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Newswise: FSU historian awarded Newberry Fellowship to study historic perspectives on capitalism
Released: 3-Aug-2023 8:55 AM EDT
FSU historian awarded Newberry Fellowship to study historic perspectives on capitalism
Florida State University

A Florida State University historian and director of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution has earned a prestigious fellowship from the Newberry Library to research how early 19th-century European political culture was influenced by competing discourses on capitalism.

Newswise: People Experience Emotions with Computer-Generated Art
Released: 3-Aug-2023 8:45 AM EDT
People Experience Emotions with Computer-Generated Art
University of Vienna

Computers and artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming increasingly important in the art world. AI-generated artworks fetch millions at auction, and artists routinely use algorithms to create aesthetic content. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Vienna has conducted experiments showing that, contrary to popular intuition, people perceive emotions and intentions when viewing art, even when they know the work was generated by a computer. The study was recently published in the journal "Computer in Human Behavior".

   
Newswise: Dance and the state: Research explores ballet training in Ukraine
Released: 25-Jul-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Dance and the state: Research explores ballet training in Ukraine
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Ballet training centers of Ukraine successfully resist co-optation by both neo-imperial and nationalist ideologies, forming robust and inclusive dancing communities that in many ways mirror structures of modern Ukrainian society, according to research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Released: 24-Jul-2023 1:40 PM EDT
White Police Membership in Republican Party Associated with Racial Bias, Study Finds
American Sociological Association (ASA)

In the last 10 years, police organizations have displayed unprecedented support for Republican presidential candidates and have organized against social movements focused on addressing racial disparities in police contact.

Newswise: Unraveling the Loch Ness Monster’s Eel Connection
Released: 24-Jul-2023 8:55 AM EDT
Unraveling the Loch Ness Monster’s Eel Connection
JMIR Publications

In a new study published in JMIRx Bio, one of JMIR Publications’ new overlay journals, scientist Floe Foxon explores whether the Loch Ness Monster, a creature in Scottish folklore, could be a giant eel. Using previous estimates of the monster’s size to predict the probability of encountering a large eel of a similar size, the study found that giant eels could not account for sightings of larger animals in Loch Ness, a freshwater lake in the Scottish Highlands.

   
Released: 21-Jul-2023 10:20 AM EDT
U.S. has leg up in growth of women's soccer
Virginia Tech

Patrick Ridge couldn’t help but fall in love with the game of soccer. He played the sport growing up, and he remained hooked by the game’s excitement when he attended matches and World Cup watch parties in Latin America and Spain while studying, teaching, and researching. “I saw the fervor,” said Ridge, now an associate professor of Spanish at Virginia Tech who studies soccer for a living.

Released: 21-Jul-2023 10:15 AM EDT
Hollywood actors’ strike: MSU experts can comment
Michigan State University

Fair compensation in the streaming era and regulation of artificial intelligence and its use in film and television are the key issues in the first tandem strike of the actors' and writers' unions since 1960. MSU experts are available to comment on what these strikes mean for television and film moving forward.

Newswise: URI team develops app for and with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Released: 20-Jul-2023 4:10 PM EDT
URI team develops app for and with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
University of Rhode Island

A team from the University of Rhode Island, working alongside the Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission and consultants with intellectual and developmental disabilities, has developed an app that teaches adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities how to recognize abuse and report it to authorities.

Newswise: Hidden details of Egyptian paintings revealed by chemical imaging
6-Jul-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Hidden details of Egyptian paintings revealed by chemical imaging
PLOS

On-site analysis of paint layering identifies history of alterations in ancient paintings.

   
Released: 6-Jul-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Humidity – not just light – causes color degradation in historical paintings, researchers discover
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

When you look at a painting in a museum, the colors that you see are likely less bright than they were originally, something that had previously been attributed mainly to light exposure. Now, researchers have discovered a new cause of color degradation: humidity.

Released: 3-Jul-2023 10:05 PM EDT
Escaping exploitation with nowhere to go: Barriers in accommodating survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery
University of South Australia

Survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery are struggling to find places to live with some people becoming homeless and facing risks of re-entering exploitative environments.

Released: 23-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
When Majority Men Respect Minority Women, Groups Communicate Better: A Neurological Exploration
University of Delaware

Groups must leverage their members’ diverse knowledge to make optimal decisions. However, the gender composition of a group may affect this ability, particularly because solo status female members (one female grouped with males) are generally allocated lower status than their male counterparts, so their knowledge is more likely to be ignored.

   
Released: 23-Jun-2023 1:45 PM EDT
New analysis: Kaepernick was denied his “right to work” because he, like other Black male athletes before him, challenged structural racism and white supremacy
University of Delaware

A nascent literature is emerging that analyzes the case of Colin Kaepernick who was “locked out” of the National Football League (NFL) beginning in 2017 because he chose to protest police brutality, systemic racism, and white supremacy.

Released: 20-Jun-2023 1:05 AM EDT
Aboriginal narratives must be retained to capture crucial histories and identities
University of South Australia

Maintaining traditional Aboriginal storytelling is critically important in recognising First Peoples' histories, experiences and identities, says University of South Australia Visiting Research Fellow Dr Debra Dank.

Newswise: Empowering Families in Newark: Sonic Suds and LaundryCares Foundation Host Free Laundry and Literacy Day
Released: 16-Jun-2023 1:55 PM EDT
Empowering Families in Newark: Sonic Suds and LaundryCares Foundation Host Free Laundry and Literacy Day
Coin Laundry Association

The LaundryCares Foundation announces a collaborative initiative with Sonic Suds to address the literacy gap in the Newark community. On Tuesday, June 20, we invite the residents of Newark, New Jersey to Sonic Suds, located at 685 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, for a Free Laundry and Literacy Day event.

Newswise: From 19th century “Indian remedies” to New Age spirituality
Released: 12-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
From 19th century “Indian remedies” to New Age spirituality
Iowa State University

A new paper explores how the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company pushed stereotypes and claimed authority on Indigenous culture in the 1800s to sell products. It also highlights several ironies. As “Indian remedies” became mainstream, the U.S. government rolled out policies to restrict Indigenous healing and spiritual practices, which are often intertwined.

Newswise: ESF Launches Indigenous Writer Residency Program at Cranberry Lake
Released: 8-Jun-2023 12:00 PM EDT
ESF Launches Indigenous Writer Residency Program at Cranberry Lake
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Four indigenous writers will participate in a new residency program at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), one of the nation’s premier colleges focused exclusively on the study of the environment, developing renewable technologies, and building a sustainable future. Through the Indigenous Writer Residency Program, each writer will spend three weeks at Cranberry Lake Biological Station, ESF’s satellite campus nestled in the heart of the Adirondack Park on the ancestral lands of the Mohawk Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

Newswise: CNN director’s dramatic downfall follows unrealistic expectations, says media expert
Released: 7-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
CNN director’s dramatic downfall follows unrealistic expectations, says media expert
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech media expert Megan Duncan provides context for the dramatic resignation of CNN CEO Chris Licht after 13 months as head of the cable news network.

2-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Queen’s research finds greater societal awareness needed to protect our privacy and data from AI when we die
Queen's University Belfast

A research study from Queen’s University Belfast, Aston Law School and Newcastle University Law School, has suggested that greater societal awareness of ‘ghostbots’ and a ‘Do not bot me’ clause in wills and other contracts could prevent us from being digitally reincarnated without our permission when we die.



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