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Newswise: WVU experts discuss all things Appalachia
Released: 14-Mar-2022 11:30 AM EDT
WVU experts discuss all things Appalachia
West Virginia University

West Virginia University hosts the national Appalachian Studies Conference from March 17-20, 2022. Before, during and after the conference, University experts are available to offer insights on Appalachian issues, culture and research.

Newswise: Expert available to comment on age and gender for Women's History Month
Released: 9-Mar-2022 10:30 AM EST
Expert available to comment on age and gender for Women's History Month
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: March 7, 2022 | 11:14 am | SHARE: Women’s History Month in the United States has grown from its origins in the 1970s into a month-long celebration of women’s accomplishments.Florida State University Professor Anne Barrett can speak to reporters covering Women’s History Month about how gender and age intersect in different ways for men and women.

Released: 4-Mar-2022 9:40 AM EST
Schumer's claim that only one percent of the oil imported to the U.S. is from Russia is not correct
Newswise

During a press conference, a reporter asked Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY, “What do you make of Senator Manchin’s proposal to have more domestic oil production?” Schumer answered, "the U.S. is a major oil producer; we only get one percent of any imports from Russia.” We find this claim to be mostly false. Although it fluctuates month to month, about 8% of the oil imported to the U.S. is from Russia.

     
Released: 24-Feb-2022 1:55 PM EST
Expert sources for your Ukraine-Russia conflict stories
Newswise

Expert sources for your Ukraine-Russia conflict stories

Released: 23-Feb-2022 6:35 PM EST
The claim that 'Russia, throughout all of its history, has never attacked anyone' is false
Newswise

The claim that "Russia, throughout all of its history, has never attacked anyone" is false.

Newswise: UA Little Rock Professor Creates Digital History Project Examining Enslaved People Sold as National Property During the French Revolution
Released: 23-Feb-2022 10:05 AM EST
UA Little Rock Professor Creates Digital History Project Examining Enslaved People Sold as National Property During the French Revolution
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock history professor has created a digital history project that brings to life the untold story of the enslaved colonial people who were sold as national property during the French Revolution. Dr. Nathan Marvin, assistant professor of history at UA Little Rock, created the website, “Enslaved by the Church, Sold for the Republic,” to tell the story of what happened to the enslaved people that were owned by the Roman Catholic Church in the French colonies.

Newswise: UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture Launches Online Exhibit Commemorating Arkansas’s First African American Optometrist
Released: 15-Feb-2022 6:10 PM EST
UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture Launches Online Exhibit Commemorating Arkansas’s First African American Optometrist
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has launched a new online exhibit exploring the life and achievements of Dr. William Townsend, a civil rights leader in Arkansas who was the first African American licensed to practice optometry in the state.

Newswise: Identifying the portable toilets of the ancient Roman world
Released: 11-Feb-2022 1:05 PM EST
Identifying the portable toilets of the ancient Roman world
University of Cambridge

New research published today in the Journal of Archaeological Science Reports reveals how archaeologists can determine when a pot was used by Romans as a portable toilet, known as a chamber pot.

Newswise: Iowa State Partners with U.S. State Department on Global Historic Preservation Projects
Released: 9-Feb-2022 10:00 AM EST
Iowa State Partners with U.S. State Department on Global Historic Preservation Projects
Iowa State University

Iowa State is the only university in the United States to have a partnership with the U.S. Department of State to work on historic preservation projects at U.S. diplomatic properties around the world.

Newswise: Stewart’s research released in The Journal of American History
Released: 8-Feb-2022 6:25 PM EST
Stewart’s research released in The Journal of American History
Cornell College

Cornell College Professor of History Catherine Stewart’s research provides new clues to how Black domestic workers in Southern households during the Great Depression found ways to survive their jobs and enjoy their lives.

Released: 8-Feb-2022 9:05 AM EST
How can legacies of genocidal violence be reshaped for the better? Professor’s new book explores possibilities
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A new book by Binghamton University's Kerry Whigham explores the enduring impacts of genocidal violence and the varied ways in which states and grassroots activists respond to it in order to bring about social and political transformation.

Newswise: Machine Learning Uncovers Violence During Apartheid, Earns Top Honor from Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation for University of Kentucky Researchers
Released: 7-Feb-2022 10:30 AM EST
Machine Learning Uncovers Violence During Apartheid, Earns Top Honor from Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation for University of Kentucky Researchers
University of Kentucky

The $45,000 award will support the Bitter Aloe Project, which uses machine learning models to extract data from records produced by South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Released: 3-Feb-2022 12:50 PM EST
Teaching Maus: A Free Virtual Workshop for Teachers
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

On March 3, the Rutgers Bildner Center and the Littman Families Holocaust Resource Center (HRC) join this educational effort, presenting a free virtual workshop for middle and high school teachers on how to teach this vital, complex work of second-generation Holocaust literature.

Newswise: Book traces evolution of computer from unusual to ubiquitous
Released: 1-Feb-2022 3:50 PM EST
Book traces evolution of computer from unusual to ubiquitous
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

UWM professor Thomas Haigh has collaborated on a new history book, chronicling how computers developed from room-filling machines to microchips, and what that means for us.

Released: 27-Jan-2022 1:25 PM EST
ACS releases new book exploring the history of Black surgeons and surgery in America
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

CHICAGO (January 27, 2022): The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has released a new publication, Black Surgeons and Surgery in America, that traces the history of Black surgeons and surgery in the U.S. from the Antebellum period to modern times.

Newswise: The secrets of ancient Japanese tombs revealed thanks to satellite images
Released: 19-Jan-2022 4:55 PM EST
The secrets of ancient Japanese tombs revealed thanks to satellite images
Politecnico di Milano

A research group at the Politecnico di Milano analysed the orientation of ancient Japanese tombs – the so-called Kofun.

Released: 19-Jan-2022 1:50 PM EST
Historian delves into LGBTQ life and the American home
Cornell University

Both academic studies and popular representations of LGBTQ history have typically focused on battles for public space and visibility. As gay liberation activists put it in the 1970s: “Out of the closets, into the street.”

Newswise: Housing a President: Challenges and Unique Opportunities at Harvey Mudd College in California
Released: 19-Jan-2022 1:15 PM EST
Housing a President: Challenges and Unique Opportunities at Harvey Mudd College in California
Academy Communications

In preparation for a leadership transition, Harvey Mudd College officials’ search for a solution to the challenges of housing its next president met with excellent timing as an historic nearby home—the recipient of three recent awards for historical renovation, sustainable innovation and landscape design—emerged on the market.

Released: 13-Jan-2022 11:05 AM EST
AI Tool Promises Better Automated Analysis of Datasets with Rare Items, a Key Real-World Limitation
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

The MiikeMineStamps dataset of stamps provides a unique window into the workings of a large Japanese corporation, opening unprecedented possibilities for researchers in the humanities and social sciences. But some of the stamps in this archive only appear in a small number of instances. This makes for a “long tail” distribution that poses particular challenges for AI learning, including fields in which AI has experienced serious failures. A collaboration between scientists at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), PSC, DeepMap Inc. of California and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) took up this challenge, using PSC’s Bridges and Bridges-2 systems to build a new machine learning (ML) based tool for analyzing “long tail” distributions.

Newswise: Medieval warhorses were surprisingly small in stature, study shows
Released: 10-Jan-2022 5:35 PM EST
Medieval warhorses were surprisingly small in stature, study shows
University of Exeter

Medieval warhorses are often depicted as massive and powerful beasts, but in reality many were no more than pony-sized by modern standards, a new study shows.

Newswise:Video Embedded grant-to-support-internships-on-nys-s-revolutionary-war-history
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Released: 22-Dec-2021 2:40 PM EST
Grant to Support Internships on NYS's Revolutionary War History
State University of New York at Geneseo

The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation (RDLGF) has awarded SUNY distinguished professor of history Michael Leroy Oberg, the SUNY Geneseo Center for Local and Municipal History, and a consortium of six other colleges and universities a three-year grant of more than $300K for The Gardiner Foundation Semiquincentennial Student Fellowship Program.

Newswise: Celebrate 75 years of Argonne history from your home over the holidays
Released: 20-Dec-2021 3:05 PM EST
Celebrate 75 years of Argonne history from your home over the holidays
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne celebrated 75 years at the forefront of science and technology throughout 2021 through audio stories, articles, videos, public lectures, volunteerism and interactive multimedia.

Released: 16-Dec-2021 4:35 PM EST
The Center for American Women and Politics Celebrates its 50th Anniversary Honoring Women Who Have Paved the Way for 50 Years
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

To celebrate our 50th anniversary, CAWP is launching an interactive timeline, Shaping History: CAWP Through the Years, which includes both developments at CAWP and in American politics broadly, allowing you to travel through the past five decades as barrier after barrier is torn down, and watch CAWP grow into the premier institution in the country devoted to women’s political engagement while intersecting with and mutually supporting American women as they seized their own political destiny.

Released: 13-Dec-2021 1:40 PM EST
UCI Institute and Museum of California Art receives naming gift from Jack and Shanaz Langson
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Dec. 13, 2021 — A naming gift from Jack and Shanaz Langson to the University of California, Irvine will support the construction and operation of a state-of-the-art building facility to house the Institute and Museum of California Art and its important collection of California art. In recognition of their generous support, IMCA will be named the Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art.

Newswise: UIC music professor’s classical album spotlights forgotten works by composer with Chicago ties
Released: 9-Dec-2021 12:45 PM EST
UIC music professor’s classical album spotlights forgotten works by composer with Chicago ties
University of Illinois Chicago

Partial funding for the album came from UIC’s Awards for Creative Activity program and featured several UIC faculty and students.

Released: 7-Dec-2021 4:05 PM EST
World War II Institute partners with Florida Historic Capitol Museum for exhibit on Florida's role in war
Florida State University

When the United States entered World War II in 1941, Florida was a mostly rural and agricultural state, a relatively unpopulated place compared to the rest of the country. By the time the war ended, federal spending for military bases and an influx of service members had begun a transformation that continues to this day.

Released: 3-Dec-2021 3:25 PM EST
FSU expert available to comment for 80th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: December 3, 2021 | 2:55 pm | SHARE: The attack on Pearl Harbor 80 years ago spurred U.S. involvement in World War II, sending the country into a conflict that would change American society in profound ways.Among the many changes was making the country more tolerant of religious pluralism, said Florida State University Associate Professor of History Kurt Piehler, director of the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience.

Newswise: Gold jewellery from the time of Nefertiti found in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus
Released: 1-Dec-2021 2:30 PM EST
Gold jewellery from the time of Nefertiti found in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus
University of Gothenburg

Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg have concluded an excavation of two tombs in the Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus.

Released: 15-Nov-2021 5:05 PM EST
Easternmost Roman aqueduct discovered in Armenia
University of Münster

Archaeologists from the University of Münster and the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia have discovered remains of a Roman arched aqueduct during excavation work on the Hellenistic royal city of Artashat-Artaxata in ancient Armenia.

Newswise: Chula Leads a Participative Research for the Next Century of Bangkok Train Station (Hua Lamphong) as a Creative Economy Hub Linking Culture and Commerce
Released: 12-Nov-2021 8:55 AM EST
Chula Leads a Participative Research for the Next Century of Bangkok Train Station (Hua Lamphong) as a Creative Economy Hub Linking Culture and Commerce
Chulalongkorn University

Faculty members of Chula’s Faculty of Education collaborate with academicians from four academic institutions to research the future of “Hua Lamphong” as a creative space to preserve the history and culture linking the old town and the new commercial district, after the railway hub moved to Bang Sue Central Station.

Newswise: Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of China dynasties
9-Nov-2021 12:30 PM EST
Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of China dynasties
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Volcanic eruptions contributed to the collapse of dynasties in China in the last 2,000 years by temporarily cooling the climate and affecting agriculture, according to a Rutgers co-authored study.

Released: 10-Nov-2021 12:05 PM EST
FSU experts available to comment on Thanksgiving traditions
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: November 10, 2021 | 9:46 am | SHARE: As millions of people across the United States prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, Florida State University experts are available to talk with reporters working on articles about gratitude, the myth and reality of the holiday and the role turkeys have played for Indigenous peoples long before Europeans settled the U.

Newswise:Video Embedded university-of-kentucky-awarded-14-million-nsf-grant-to-launch-world-class-cultural-heritage-lab
VIDEO
Released: 8-Nov-2021 1:50 PM EST
University of Kentucky Awarded $14 Million NSF Grant to Launch World-Class Cultural Heritage Lab
University of Kentucky

Thanks to a $14 million infrastructure grant from the National Science Foundation, the University of Kentucky is poised to tell multiple heritage science stories in new, groundbreaking ways.

Released: 5-Nov-2021 8:45 AM EDT
Nebraska Indian boarding school's past being slowly uncovered
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

An estimated 10,000 children from 40 tribes were removed from their families and placed at the Genoa school during its 50 years. A team of researchers is piecing together the school's scarred history and making it available to descendants.

Released: 4-Nov-2021 8:50 AM EDT
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is not being taught in K-12 schools, but that didn't stop Virginia Governor-Elect Glenn Youngkin from vowing to ban it
Newswise

"There is a significant effort to frame CRT as a Red Herring in the political race leading up to the 2022 election season. In order to protect the public interest of schooling and the credibility of the teaching profession, it’s really important for people to actually research the issues and learn from multiple, trust-worthy, and verified sources (not just social media or their immediate friend groups)," says Prof Rebecca Jacobsen of Michigan State University.

Newswise: UNC Students Honor Mexican, and Chicano Studies Program Tradition Through Creating a New One
Released: 2-Nov-2021 1:15 PM EDT
UNC Students Honor Mexican, and Chicano Studies Program Tradition Through Creating a New One
University of Northern Colorado

El Día de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday celebrated annually on Nov. 1-2. The festivity showcases the love and respect for deceased loved ones. Every year, families and communities gather to remember their relatives through building altares or ofrendas.

Released: 28-Oct-2021 1:55 PM EDT
Researchers Use New X-ray Technique to Conserve Henry VIII’s Favorite Warship
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Researchers from Columbia Engineering, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), University of Sheffield, Mary Rose Trust, and University of Copenhagen used a new X-ray technique developed by Columbia and ESRF to discover that there are zinc-containing nanoparticles lodged within the wooden hull of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII’s favorite warship. These nanoparticles are leading to deterioration of the remains of the ship, which sank in battle in 1545 and was raised from the Solent in 1982.

Released: 28-Oct-2021 2:45 AM EDT
Associate Professor Delivers Spooky Spirits, Magic and Witchcraft During Halloween – and Beyond
University of Northern Colorado

Associate Professor of History, Corinne Wieben, Ph.D., teaches the history of magic at the University of Northern Colorado in HIST 264: Magic in Europe from Antiquity to the Enlightenment.



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