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Released: 1-Mar-2021 11:45 AM EST
Rutgers Female Professors Reflect on Past Year of Racial Unrest, Pandemic
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

After a year of racial unrest due to the killing of unarmed Black men and women and the upending of our regular lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many have forged a new outlook on life. Two Black Rutgers female faculty share their reflections on the past year and their hopes for the future.

   
Released: 26-Feb-2021 7:05 AM EST
Three Wellesley Professors Teach Students to View the Pandemic Through a Historical Lens
Wellesley College

A year into the COVID-19 crisis, it seems like almost everyone can recall the moment they first sensed just how extensively the pandemic making its way around the world would upend their lives.

Released: 18-Feb-2021 2:35 PM EST
American Institute of Physics to Host Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, Raise Awareness of Black Physicists
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

To highlight and enhance the awareness of Black physicists, the American Institute of Physics is partnering with Black in Physics to host a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon to address inaccuracies and incomplete information on the popular resource website about African American and Black scientists. The event will take place during the last week of Black History Month, Feb. 22-26, and bring together volunteers in the physics community to build and edit Wikipedia pages about Black physicists.

Released: 17-Feb-2021 8:30 AM EST
In Response to Stephen Colbert, FAU Professor Says ‘Spice it Up’
Florida Atlantic University

A research professor gives a “shout out” to comedian Stephen Colbert. His motivation? Colbert previously referred to mathematical equations as the devil’s sentences and an unnatural commingling of letters and numbers – the worst being the quadratic equation – an infernal salad of numbers, letters and symbols. In response, the professor suggests that mathematics education needs to be enlivened so that students will recognize that this discipline is not merely a necessary evil, but a vibrant, exciting and fascinating subject.

Released: 11-Feb-2021 11:15 AM EST
How Carnival, Mardi Gras Thrive During a Pandemic
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Kim D. Butler, a Rutgers University-New Brunswick scholar of history and Africana studies, reflects on the meaning of the festivals, their relationship to the African diaspora and how they will survive while the world fights COVID-19. The world’s largest Carnival, in Rio de Janeiro, begins Feb. 12. Mardi Gras in New Orleans will be held Feb. 16.

Released: 10-Feb-2021 12:50 PM EST
Most U.S. Schools Teaching Black History, But Few Doing It Well
 Johns Hopkins University

As the United States marks Black History Month this year, more K-12 schools in the United States are teaching Black history than ever before. However, ongoing analysis from Johns Hopkins University finds these efforts often fail, because coursework emphasizes the negative aspects of African American life while omitting important contributions made by families of color in literature, politics, theology, art, and medicine.

Released: 9-Feb-2021 11:05 AM EST
“Fake News” Went Viral After the Death of King James I
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Alastair Bellany, chair of Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s history department, discusses how the death of one early-modern English king spurred a viral conspiracy theory that, through pamphlets and word of mouth, contributed to the execution of the next king – and whether parallels can be drawn to our own age of QAnon-fueled and politically driven lies about everything from vaccines to election integrity.

Released: 1-Feb-2021 2:35 PM EST
Black History Month is important to a world hurting from racial injustices, pandemic
University of Michigan

February is Black History Month when the contributions, customs and achievements of African Americans are celebrated. But as the country deals with racial injustice and civil unrest, these 28 days take on greater importance, says Earl Lewis, University of Michigan professor of history and Afroamerican and African studies and director of the U-M Center for Social Solutions.

Released: 25-Jan-2021 2:45 PM EST
Stimulating brain pathways shows origins of human language and memory
Newcastle University

Scientists have identified that the evolutionary development of human and primate brains may have been similar for communication and memory.

Released: 11-Jan-2021 11:40 AM EST
Shirley McBay: The advocate
University of Georgia

This story is part of a series, called Georgia Groundbreakers that celebrates innovative and visionary faculty, students, alumni and leaders throughout the history of the University of Georgia – and their profound, enduring impact on our state, our nation and the world.

Released: 11-Jan-2021 10:40 AM EST
First human culture lasted 20,000 years longer than thought
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

Fieldwork led by Dr Eleanor Scerri, head of the Pan-African Evolution Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany and Dr Khady Niang of the University of Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal, has documented the youngest known occurrence of the Middle Stone Age.

   
Released: 23-Dec-2020 3:10 PM EST
Ancient DNA retells story of Caribbean's first people, with a few plot twists
Florida Museum of Natural History

The history of the Caribbean's original islanders comes into sharper focus in a new Nature study that combines decades of archaeological work with advancements in genetic technology.

Released: 15-Dec-2020 12:05 PM EST
Mummified baboons shine new light on the lost land of Punt
Dartmouth College

Ancient Punt was a major trading partner of Egyptians for at least 1,100 years. It was an important source of luxury goods, including incense, gold, leopard skins, and living baboons.

Released: 11-Dec-2020 1:35 PM EST
CEO Receives Humanitarian Award From Yad Vashem
Cedars-Sinai

For Cedars-Sinai's longstanding commitment to providing medical care and other support to survivors of the Holocaust, President and CEO Thomas M. Priselac has received the Outstanding Humanitarian Award from the American Society for Yad Vashem-Western Region.

8-Dec-2020 6:25 PM EST
Prehistoric ‘Sea Dragon’ Discovered on the English Channel Coast Is Identified as a New Species
Baylor University

A mysterious small marine reptile dating from 150 million years ago has been identified as a new species that may have been capable of diving very deeply. The well-preserved specimen was found in a Late Jurassic deep marine deposit along the English Channel coastline in Dorset, England.

Released: 9-Dec-2020 11:15 AM EST
Rutgers Scholar Receives Prize for Revolutionizing “How We Look at Aztec Society”
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers University-New Brunswick history professor Camilla Townsend translated and analyzed a body of works by Aztec authors that revolutionizes our understanding of their history, and puts to rest commonly believed myths about Aztec society.



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