Scientists have resolved a key climate change mystery, showing that the annual global temperature today is the warmest of the past 10,000 years – contrary to recent research.
Jan 30, 2021 / 09:16 AM EST
(CNN) For many, being considered a patriot is as American as it gets.
Of the millions of words in the English language, the word “patriot” has long instilled a sense of pride in Americans. By definition, it means “one who loves and supports his or her country,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. One expert told CNN calling someone a “patriot” brings with it a higher level of pride and respect, putting a person on par with the founders of this country who are seen as the original patriots.
It’s a word that’s supposed to bring unification and joy, but throughout history, it’s also divided and excluded people.
National Gallery of Art announces new staff appointed to key positions across the museum
Eric Bruce began as Head of Visitor Experience and Evaluation in August 2020.
WASHINGTON, DC
.-The National Gallery of Art announced today the appointment of four new staff to positions that will support the National Gallery s mission to serve the nation. These positions advance the National Gallery s strategic priorities to make the museum more visitor-focused, inclusive, and equitable, as well as to provide deeper connections to the museum s content through digital access to its collections, exhibitions, programs, and research.
Mikka Gee Conway began her tenure as Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer and EEO Director in September 2020. As part of the museum leadership team, Conway reports to Feldman and leads diversity, equity, and inclusion work across the National Gallery, as well as oversees the institution s EEO office. Conway comes to the National Gallery from the J. Pau
UpdatedFri, Jan 29, 2021 at 12:41 pm ET
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U.S. News & World Report released its 10th annual ranking of the best online college degrees. See which colleges in NJ made the grade. (Google Maps)
NEW JERSEY - After months of campus closures and restrictions, the coronavirus pandemic has given new importance to online education and the flexibility it offers current and prospective college students.
While some colleges have temporarily moved online as an alternative to in-person learning amid the pandemic, a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report gives a nod to select schools and degree programs in New Jersey that were specifically designed to be earned online.
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The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers (ISGRJ) named four of the university’s most distinguished academic scholars in civil rights, history, literature, and creative writing as directors of campus branches across the university and launched a postdoctoral program supporting research in anti-racism and social inequality.
The directors, who will lead the institute’s work at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers University-Newark and Rutgers University-Camden, will use humanistic theories, methods and approaches to study global issues of race and social justice.
“Higher education must reveal how racism has been normalized through the historic and current narratives of some of its most under-appreciated citizens,” says Prabhas Moghe, executive vice president of Academic Affairs at Rutgers. “By carefully examining the various forms through which racism continues to invade our culture and all of our institutions, by encouraging conversati