Institute for Citizens & Scholars

MAY 7, 2024

Twenty-two Fellows have been named to the 2024 class of the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, administered by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars.

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ED Surge

MAY 7, 2024

Since the sudden rise of ChatGPT and other AI chatbots, many teachers and professors have started using AI detectors to check their students’ work. The idea is that the detectors will catch if a student has had a robot do their work for them. The approach is controversial, though, since these AI detectors have been shown to return false positives — asserting in some cases that text is AI-generated even when the student did all the work themselves without any chatbot assistance.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 7, 2024

In the heart of Iraqi Kurdistan lies a cave that holds secrets from the depths of time. Among its ancient chambers, nestled in a gully, lay the remains of a 40-something woman, known as Shanidar Z. In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have meticulously reconstructed her skull, offering a glimpse into the life of a Neanderthal who walked the Earth 75,000 years ago.

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ED Surge

MAY 7, 2024

Viridiana Martinez’s family immigrated twice when she was in elementary school — once, from Mexico to Canada, and a second time to the United States. With each move, she had to learn a new language and adjust to a different culture. During those transitions, Martinez was both challenged and uplifted, often by kind teachers and mentors whom she met at school.

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Society for Classical Studies

MAY 7, 2024

Announcing the 2024 Erich S. Gruen Prize kskordal Tue, 05/07/2024 - 08:44 Image On behalf of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), the Erich S. Gruen Prize Committee invites all graduate students in North America to enter the fifth annual competition for the best graduate research paper on multiculturalism in the ancient Mediterranean. This year the prize will be a cash award of $1,000.

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Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Education

MAY 7, 2024

These free regularly scheduled, drop-in programs across the Smithsonian introduce the youngest learners and their caregivers to a wide-range of playful, engaging, age-appropriate topics, including shapes and storytelling, animals and nature, and music and movement

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2024

When Christina Zimmerman returned to teaching last year after maternity leave, she grappled with postpartum depression that she says could have led to quitting her job. But her school’s onsite day care made all the difference, as she knew her daughter was just a few classrooms away. “I can be mom and teacher in the same breath,” said Zimmerman, who teaches fourth grade at Endeavor Elementary in Nampa, Idaho.

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Anthropology News

MAY 7, 2024

1940–2023 George Roth died on December 11, 2023, from a rare disease, CIPD, which is similar to ALS. George, who had one older brother, was born in 1940 in the Bronx. In 1947, the family moved to Tucson, AZ. Tucson was a very small town at the time, but he enjoyed living in the desert. After graduating from high school in 1958, he enrolled at Reed College because of a high school science teacher he much admired.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 7, 2024

The Avars, a formidable warrior society of Central and Eastern Europe, once dominated vast territories in the 6th century. In a groundbreaking study published in Nature 1 , researchers delve into the genetic legacy of this enigmatic civilization, shedding light on their intricate marriage customs and social structures. A view of the excavation site at an Avar cemetery in Rákóczifalva, Hungary Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Unraveling the Mysteries of the Avar Empire

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Political Science Now

MAY 7, 2024

Kennedy McClinton, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Kennedy McClinton is a junior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign majoring in political science with a concentration in citizen politics and minoring in journalism. Notable titles such as Political Science Honors Program recipient, Illinois Promise Scholar, and recipient of the President’s Award Programs Honors scholarship highlight Kennedy’s commitment to academic excellence.

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Teaching American History

MAY 7, 2024

Recently I emailed a question to teacher friends who are graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program. “How do you teach students about the challenge of preserving self-government?” Brett Van Gaasbeek replied that he relied on Abraham Lincoln’s analysis of the challenge. Brett Van Gaasbeek, MAHG graduate and teacher at Cincinnati Northwest High School in Ohio.

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Strange Maps

MAY 7, 2024

Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden. As usual, the country ranking in the annual World Happiness Report is topped by Nordic countries. This map does something extra: It shows happiness levels in their regional and global context. At a glance, we see that happiness levels are relatively high across the Americas, in Europe and Oceania, and generally lowest across Africa and South Asia.

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Teaching American History

MAY 7, 2024

Recently I emailed a question to teacher friends who are graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program. “How do you teach students about the challenge of preserving self-government?” Brett Van Gaasbeek replied that he relied on Abraham Lincoln’s analysis of the challenge. Brett Van Gaasbeek, MAHG graduate and teacher at Cincinnati Northwest High School in Ohio.

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