Screenings have been taking place across America, spotlighting systemic racism and harassment, and arguing for the advancement of women in STEM fields.
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Computer science professor will continue to make projections
One takeaway from the past year is that many people who think they can model coronavirus infections and deaths often cannot.
There’s the Cornell professor who predicted 1,200 cases at the Ivy League university, but wound up off by 66%, since the total amount through December 31 came out closer to 400.
Now meet Sheldon Jacobson, a computer science professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In June, he predicted up to seven college football players would die from COVID.
“I guarantee someone is going to die,” Jacobson said in June, according to
CBS Sports. “The virus does not discriminate.” But no one died during the college football season that ended earlier this week.
January 14, 2021
URBANA, Ill. – As a leader in the civil rights movement, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated peaceful solutions to fight injustices for all people. More than 50 years after his death, important conversations still honor his legacy and celebrate his vision.
Presenter David Northern, Sr., CEO of the Housing Authority of Champaign County, will lead the digital equity discussion about individual and community strategies for success and will showcase his community broadband vision and plan for progress toward improved broadband access for underserved residents within Champaign County.
The webinar concludes with a Q&A session; participants are encouraged to bring questions about equity work, digital inclusion, community broadband development, public service, career success, community organizing, and related topics.
Panel Discussion: Artists of African & Mulatto Descent 18th to 19th Century @ Online via Zoom, Jan 29 @ 11:00 am â 12:00 pm, see Calendar.
This virtual discussion will spotlight the talents of seven mixed-race artists who lived and studied in either the United States or Europe. Panelists will discuss what influenced these people to become artists and what their impact on world politics entailed.Â
The panel discussion is led by Savona Bailey-McClain, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the West Harlem Art Fund. Joining McClain is William Keyse Rudolph, Ph.D, Deputy Director, Curatorial Affairs, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Virginia Anderson, Ph.D., Curator of American Art, Baltimore Museum of Art ; Paul H. D. Kaplan, Professor of Art History at Purchase College, SUNY; Daniel M. Fulco, Ph.D., Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts - Washington County.