grant to Create Platform to Share Medieval Interpretations of Culture-Shaping Text
Saint Louis University

Atria Larson, Ph.D., associate professor of Medieval Christianity at Saint Louis University, has been awarded a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Newswise: First digital archive of Brian Friel’s iconic plays launches at Queen’s
Released: 12-Dec-2022 6:05 AM EST
First digital archive of Brian Friel’s iconic plays launches at Queen’s
Queen's University Belfast

Queen’s University Belfast has launched the Brian Friel digital archive, a first of its kind resource, providing access to drafts of the acclaimed Irish playwright’s works, including handwritten notes from some of his most iconic plays.

Newswise: History Center Launches Online Exhibit Featuring Politician Vic Snyder Collection
Released: 8-Dec-2022 12:50 PM EST
History Center Launches Online Exhibit Featuring Politician Vic Snyder Collection
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) has opened a new online exhibit featuring the congressional collection of Vic Snyder, a former Arkansas state senator and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.The collection is quite large and includes more than 680 boxes of items Snyder amassed during his political career, spanning his time in the Arkansas Senate from 1991-1996, as well as his seven terms in the U.

Released: 7-Dec-2022 10:05 AM EST
Fictional civilization leaves behind lasting legacy
Cornell University

Norman Daly spent years chronicling the lost Iron Age civilization of Llhuros – its relics, its rituals, its poetry, its music – as well as the academic commentary it inspired. But the thing that makes Llhuros most noteworthy as a civilization? It never existed.

Released: 5-Dec-2022 4:05 PM EST
We ain't misbehavin' here. The latest news in Behavioral Science on Newswise
Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Behavioral Science channel on Newswise, a free source for journalists.

       
Newswise: Chicago Pile 1: A bold nuclear physics experiment with enduring impact
Released: 1-Dec-2022 5:20 PM EST
Chicago Pile 1: A bold nuclear physics experiment with enduring impact
Argonne National Laboratory

Enrico Fermi’s Chicago Pile 1 experiment in 1942 launched an atomic age, an unrivaled national laboratory system, fleets of submarines, cancer treatments and the unending promise of clean nuclear energy. Argonne National Laboratory builds on its legacy.



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