114 years in the past immediately (November 20, 1910), Leo Tolstoy—the creator who gave us two main Russian classics Anna Karenina and Struggle & Peace—died at Astapovo, a small, distant prepare station within the coronary heart of Russia. Pneumonia was the official trigger. His loss of life got here simply weeks after Tolstoy, then 82 years…
Our Last Warning: Six Levels of Local weather Emergency by Mark Lynas Printed in June 2020 The Venn diagram overlap of readers of Our Last Warning and Trump voters is probably going exceedingly small. Add in readers of Universities on Fireplace, and the likelihood of overlap drops to close zero. So, what will be usefully…
With a vote on North Idaho Faculty’s accreditation standing anticipated in January, the Northwest Fee on Faculties and Universities issued its ultimate report back to the faculty final week. It affords a combined outlook on the beleaguered group school in Coeur d’Alene, as soon as once more highlighting governance points as the important thing concern….
Franklin Feng Tao, the affiliate professor of chemistry caught up within the Trump-era crackdown on analysis ties to his native China, is in search of to be rehired by the College of Kansas after getting his long-awaited federal courtroom acquittal. Tao was convicted in a three-week trial in 2022 after being accused—in a way just…
When you go to listen to Patti Smith in concert, you count on her to sing “Beneath the Southern Cross,” “As a result of the Night time,” and virtually certainly “People Have the Power,” the hit single from Dream of Life. Like her 1975 debut Horses, that album had a cover photo by Robert Mapplethorpe, whom Smith describes as…