-
Music in Unexpected Spaces
Wesleyan’s Music Department continued its tradition of performing in unexpected spaces this month, with musicians showing up in library and museum venues on campus. “Instrument—Body,” a series of four performances in surprising locations presented in conjunction with the seminar of the same name and curated by Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Ethan Philbrick, kicked…
-
WBB Set to Host Nationally Televised Game on CBS Sports Against MAC Rival Toledo on Jan. 21 in Worthen – Ball State University Athletics
Story Links MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State women’s basketball team has been chosen to host a nationally televised regular season contest for the first time ever on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 6 pm ET. The Cardinals host their Mid-American Conference rival Toledo at Worthen Arena. This is the second-straight season the Cardinals have been…
-
Basketball Season Tips Off with Midnight Madness on November 2nd
Story Links GLASSBORO, NJ – All are invited to help the Rowan’s men’s and women’s basketball teams tip off the 2023-24 season with “Midnight Madness” on Thursday, November 2nd at Esby Gymnasium. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. to the event which is co-sponsored by Rowan After Hours (RAH) and Rowan Athletics. Join Rowan Athletics and Rowan…
-
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Economic Research Service’s 2022 Household Food Security in the U.S. Report
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2023 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Economic Research Service released the Household Food Security in the United States in 2022 report, which examined American households’ ability to access sufficient food last year. The report found that the vast majority – 87.2 percent – of U.S. households were food secure…
-
Academics can do more to disrupt and reframe the solution space for food system transformation
Food systems transformations are necessary, but will be difficult to achieve without disrupting current political framings and governance mechanisms. The academic community can do more to drive change at the science–policy interface to open a larger political, social and economic space for progress. Science–policy interfaces (SPIs) are social processes linking academics and decision-makers, allowing for…
-
Heavy element production in a compact object merger observed by JWST
Abstract The mergers of binary compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes are of central interest to several areas of astrophysics, including as the progenitors of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)1, sources of high-frequency gravitational waves (GW)2 and likely production sites for heavy element nucleosynthesis via rapid neutron capture (the r-process)3. Here we present observations…
-
SVG’s TranSPORT Conference Analyzes Current State of Live Transmission Technology
More than 250 professionals were at the one-day event at The Cuting Room on Oct. 24 Story Highlights SVG’s annual TranSPORT conference descended on New York City on Tuesday, Oct. 24 as more than 250 attendees were treated to a full day of sessions packed with leaders from major sports broadcasters, leagues, teams, streaming outlets,…
-
Shasha Seminar on Human Concerns: Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Consciousness
Tula Telfair’s paintings explore wilderness in the form of recalled and imagined landscapes in order to acknowledge its inherent power and remarkable fragility. “My work investigates consciousness, memory, and the subjectivity of perception to anchor our place in the world,” Telfair said. As someone who creates photo-realistic, but materially varied and analogue process oil paintings…
-
Nebraska Public Media to Televise Three Husker Women’s Basketball Games
The Nebraska women’s basketball team will add three games to its television schedule for 2023-24 with Nebraska Public Media producing a trio of regular-season games to be carried statewide, the Huskers announced on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The Huskers will make their first appearance of the season on Nebraska Public Media when they play host to…
-
Launch of Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University signals turning point for health and nutrition collaborations
Long-time food as medicine advocate and leading cardiologist Dariush Mozaffarian will take the helm as the inaugural director of the Food is Medicine Institute, which explained at a launch event will help bridge the gap between nutrition and the medical system by integrating food as medicine into electronic health records, clinical care pathways and referral…