As the number of coronavirus cases exploded across the University of Georgia’s Athens campus in late August, some faculty began asking department heads about shifting from in-person classes to an online curriculum. After fielding several requests, one faculty chair emailed a dire warning to members of his department: the university […]
The Army’s Project Convergence 2020 sought to bring new, explosive “warfare at speed” dimensions to future combat as part of a broad transformational attempt to surge in front of competitors and near-peer rivals with accelerated networking and sensor-to-shooter times … designed to enable an entirely new generation of warfare possibilities. […]
An Effective Restart Something that has been very apparent in Mack Brown’s interviews leading up to this weekend’s game is that he is concerned with how the team will respond to ostensibly beginning the season again. “We’ve got to completely start over,” said Brown. “I think the reason you improve […]
International rankings of universities are big business and big news. These systems order universities on the basis of a variety of criteria such as student to staff ratio, income from industry, and reputation as captured through public surveys. Universities around the world use their rankings as marketing material and parents […]
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The following is a notification from UL that the UL Mark identified below is counterfeit and might have been applied on fire doors and fire door/window frames. Fire doors and fire door/window frames bearing the counterfeit certification mark have not been evaluated by UL […]
Nurburgring 24 Hours winner Nick Yelloly described the inclement weather that caused the race to be red-flagged for nine hours on Saturday evening as “the worst conditions I have experienced”. The BMW factory driver joined ROWE Racing team-mates Alexander Sims and Nicky Catsburg to score BMW’s 20th success in the […]
When the Pac-12 CEO group decided to have a college football season, set to begin on Nov. 6/7, a lot of the chatter quickly turned to whether or not the conference could potentially have a team make the College Football Playoff. While the schedule has yet to be released, it’s […]
Florida Today History is not about exceptionalism. It is about confronting the past to help inform the present. Individuals who only wish to espouse an exceptionalism narrative are ignoring a fundamental truth that must be shared: There are always victims as well as victors, and decisions have consequences. History also […]
TSX: WEF VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 30, 2020 /CNW/ – Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) (“Western” or the “Company”) third quarter 2020 financial and operating results will be released on Thursday, November 5, 2020. Western Forest Products Inc. Logo (CNW Group/Western Forest Products Inc.) More Analysts, investors and media are invited […]
“Hometown hero, way to make it happen,” were the words Kurt Busch heard over the radio from his crew chief as he crossed the start-finish line as a winner at Las Vegas for the first time in his career, when he took the checkered flag at the South Point 400 […]
The closure of City College’s Fort Mason campus is a devastating blow to the people of San Francisco and our city’s creative future. This beautiful, special art campus fostered so much creativity and community. For four decades, Fort Mason was the place for thousands of San Franciscans to explore painting, […]
Reading the tea leaves of a U.S. economy reshaped by COVID-19 has sent economic analysts and prognosticators into overdrive. Many see a move away from big cities and into simpler, socially distanced life in small towns. If this happens at scale, it could be a boon to heretofore “left-behind” places […]
A Duquesne University professor who used the N-word in a class video is on paid leave, pending investigation, the university confirmed Friday evening. A university spokesman confirmed the faculty member in the video, Professor Gary Shank, is no longer teaching and another professor is taking over the course. The course […]
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As astronomers discover more and more planets in galaxies far, far away, they are increasingly confronted with a curious subset of orbs that are free-floating and not connected to or orbiting a particular star. Further complicating matters is that within that group, most of what they have found are gassy, […]
CLOSE Known as ‘Dancing Man,’ James Henry Snow began his run of entertaining the public at 38th and College in 1974 Wochit James Henry Snow picked up several nicknames as an impromptu entertainer near the intersection of 38th Street and College Avenue across more than 45 years: “Dancing Man,” “Guitar […]
By Jiraporn Kuhakan and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s “Bad Student” campaigners toured Bangkok high schools in a truck on Friday in a protest cheered on by pupils to demand education reform and an end to the harassment of students and of school rules they say are outdated. The […]
Newcastle University is being held to ransom by cyber criminals in an attack which has been disrupting IT systems since the beginning of the month. The cyber crime group behind the attack – known as DoppelPaymer – previously leaked documents online relating to Elon Musk’s companies SpaceX and Tesla. The […]
To find the exact location of the leak in Zvezda so it can be repaired, Cassidy and his crewmates will have to spend some time floating around the module with a handheld device called an ultrasonic leak detector, which spots frequencies that are emitted by airflow as it rushes out […]
Philip Rivers became the sixth quarterback in NFL history to throw 400 career touchdown passes when he connected with Indianapolis Colts teammate Mo Alie-Cox on a 1-yard scoring pass in the second quarter against the New York Jets on Sunday. The pass to his tight end on first-and-goal from the […]
Kajabi may not be an American household name, but users of the web hosting and video tech platform are now being seen in a lot of American households. The company, initially bootstrapped and profitable since its launch, raised a minority investment from Spectrum Equity Partners last November, but that was […]