Education

Metallica Plays Antarctica, Setting a World Record as the First Band to Play All 7 Continents: Watch the Full Concert Online

Unless they’ve got fans among penguins, there’s no practical reason for a band to make the journey to Antarctica to play. So why did Metallica do exactly that in 2013? Because they could, and because it made them the first musical act to play all seven continents — a Guinness World Record — doing it all in the same calendar year, no less. They’re also the only rock band to travel to Antarctica. (With the exception of Nunatak, an indie rock band made up of British climate scientists, who ...
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Biden eyes trashing Trump-era rules that advocates feared would silence sexual assault survivors on college campuses

US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks as Vice President Mike Pence listens during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the US Department of Education July 8, 2020 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images Biden is directing the Education Department to review policies about sexual assault on college campuses. The controversial policies were instituted under Trump by Betsy DeVos. The president will direct the Education Department to determine if the rules mesh with h...
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UC Davis Offers Students $75 To Not Travel On Spring Break

DAVIS (CBS13) — UC Davis is enticing students to stay in town for Spring Break with cash. The school is offering students $75 to stay in town over the break. The money is limited to 500 students who apply for a Spring Break grant offered by Healthy Davis Together. It’s a partnership between UC Davis and the city of Davis aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus. Students can apply here: bit.ly/spring-break-grant Health officials still recommend avoiding non-essential travel to slow the spre...
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COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

When the pandemic recedes, executives can’t expect office life to be as it was. But they can create a new work world that will keep employees happy and productive, say Harvard Business School faculty members. [Author: by Dina Gerdeman]
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UK universities’ closeness to China poses risks, says Jo Johnson

Study led by former minister concludes dangers of closer collaboration are poorly understoodThe former universities minister Jo Johnson has warned of the “poorly understood” risks of increasingly close collaboration between UK universities and China.A study led by Johnson identified a significant increase in funding from China and collaboration with Chinese researchers over the past two decades, including in sensitive areas for national security and economic competition – such as automation, tel...
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Catholic schools’ staffs get vaccinations at Loyola Marymount

Alan Traynor, a school caterer, receives his Moderna COVID-19 shot at the Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles vaccination clinic at Loyola Marymount University on Monday, March 8, 2021. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Rev. Patrick Mbazuigwe, pastor at All Souls Catholic Church in Alhambra, receives his Moderna COVID-19 shot at the Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles vaccination clinic at Loyola Marymount University o...
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Don’t squander the Stem switch-on

The pandemic has forced a digital migration in education. We must capitalise on that opportunity The post Don’t squander the Stem switch-on appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
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Alexander Calder’s Archive Goes Online: Explore 1400 Works of Art by the Modernist Sculptor

Like all great artists, Alexander Calder left his medium quite unlike he found it. Nearly 45 years after his death, Calder’s expansion of the realm of sculpture in new directions of form, color, and engineering remains a subject of voluminous discussion, including critic Jed Perl’s Calder: The Conquest of Time and Calder: The Conquest of Space, a two-part biography published in full last year. More recently, a wealth of material has come available that enables us to conduct Calderian invest...
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LAUSD aims to reopen elementary schools in mid-April and secondary schools by end of next month

With an agreement with the teachers union to return to campuses expected this week, Los Angeles Unified is moving ahead with plans to reopen schools, with the goal of welcoming back elementary and special education students in mid-April and for middle and high school students by the end of next month, Superintendent Austin Beutner announced on Monday, March 8. The hybrid schedules which the district and teachers union have been negotiating are “substantially complete,” he said. “While we expect ...
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LAUSD plans to reopen elementary schools in mid-April and secondary schools by end of next month

With an agreement with the teachers union to return to campuses expected this week, Los Angeles Unified is moving ahead with plans to reopen schools for elementary and special education students in mid-April and for middle and high school students by the end of next month, Superintendent Austin Beutner announced on Monday, March 8. The hybrid schedules which the district and teachers union have been negotiating are “substantially complete,” he said. “While we expect an agreement with UTLA this w...
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You completed your rank order list. Celebrate the moment.

I certified my rank order list (ROL), but … What if I messed up? What if I don’t match? What if my list doesn’t get processed? What if I should have ranked programs in a different order? What if, what if, what if … These thoughts, and their associated feelings, are 100 percent normal. Please […] Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.
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B.B. King Plays “The Thrill is Gone” with Slash, Ron Wood & Other Legends

How many generations of guitarists have come and gone since B.B. King emerged on the Beale Street blues scene in the late 1940s? 60s blues-rock giants, 70s hard rockers, 80s metal shredders… at least two generations between B.B. and Slash, who is probably himself a guitar grandfather by now. Whether they know it or not, every rock and blues player descends from the Kings of the blues (B.B., Albert, Freddie, and guitarists who bore the title but not the surname). Slash knows it well. ...
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Covid-19: Knowns, unknowns and opportunities

In the middle of the crisis lies a world of opportunities on which we can capitalise The post Covid-19: Knowns, unknowns and opportunities appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
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No money to fund first-time university students, Nzimande says

Higher education minister says NSFAS is experiencing a funding shortfall and has requested that universities extend their registration period The post No money to fund first-time university students, Nzimande says appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
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How to Help Your Kids Transition Back into School

Transitioning kids back into the classroom after a three-month summer hiatus is often a challenge. Even the transition back to school after a couple of weeks off for winter break can send some kids into a tailspin. And now, as schools across the country plan to reopen, many families are facing the Mother of All…Read more...
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Madison Beer’s Style: How to Dress Like Madison Beer

Your head-to-toe guide to achieving Madison Beer's street style, on a budget.
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A medical student learns to listen with her hands

In my first quarter of medical school, we learned the pulmonary exam.  We were told to watch the patient’s breathing, feel for any asymmetries, use our hands to gauge resonance and listen to all lung fields with our stethoscopes. It didn’t seem too difficult. Our instructor demonstrated the exam on one of my classmates, and […] Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.
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MacKenzie Scott — the unfathomably rich ex-wife of Jeff Bezos — has married again. The new husband is a high school science teacher .

WaPo reports. The news of the marriage came out after he signed onto her "giving page," pledging to give away most of his money in his lifetime.  He writes: It is strange to be writing a letter indicating I plan to give away the majority of my wealth during my lifetime, as I have never sought to gather the kind of wealth required to feel like saying such a thing would have particular meaning. I have been a teacher for the majority of my life... And now... I am married to one of the most generous...
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A Short Biography of Keith Haring Told with a Comic Book Illustrations & Music

Singer-songwriter-cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis is a worthy exemplar of NYC street cred. Born, raised, and still residing on New York City’s Lower East Side, he draws comics under the “judgmental” gaze of The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist and writes songs beneath a poster of The Terminator onto which he grafted the face of Lou Reed from a stolen Time Out New York promo. Billing himself as “among NYC’s top slingers of folk / garagerock / antifolk,” Lewis pairs his songs with comics d...
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A Short Biography of Keith Haring Told with Comic Book Illustrations & Music

Singer-songwriter-cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis is a worthy exemplar of NYC street cred. Born, raised, and still residing on New York City’s Lower East Side, he draws comics under the “judgmental” gaze of The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist and writes songs beneath a poster of The Terminator onto which he grafted the face of Lou Reed from a stolen Time Out New York promo. Billing himself as “among NYC’s top slingers of folk / garagerock / antifolk,” Lewis pairs his songs with comics d...
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