Maharashtra’s revised Class 6 books expand references to ancient Indian scholarship. History passages explaining caste inequality and priestly control over knowledge were removed. Science lessons add Anna Mani, Gaura Devi and details of space missions. Vedic accounts of creation now appear…
Horace Jowsey developed his lifelong love of motorcycles from the sidecar of his father’s Norton. His Dad, William Jowsey, ran the outfit in the town of Thorpe in Yorkshire, not far from Leeds. Horace and his five siblings were a…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida is partnering with the University of Florida’s Florida Semiconductor Institute to host a free STEM on the Lawn community event. STEM on the Lawn is specifically geared toward K-12 students and their families…
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For Veerabhadran “Ram” Ramanathan, PhD ’74, life has unfolded through what he calls “happy accidents.” And now, Ram is honoring Cess, the mentor who shaped that journey. Now a distinguished research professor of climate sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography…
Rajgir: Nalanda University hosted the concluding lecture of its Nalanda Spirit foundational course on Wednesday, with Professor Ashish Gupta tracing India’s mathematical legacy from ancient scholars to modern scientific developments. Professor Gupta began by explaining how the principles of universalism,…
Brett D. Wick, chair of the Department of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences, has been installed as the inaugural Robert G. and Maxine W. Scheibe Professor of Mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis. The newly endowed position was established through a planned commitment…
A growing debate over the “science of math” is bringing renewed attention to structured instruction, foundational skills, screening, and remediation. These are important conversations. But amid the focus on what students need to know and the skills they are missing,…
Rachel Trubowitz, an English professor at the University of New Hampshire, spoke about how the widespread acceptance of infinity allowed for the development of modern science and mathematical concepts, despite being initially feared, at a Thursday talk. Trubowitz has spent…
Download a copy of the brochure Trinity College Dublin is seeking philanthropic funding of €1,000,000 to name the John G. Byrne Digital Learning Centre in the E3 Learning Foundry and to create the John G. Byrne Scholarship Fund in his honour. Supporters…
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