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Thanks to the rise of social media, slang is traveling at an unprecedented speed. Here are some of the terms Gen Zers are using in 2023.

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The 2022 Frederick L. Hovde Award of Excellence in Educational Service on Saturday (Dec. 17) was presented to John Baugh, director of agricultural services and regulations for the Purdue University College of Agriculture, in recognition of a 50-year career dedicated to serving Indiana residents.

MIT Linguistics professor Michel DeGraff was elected a fellow of the Linguistics Society of America in recognition of his dynamic and impactful scholarship in Creole studies with a focus on Haitian Creole

Dr. Gates and the Oxford English Dictionary have joined forces to compile the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, due out in 2025.

The Oxford University Press will publish an African-American English dictionary to highlight enslaved Africans' contributions to the English language. A

At the Stanford Black Alumni Summit, a group of college and university presidents discussed challenges and opportunities they have navigated at their institutions over the past two years.

Language has power. This was a hard-earned lesson for Vivian Nixon and Elaine Richardson, two women who were told all their lives that their way of talking – talking Black – was something to be kept out of public and professional spaces. This episode follows their separate journeys to embrace the history, beauty, and breadth of Black English, and liberate long-buried parts of themselves in the process.

Lawmakers debated whether to make local school board races partisan. A House committee easily advanced a billion-dollar tax cut. And the governor delivered his State of the State. Heres what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.

Farmers will have to pay more to get their seed tested by the state if an Indiana Senate bill, SB 129 , becomes law. It passed unanimously in committee...