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Blue Origin, Former NASA Scientist Visits Otterbein 65 Years After First Human Space Flight (10)
WESTERVILLE, Ohio, April 2 -- Otterbein University issued the following news:
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Blue Origin, Former NASA Scientist Visits Otterbein 65 Years After First Human Space Flight
The International Day of Human Space Flight is recognized on April 12, the date in 1961 that the first human space flight was achieved. Now, 65 years, Otterbein welcomes a scientist to campus who has spent more than 20 years advancing human space flight.
Former NASA and current Blue Origin scientist Tara Ruttley, Ph.D. more PR
Donor's fund enables dedicated humanities research (10)
ITHACA, New York, March 30 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Donor's fund enables dedicated humanities research
Jonathan Zhu, J.D. '92, would not have been able to attend Cornell without his A.D. White Fellowship. Initially pursuing study in English literature before eventually switching to law school, Zhu had a difficult time finding funding--an experience familiar to many students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences today.
"I thought, maybe I can do my lit more PR
Griffith University: Tasmanian Tiger Lives on in Arnhem Land Rock Art (10)
GOLD COAST, Australia, March 31 (TNSjou) -- Griffith University issued the following news:
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Tasmanian tiger lives on in Arnhem Land rock art
The striped dog-like marsupial we know as the Tasmanian tiger has long been surrounded by mystery, and the subject of scientific curiosity.
Now, newly discovered rock art depicting Tasmanian tigers and Tasmanian devils in northern Australia is providing fresh insights into their cultural importance and when they may have last roamed mainland Austr more PR
In Senegal, students navigate homestays and urban Wolof with UChicago rigor (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 31 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news:
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In Senegal, students navigate homestays and urban Wolof with UChicago rigor
Editor's note: This story is part of Dispatches from Abroad, a series highlighting UChicago community members who are researching, studying and working around the world.
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Her first weekend in Dakar, thousands of miles from Chicago and her hometown of New York City, third-year student Talia Crichlow smelled something familiar more PR
Texas Tech Names Horn Distinguished Professors (10)
LUBBOCK, Texas, April 1 -- Texas Tech University issued the following news:
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Texas Tech Names New Horn Distinguished Professors
Andrew Jackson and Christopher Witmore join the time-honored list of Texas Tech's finest researchers and scholars.
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Andrew Jackson and Christopher Witmore were named Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professors in February at Texas Tech University's Board of Regents meeting held in Dallas.
To be designated a Horn Distinguished Professor is the highest acade more PR
University of North Florida Hosts Gail M. Cobb Archaeology Laboratory Dedication Ceremony (10)
JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 1 -- The University of North Florida issued the following news:
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UNF hosts Gail M. Cobb Archaeology Laboratory dedication ceremony
The University of North Florida's Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work in the College of Arts and Sciences today dedicated the Gail M. Cobb Archaeology Laboratory and the new outdoor archaeology laboratory.
The naming of the Gail M. Cobb Archaeology Laboratory indoor teaching and research space was made possible more PR
Western Organization of Resource Councils Board Member Vasquez Testifies Before House Natural Resources Subcommittee (10)
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources released the following testimony by Barbara Vasquez, board member of the Western Organization of Resource Councils and Western Colorado Alliance, Cowdrey, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on the Co-Location Energy Act (H.R. 5639):
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My name is Barbara Vasquez. I have served as a citizen scientist and advocate on local, regional and national environmental and public health issues for the past 25 ye more PR
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