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Mar 6, 2021 In 2015 only 14.2% of characters in children’s books represented minorities; this number covered four different nationalities while 73.3% of characters were white. Meanwhile, 12.5% of characters were animals or inanimate objects. What does this mean? This means that there were more books about rabbits and bulldozers than about any other non-white race. With that in mind, the Minot Public Library began a Diversity Audit in 2020 to look deeply at their collection of books see if the...

Though vaccine distribution has begun — which some hope might stave off the coronavirus — the global pandemic continues to infect thousands each day in the United States and abroad. But as the global medical community continues to study and learn about the virus, Penn State researchers and others have collaborated to create resources like the “Declarative to Procedural-Skills to Obstruct Pandemics” (StOP) online tutor, which seeks to educate students and the broader populati...

Raimey-Noland Campaign to seek gifts supporting diversity, equity and inclusion For news media More information The University of Wisconsin–Madison, along with the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA), today announced a historic addition to the All Ways Forward campaign. The Raimey-Noland Campaign will provide resources to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across campus and create a new fund allowing the chancellor to support broad DEI initiatives. The campa...

FISE’s mySolar bags RICES gold 02 Mar 2021 / 10:37 H. Above: The gift of solar power for the Orang Asli. Management and Science University (MSU) has been awarded a gold medal for social innovation by the Research Innovation Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Showcase (RICES) 2020. MSU mySolar by the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering (FISE) comprises a series of projects dedicated to resolving the energy-related needs of rural and indigenous communities across Malaysia t...

AI can help reduce risk of HIV in high-risk communities How to get good information to the people who need it is a question that has long plagued public health officials. One approach, known as peer change agents, is to recruit peer leaders to promote healthy behaviors and information about disease prevention within their social networks. This strategy has been used, with mixed results, in communities at high risk for HIV infection and transmission, specifically among young people experiencing ...

Share this article SALT LAKE CITY, March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Recursion, a digital biology company industrializing drug discovery, today announced the appointment of R. Martin Chavez as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Dr. Chavez, who joined Recursions Board of Directors in 2020, will serve as the companys first independent Chairman. In this role, Dr. Chavez will oversee the organizations goals with regard to investor relations and apply his career-long innovation expertise to support Re...

Prof. Azeez received notice of his appointment on Wednesday.

TODAY February 28, 2021 A former Head of the Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Communication and Information Science at the University of Ilorin, Adesina Azeez, has been promoted to the position of a professor. The promotion makes him the first professor of mass communication produced by the university’s Mass Communication Department since its creation in 2005. A pioneer staff of the department, Azeez received the notice of his appointment on Wednesday. The 48-year-old professor ...

Florida International University Search Menu FIU ROTC students pass by the Panther statue in front of Ocean Bank Convocation Center. Photo by Margi Rentis. February 2021 in photos: Events on campus, a great gift and sports starting up February 26, 2021 at 9:00am The university community always has something going on. Now, that activity is increasingly more visible on campus. FIU re-doubled its repopulation efforts this month to be there for its students. The Knight Foundation also made a $10 mi...

Palma Ceia SemiDesign Announces Nicky Wilkinson as Director IC Engineering News provided by Share this article Share this article SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Palma Ceia SemiDesign, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in wireless connectivity solutions, announced it has named Nicky Wilkinson director IC Engineering. Wilkinson reports to Executive Vice President, Program Management Kevin Steptoe. "Nicky brings to Palma Ceia a history of developing advanced semicon...