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Hunter-Gatherers at the Edge of the Ice: Tracing the Ahrensburgian in Scotland’s Far Northwest

Anthropology.net

When the last Ice Age released its grip on northern Europe, vast landscapes emerged from the ice. Among them was a rugged, newly exposed frontier—the British Isles. While the southern lowlands began to host reindeer hunters and mobile foragers, the highlands and islands of Scotland remained largely uncharted in the archaeological record. Until now.

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Honoring the Life of Lincoln with His Last Speech

Teaching American History

This blog was first posted on April 15, 2014. We rerun it today in honor of theanniversaryof Abraham Lincoln’s assassination onApril 15th, 1865. “The latest photograph of President Lincoln – taken on the balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865,” Henry F. Warren. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-19192. Today, April 15th , is the anniversary of Lincolns assassination.

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Meet the 2025 Scholars of the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Program

Political Science Now

APSA is pleased to announce the 2025 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) Class. This year, 14 undergraduate students will participate in the annual, intensive five-week program hosted by Duke University. The 2025 institute is being held May 25 June 26, 2025, under the direction of Dr. Paula D. McClain. This is the 39th year of the program. RBSI is designed to introduce aspiring political scientists to the world of doctoral study.Named in honor of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner, former APSA

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Ceasefire From the Earth and Sky

Sapiens

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the border of North and South Korea is the site of the longest ceasefire in the world. In this region, the effects of a never-ending war linger in the skies and beneath the earth. In existence for more than 70 years, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is the site of the longest ceasefire in the world. What can this region teach us about the long, intendedand unintendedconsequences of this form of a truce?

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How One District Built Coherent Systems for Digital Equity

Digital Promise

Wichita Public Schools demonstrates whats possible when vision, strategy, and systems align to support digital equity

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AI: risky business

Living Geography

Tim Price Walker has produced a nice piece on LinkedIn exploring the use of AI in Geography. The core strengths of geographythe ability to analyse, connect, and synthesise information across places and spacesare more essential than ever. These foundational skills empower us to engage with a changing world, and, importantly, they remain our anchor as new dimensions of reality emerge.

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CORE praised in The Atlantic article

CORE Econ

Were proud to see the CORE Econ project mentioned by Harvard University Professor Danielle Allen in an article for The Atlantic: America and its universities need a new social contract. Danielle commended our efforts to make the teaching of economics more relevant to present day economic realities and the concerns of students: “An example of a valuable initiative is University College Londons CORE Econ project.

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Navigating Accommodations in Graduate School: A Joint APSA Status Committee Workshop

Political Science Now

Join the APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession and the APSA Committee on the Status of Disability in the Profession for a professional development workshop on navigating accommodation in graduate school. 1 pm Eastern, Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | Register Here Disabled scholars and scholars with disability face unique challenges when navigating graduate school.

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Christian Marriage

Anthroholic

A Christian marriage calls couples into a life of selfless love, grace, forgiveness, and unwavering faith - a journey of two souls growing closer not only to each other but also to God.

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Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains

Political Science Now

Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains By Aditya Dasgupta , University of California, Merced ; Elena Ramirez , University of California, Merced. Rural areas are conservative electoral strongholds in the United States and other advanced capitalist economies. But this was not always the case.

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RGS East of England event

Living Geography

Later this week.

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States Agree About How Schools Should Use AI. Are They Also Ignoring Civil Rights?

ED Surge

Several years after the release of ChatGPT, which raised ethical concerns for education, schools are still wrestling with how to adopt artificial intelligence. Last weeks batch of executive orders from the Trump administration included one that advanced AI leadership. The White Houses order emphasized its desire to use AI to boost learning across the country , opening discretionary federal grant money for training educators and also signaling a federal interest in teaching the technology in K-12