Tag: history
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Former Historian of Science to Offer UMaine’s 2022 Geddes W. Simpson Lecture Oct. 13
[ad_1] ORONO — Stephen Bocking, professor emeritus of the Trent School of the Environment, University of Trent, will present a 2022 Geddes W. Simpson lecture. Main His Buchanan Alumni Association. Bocking taught at the Trento Environmental School from 1994 to 2022 and was also its chairman and director for some time. Originally trained in biology ... -
Education in Lebanon amid recession
[ad_1] School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated inequalities and made it difficult for many students around the world to get an education. In Lebanon, this was made especially acute by a deep economic recession, high fuel prices and infrastructure problems such as the Beirut explosion in August 2020. Out of necessity they leave ... -
Radiation therapy increases future cancer risk
[ad_1] The risk is low, but a doctor should be consulted. The standard treatment for localized prostate cancer (cancer confined to the prostate) is radiation to kill or shrink the tumor. The long-term results for most men treated in this way are excellent. It comes with risks. A second cancer is defined by whether it ... -
Oregon State University Receives $4 Million to Lead National Polar Education and Arts Program
[ad_1] Corvallis, Oregon (KTVZ) – Oregon State University engages educators, artists, and writers in polar science efforts to lead national programs that increase the impact and visibility of ongoing scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic. Received $4 million. The program, Polar STEAM, stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics and is funded by ... -
Political Science Professor Shirin Saidi Appointed Director of Middle East Studies
[ad_1] Posted photo Shirin Saidi Shirin Saeidi has been appointed Director of the King Fahd Middle East Studies Center at U of A’s Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. Saeidi joined A University in 2018 as an Assistant Professor of Political Science with a co-appointment in Middle East Studies. She is the ... -
Emory University Continues Partnership with Science ATL –
[ad_1] Cities across the United States and Europe have science festivals, but what makes Atlanta’s festival unique is that it doesn’t belong to a university or museum, according to Jordan Rose, science festival executive co-director. It means belonging to a community. ATL, the organization that runs the Atlanta Science Festival. Science ATL Inc. says on ... -
Queen Elizabeth II passes away: September 8, 2022
[ad_1] Tunisia’s Onz Jabbar and France’s Caroline Garcia stand on court to offer a moment of silence for Queen Elizabeth II before the women’s singles semi-final match at the 2022 US Open in New York on September 8, 2022. I’m here. (Julian Finney/Getty Images) America turned to the old country on Thursday after the death ... -
Ancient ‘dragons’ were the first gliding reptiles on Earth
[ad_1] While most ancient reptiles crawled, scuttled, or leaped through their prehistoric habitats, one stealthy creature opted for an aerial technique: gliding. small “dragon-like” Coelurosaurus eribensis (see-luh-roh-SAW’-rah-vus eh-lih-VEN’-sis) A wing-like structure that uses a pair of patagials (thin membranes extending from the trunk to the forelimbs) to move from canopy to canopy. formed. , according ...










