For students from Meraki High School outside Sacramento, California, staying fit during the coronavirus pandemic has been as easy as playing solitaire. © Courtesy Jenny Pellini Fitness trainer Myriah Volk (far left) of Sebastopol, California, leads a socially distanced gym class through her PE Express 101 business. Since the school […]
Month: August 2020
The University of Arizona made a bold claim this week: It stopped a coronavirus outbreak before it started. Universities around the U.S. have struggled with outbreaks as they attempt to start the fall semester. But at the Likins Hall dorm, just across the street from the University of Arizona’s recreation […]
Hundreds of millions of years ago, reptilian predators called ichthyosaurs swam the seas. Their fossils look fearsome. But paleobiologist Ryosuke Motani of U.C. Davis says they may have looked more like friendly dolphins. “Maybe in life ichthyosaurs would have been cute—at least the smaller ones.” Motani’s team studied one such […]
Brandon Marshall hasn’t officially retired from the NFL, but the six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver has remained exceptionally busy since he last caught a NFL pass two years ago. Marshall, the new co-host of “First Things First,” also has launched the “House of Athlete” brand dedicated to to support and […]
“It amazes me that these barriers have not been broken down by now,” Titus said. “It’s a prime example of what institutional and systemic racism look like.” A Globe survey of 112 colleges and universities in New England found that only five, or 4.5 percent, employ a Black athletic director. […]
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance released a statement Saturday following the death of Chadwick Boseman, saying awareness and education surrounding the disease is “hampered by an intense stigma.” © VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty US actor Chadwick Boseman poses in the press room during the 2019 American Music Awards at the Microsoft theatre on […]
Northrop Grumman statement: “We will determine next steps once the debriefing process concludes.” WASHINGTON — When Northrop Grumman unveiled its OmegA rocket in April 2018, the company was clear that it developed the vehicle for the sole purpose of challenging United Launch Alliance and SpaceX for national security space launch […]
Zach Eflin came through huge for his manager in the Phillies’ 4-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. Then he threw him under the bus. So to speak. Joe Girardi, like many managers, will have a team meeting now and then, you know, when he feels like his players need to […]
A former All-America football captain at Boston University, Talley pursued a career as a collegiate head coach by building an impressive resume: Eight years as an assistant at Dartmouth, Colby, and the University of Massachusetts. His credentials were solid enough that he landed interviews in recent years for head jobs […]
Volunteers are accusing the National Trust of excluding deprived and minority ethnic schoolchildren from enjoying nature and visiting its properties with the planned sacking of the charity’s education officers. The number of protests and petitions are growing over the trust’s controversial “reset” involving the proposed loss of 1,200 jobs, including […]
An activist group of Harvard University alumni opposed to the fossil-fuel industry won three of the five seats on the college’s Board of Overseers up for election this year. The victory is part of the group’s campaign to force Harvard’s $40 billion endowment to end its investments in oil-and-gas companies. […]
Astronomers have stumbled across a mystery at the heart of the Milky Way: A dense, cold gas shooting out of the region “like bullets.” Researchers aren’t sure what the source of the gas is or how it’s being propelled so fast. They have previously observed flows of hot gas, but […]
Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press Business Columnist Published 7:00 a.m. ET Aug. 22, 2020 | Updated 4:57 p.m. ET Aug. 22, 2020 CLOSE Michael Levens was just named president and CEO of Walsh College in Troy — a position that appears a perfect fit for someone with his resume of top […]
With the fall semester upon us, colleges and universities unveiled their plans for students—and many are just as quickly upending those plans. The University of North Carolina and Notre Dame recently announced they were changing their on campus plans as COVID-19 cases spiked. Many other universities are sure to follow. […]
The University of Iowa is getting rid of four sports in light of lost revenue that could reach nine figures because of the coronavirus pandemic. The school announced Friday that it will discontinue men’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, and men’s tennis at the end of the 2020-21 […]
The interactive “Eyes on the Solar System” app lets users see where the Mars rover is on its journey and to explore other parts of the solar system. NASA launched an updated web application Friday that lets people track the exact location of the Perseverance rover on its way to […]
Hole-in-One John Lawrence WINTERPORT, Maine — John Lawrence of Bar Harbor scored his first career hole-in-one playing on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Sonny’s Par 3 and Driving Range. Lawrence aced the first hole from 95 yards. The shot was witnessed Alison Lawrence. MSGA Women At Dutch Elm GC, Arundel Better […]
A lemon as a side dish. Some lettuce in a plastic bag. A sandwich for a student with gluten allergies. Salads with chicken for vegetarians. Welcome to college. Bon appétit. As students arrive on campuses in New York and elsewhere for another academic year upended by the coronavirus pandemic, administrators […]
Two days after University of Alabama in-person classes started back on Wednesday, school president Dr. Stuart R. Bell released a letter to student body expressing disappointment concerning COVID-19 protocols not being followed. The good news was that the positivity percentage rate for students upon re-entering campus was around one percent. […]
1. What’s the fuel of the future for ships? Ships burn about 5 million barrels of fossil fuel every day, pumping a constant stream of CO2 and other chemical nasties into the atmosphere. Yet figuring out the fuel of the future isn’t just about emissions. It’s got to have enough […]