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Paul E. Misener, a scientist, lawyer, engineer and innovator will be the featured speaker at George Mason University’s 2023 Winter Commencement ceremony. The ceremony will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, in EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Camp

Attempts to restrict what kids in school can read are on the rise. But American book-banning started with the Puritans, 140 years before the United States

The Puritans outlawed Thomas Morton's "New English Canaan" because it was critical of the society they were building in colonial New England

The Smithsonian has awarded fellowships to 17 accomplished visual artists from an international pool of candidates as part of the 2023 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Program. Over the course of a one- to two-month residency, each fellow will conduct research at Smithsonian museums and research centers to inform the development of innovative, cross-disciplinary work. Artists are nominated by art curators, scholars and former fellows and then selected by a panel of art experts. Over...

Talking about the science behind evolution, in light of laws allowing schools to teach creationism.

Introduce your students to women who have helped shape the fields of physics, biology, computer science, and education but are often overlooked in our textbooks

Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford was a successful author of fourteen books, but she was more than a writer. She was a social reformer who was an outspoken advocate for abolition and women’s suffrage and was also one of the first women ordained by the Universalist church

Artistry from the Middle East and raw goods traded through European ports both had a profound influence on the style of the modern bound book