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Column: Engaged citizens will improve local government and school boards
11+ hour, 3+ min ago (521+ words) Richmond voters will get a chance to elect our civic leaders next month, on Oct. 17. Only about one-quarter of eligible voters turned out for the last civic election in 2022, which is sad, when you consider that local politics closely affect…...
VT Science Corner: Virginia Tech now at the helm of a national laboratory
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (154+ words) On June 1, Virginia Tech and its partner SURA (Southeastern Universities Research Association) took over the management and operation of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, commonly known as Jefferson Lab. Kevin Pitts is the Dean of the College of Science at…...
Hawai??i Community College awarded $920,000 National Science Foundation grant for drone sensors program
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (172+ words) Hawaii Community College students work with drones as part of a program to meet workforce demand or stackable credentials for use in utilities, civil engineering, agriculture and environmental hazard mitigation. PC: Hawaiʻi Community College Hawaiʻi Community College has secured a…...
Mount Vernon, Corsica-Stickney schools honored with statewide recognition
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (804+ words) Sep. 11—Corsica-Stickney Elementary School and Mount Vernon Middle School have been recognized as among the state's best. They were distinguished as South Dakota Blue Ribbon schools on Friday morning, as announced by the state Department of Education. This is the…...
Children’s Aerobic Fitness Declines in Final Primary School Years,
44+ min ago (611+ words) One of the most detailed long-term portraits of children’s aerobic fitness ever assembled suggests a troubling pattern in the final years of primary school. Researchers tracking hundreds of Norwegian children from first through sixth grade found that peak oxygen uptake,…...
Preparation creates possibilities: the work of Scholarship Education Outreach
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (26+ words) The Atlanta-based nonprofit does more than provide information on scholarships. With a sound array of programs ranging …...
CMU reviews ‘hostile and threatening’ posts of professor with history of social media controversies
13+ hour, 8+ min ago (525+ words) A Carnegie Mellon University professor is on a voluntary sabbatical while school officials review what they called “hostile and threatening social media posts.” Uju Anya, an associate professor of second language acquisition, is under scrutiny following a 2021 exchange on X…...
As SC State continues to grow, so does some professors’ frustration with university leaders
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (857+ words) S.C. State University President Alexander Conyers, pictured in 2023, was censured by the university’s Faculty Senate late last month. ORANGEBURG — S.C. State University has been on the upswing over the past several years, with enrollment surging, state funding flowing, national accolades…...
CMU professor with history of social media controversy takes sabbatical after ‘hostile and threatening’ posts
10+ hour, 27+ min ago (513+ words) A Carnegie Mellon University professor is on a voluntary sabbatical while school officials review what they called “hostile and threatening social media posts.” Uju Anya, an associate professor of second language acquisition, is under scrutiny following a 2021 exchange on X…...
Students Don’t Decide Whether to Pay Attention
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (473+ words) Attention in the teen brain follows biological rules, and teachers can work with them to help ensure that students learn. Their brains are “paying attention” to something that has a greater attention system priority than what teachers are saying because…...