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A copper mine that was built in 1918 and located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula will be the home to four concerts that will be held later this week.

Massachusetts students and staff urged to rat out those who tell rude jokes or engage in microaggressions. Nicole Neily, founder of Parents Defending Education, pushes back. A group of professors and employees from the University of Oklahoma held a workshop in which they discussed – among other things – ways to promote "anti-racism" in the classroom and root out, what they deemed, "problematic" ideas.  The "Anti-Racist Rhetoric and Pedagogies" workshop featured speakers from OU’s "First-...

University of Oklahomas Anti-Racist Workshop Training Violates Free Speech, Nonprofit Says On 6/23/21 at 8:04 PM EDT A recent workshop put on by University of Oklahoma instructors about anti-racism raises a red flag about the state of free expression and potential indoctrination inside the classrooms of the states flagship university, a nonprofit organization focused on freedom in education says. In a seminar entitled "Anti-Racist Rhetoric & Pedagogies," three faculty members presented slides o...

Frank Domino awarded 2021 Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching at UMass Medical School UMass awards recognize exemplary teaching and service across five UMass campuses UMass Medical School Communications May 04, 2021 UMass Medical School’s Frank Domino, MD, is one of five University of Massachusetts faculty awarded the 2021 Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching for exemplary dedication to students and the university. The faculty members—one from each of the five UMass ca...

Wildfire smoke may carry ‘mind-bending’ amounts of fungi and bacteria, scientists say By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times Published: February 8, 2021, 6:01am Share: Sep 11, 2020; Yachats, OR, USA; An onshore breeze with fog begins to push away wildfire smoke inland at the Heceta Head Lighthouse won the Oregon coast. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher/The Register-Guard via USA TODAY NETWORK When wildfires roar through a forest and bulldozers dig into the earth to stop advan...

When wildfires roar through a forest and bulldozers dig into the earth to stop advancing flames, they may be churning more into the air than just clouds of dust and smoke, scientists say. Those dark, billowing plumes of smoke that rise on waves of heat during the day and sink into valleys as the night air cools may be transporting countless living microbes that can seep into our lungs or cling to our skin and clothing, according to research published recently in Science. In some cases, research...