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(Photo: James Byard/Washington University) April 22, 2021 SHARE Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and four other faculty members of Washington University in St. Louis were elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the academy announced April 22. The others are Deanna Barch, John Baugh, Pascal Boyer and Holden Thorp. Founded in 1780, the academy honors exceptional scholars, leaders, artists and innovators and engages them in sharing knowledge and addressing challenges facing the world. “I congratulate my colleagues on this significant professional achievement,” Provost Bever...

Media Contact: Lori Fogleman, Baylor University Media and Public Relations, 254-709-5959 Follow us on Twitter: WACO, Texas (April 15, 2021) – Baylor University today announced an estate gift from John and Eula Mae Baugh, creating an endowed chair in physics. The Eula Mae and John Baugh Chair in Physics, which will receive matching funds through the Baylor Academic Challenge, will provide faculty funding within the department of physics and focus on innovative research and teaching in the area of materials science. “The Baugh family name is synonymous with support of and dedication to the...

January 25, 2021 African American English derives from a historical past of contact between multiple language speakers. It varies across age, ethnicity, class, and gender. There is more than one AAE. Iryna Alekseienko/iStock via Getty Images Plus African descendants in the U.S. have been speaking varieties of English, today known as African American Language (AAL), for many centuries. While not all Black people speak AAL, many do. Think you know all there is to know about the language? Think again! Read on for what you should know about AAL. 1. The V in AAVE stands for vernacular. African Am...

Bill Would Change Fines For Misusing Pesticides, Including Dicamba Unable to load the audio player. playpausemuteunmute Article origination IPBS-RJC Dicamba can drift off of one soybean field that is resistant to the herbicide and damage a non-resistant field nearby. FILE PHOTO: Seth Tackett/WTIU News A state Senate bill aims to crack down on farmers and others who deliberately misuse pesticides like dicamba while giving people with minor pesticide violations a break. The bill passed unanimously in a Senate committee on Monday. The legislation authored by Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) was c...