New York governor Andrew Cuomo walks past cells in Clinton Correctional Facility in 2014.
Lots of furniture at City University of New York institutions is made by inmates in prison. That’s not a secret. It’s actually a legal requirement.
Like several other states, New York requires that government agencies use Corcraft, the brand name for its state prison industry, as a “preferred source” for products. If an agency needs a new office chair and Corcraft has a product that fits the bill, officials are required to purchase it.
The link between public institutions and prison labor has been well documented, but as policing and prisons have continued to grab hold of the national conversation, some students have been pushing back, demanding their universities cut ties with what they call “prison slavery.”
May 4, 2021
Students will learn more about the University of Wyoming, UW alumni will connect with their alma mater, and members of the public will find out more about UW’s presence in their community during a “The World Needs More Cowboys” celebration Tuesday, May 18, in Wheatland.
The public is invited to the event from 5-7 p.m. at Vimbo’s Restaurant and Lounge. Free appetizers and beverages will be served.
UW President Ed Seidel will be in attendance and speak during a brief program at the celebration, highlighting the university’s efforts to boost entrepreneurism and the state’s economy, among other topics.
Kognito Forms Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisory Group for Higher Education
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The group will provide thought leadership from a diverse set of backgrounds, experience, and knowledge to shape the key goals and direction of an upcoming DEI program. NEW YORK (PRWEB) May 04, 2021 Kognito today announced the creation of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Group to assist in the development of an upcoming DEI program. The advisory group will provide thought leadership from a diverse set of backgrounds, experience, and knowledge to shape the key goals and direction of the program.
“We are thrilled that this group has decided to lend their talent and experience to advising Kognito on how best to use our one-of-a-kind simulated practice scenarios to further the work already being done on campuses across the country,” said Kimberly Wieland, Head of Education Products at Kognito. “We ar
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CAMBRIDGE, UK, April 21, 2021 (ENS) – From bioengineered pandemics to city-ravaging cyber attacks to nuclear annihilation, life on Earth could soon change radically due to humanity’s impact on the planet, the United Kingdom’s Astronomer Royal, Sir Martin Rees, is warning.
Rees points out other dangers, too: population rise leading to shrinking biodiversity, catastrophic climate change, uncontrollable cybercriminals, plans for artificial intelligence that erodes privacy, security, and freedom.
“Our Earth is 45 million centuries old. But this century is the first when one species – ours – can determine the biosphere’s fate,” said Rees, who is also a founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risks at Cambridge University.
Joey Ramp and her science service dog, Sampson
Academic science is much more diverse than it was a generation ago, even if it still has a ways to go. That’s according to a new report on women, minorities and people with disabilities from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics at the National Science Foundation.
The share of academic jobs held by female doctorates in science, engineering and health fields increased from 26 percent in 1999 to 39 percent in 2019. Underrepresented minorities hold more of these jobs now than in 1999, but their share 9 percent is still “considerably less” than their share of the population, according to the NSF. By comparison, underrepresented minorities make up one-third of the U.S. The share of academic scientists with one or more disabilities also increased over the same period, to 9 percent. Their share of the general population is about 11 percent.