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On November 30, the world stopped turning for the approximately 250 students of Earth as a Planet: Exploring Our Place in the Universe (PHSC 10800) when the professor Fred Ciesla sent an email titled “Important: Moon Journal Grades”. While on the surface, Ciesla’s email and what prompted it seemed like a run-of-the-mill academic integrity scandal,...

Ruth Duckworth’s legacy is an unwavering commitment to clay as a medium that expanded beyond the potter’s craft.

Florida Governor Ron Desantis recently announced five new members to the Board of Trustees at Florida Polytechnic University.

The Smart Museum showcases the visceral works of Ruth Duckworth, a pioneering Chicago sculptor, throughout the academic year.

Zircon crystals hidden within lunar dust samples collected during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 have revealed that the moon is 40 million years older than previously believed.

The Smart Museum of Art honors the famed ceramist in the first major show of her work since 2005.

We live in an environment in which the very concept of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs is increasingly under attack. This May, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill to defund DEI programs at Florida’s public colleges. In the academic world, articles and statements by a small-but-vocal, number of our scientific colleagues have made...

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival, the World Music Festival and Lyric Opera’s “The Flying Dutchman” are among the highlights in the week ahead.

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center

The Biden administration awards $1 billion to "direct air" carbon capture projects on the Gulf Coast, largest carbon project so far.