Virtual Artist Talk with Maja Godlewska
On Tuesday, April 20 Maja Godlewska, Associate Professor and the Area Coordinator for Painting in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte will give a virtual artist talk, followed by a conversation with Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Deputy Director for Art & Education, Anastasia James. Visitors to the Bechtler can find Godlewska s work The Language, 1998 on view in our new exhibition Twentieth Century Women. Virtual
How California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum Got Sucked Into the Culture Wars
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Top researcher calls such inclusive models the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of American education reform
As a middle schooler, early December was an agonizing time of year for civil rights activist Karen Korematsu. When the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack approached, she made excuses to avoid the school bus where students subjected her to racist bullying.
“Go home.”
“You don’t belong here.”
Korematsu, 70, said a teacher’s lesson about the December 7, 1941, bombing in Hawaii only added to students’ animosity toward Japanese Americans like herself. Rather than presenting “both sides of the narrative,” she said her teacher taught them that “the Japanese are very bad people” who “killed over 2,000 servicemen.”
Here’s everything you need to know about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine ‘pause’ WSOCTV.com News Staff, ZEKE MILLER and LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press
The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
In a joint statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating unusual clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The clots occurred in veins that drain blood from the brain and occurred together with low platelets. All six cases were in women between the ages of 18 and 48.
Mandatory Face Mask Policies Associated with Reduced COVID-19 Deaths According to Research Presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine
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Study findings state that statewide mandatory face mask policies reduced COVID-19 deaths
Early adoption of state-directed mandatory face mask policies was associated with a 10% reduced mortality risk ratio across all counties and a 5% reduced mortality risk ratio among urban counties. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (PRWEB) April 14, 2021 Researchers at the UNC Charlotte, Department of Public Health Sciences examined the COVID-19 incidence and mortality data in the 3,102 counties across the US using data from the John Hopkins University and Kaiser Family Foundation. They found that early adoption of state-directed mandatory face mask policies was associated with a 10% reduced mortality risk ratio across all counties and a 5% reduced mortality risk ratio among urban counties.
US recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine: Here’s everything you need to know WSOCTV.com News Staff, ZEKE MILLER and LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press
The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. Channel 9 will have complete team coverage to walk you through what this means for you and your family, on Channel 9 starting at 5 p.m.
In a joint statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating unusual clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The clots occurred in veins that drain blood from the brain and occurred together with low platelets. All six cases were in women between the ages of 18 and 48.