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Poetic Extravaganza

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Angelou encourages University community to be ‘a rainbow in the clouds’

Maya Angelou had a special message for the enthusiastic audience that came to hear the renowned Renaissance woman and civil rights activist speak during a sold-out event held Friday evening, Feb. 22, in the University of Delaware’s Bob Carpenter Center.

“I’m going to remind you that you have already been paid for,” Angelou said. “Whether you are white or black or of Asian or Spanish ancestry, gay or straight, you don’t have to apologize to history for anything.” (more…)

‘To the Mountaintop’: Journalist Discusses Social Justice Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

By Guest PostFebruary 18, 2013Culture, Politicsactivist, africa, african americans, aids, american culture, american dream, author, award winning journalist, charlayne hunter gault, civil rights movement, constitution, equity, future generations, highest hiv rates, hiv, james p comer, maggie, mainstream media, martin luther king, new haven, philosopher frantz fanon, public health, social justice, South Africa, success, timeless, to the mountaintop, transcendent, women of color, yale

Award-winning journalist, activist, and author Charlayne Hunter-Gault told a packed audience at Yale that lessons learned from the civil rights movement still have relevance for current and future generations.

Hunter-Gault delivered a lecture titled “Social Justice, Equity, and Public Health” during a Branford College master’s tea on Feb. 5. (more…)

The Universe in the Middle of Nowhere

By Guest PostFebruary 17, 2013Culture, General, Scienceastronomy, atomic nuclei, big bang theory, buddhist monastics, buddhist philosophy, chris impey, conflict, cosmology, dalai lama, dharamsala, early universe, earth, ed prather, einstein, finite, forms of religion, fundamental buddhist precepts, gail burd, Galaxy, geological happenings, geshe lhakdor, geshe yeshi choephel, harmonious meeting, hubble expansion, human history, India, infinite, jime gyatso, john templeton foundation, knowledge, mathematics, mexican wrestling masks, middle, model atomic nuclei, modern science, monks program, neuroscience, ngawang lobsang, nowhere, quantum physics, relativity, Science, science and technology, science religion conflict, scientific inquiry, sonam choephel, space and time, spiritual leader, steward observatory, thabke lodoe, tibetan buddhist monastics, tibetan people, tibetan works, universe, university of arizona, weak nuclear force, western educators, zoob

The UA’s Chris Impey has taught cosmology to Tibetan Buddhist monastics in remote parts of India each summer for the past five years. With a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, he detailed his experiences in a book, “Humble Before the Void,” which likely will publish in 2014.

Chris Impey thinks back to the time he spent living on the edge of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, teaching modern cosmology to Buddhist monastics in India: “On a typical day, they would be up at 5 a.m. and have prayed for a few hours or done meditation before you even see them. And their attention is just as good at the end of a long day as at the beginning.” (more…)

Positive Online Comments Can Help Blunt Cyberbullying

By Guest PostFebruary 16, 2013Culture, Technologyanna mcalister, anti cyberbullying messages, behavior, content, cyberbullying, cyberbullying on facebook, cyberpsychology, electronic devices, embarrassing photograph, facebook page, issue of cyberbullying, michigan state university, positive in nature, positive messages, positive online comments, saleem alhabash, saynoto cyberbullying, Social networking, Technology, want to stop

Want to stop cyberbullying on Facebook? Try using … Facebook.

A recently published study by a team of Michigan State University researchers found that one effective way of fighting cyberbullying is by using the medium where it tends to flourish. The key, said the researchers: Make your anti-cyberbullying messages positive in nature. (more…)

Social Network Use Reflects East-West Disparity

By Guest PostFebruary 12, 2013Culture, Technologyamerica, China, chinese citizens, chinese culture, collective good mentality, computers, Facebook, human behavior, jin liang wang, linda jackson, me first culture, michigan state university, qzone, renren, social creatures, social isolation, social network sites, Social networking sites, southwest university, Technology, Twitter, united states, us citizens

The stark contrast between America’s “me-first” culture and the “collective-good” mentality in China is reflected in the two countries’ use of social networking sites, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar.

U.S. citizens spend more time on the networking sites, consider them to be more important and have more “friends” on the sites, the research found. The most popular social networking site in the United States is Facebook; in China, two of the most popular sites are RenRen and Qzone. (more…)

‘Finally American’: Poet Discusses Impact of Inaugural Poem

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Is the inaugural poem a new sub-genre of poetry? According to two practitioners of the form, the answer might be “yes.”

Poet Richard Blanco and Yale professor Elizabeth Alexander, two of only five poets in history to have created works for a presidential inauguration, came together on Feb. 5 for a poetry reading and dialogue about their unique shared experience. Blanco read his work “One Today” at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, while Alexander read her “Praise Song for the Day” at Obama’s first. Their discussion was hosted by Ezra Stiles College master Stephen Pitti. (more…)

Ralina Joseph Studies Multiraciality in New Book ‘Transcending Blackness’

By Guest PostFebruary 10, 2013Cultureafrican american representations, anti black racism, duke university press, election, exceptional multiracial, mixed race, multiracial black folks, multiraciality, my life, new book, new millennium mulatta, Obama, racially ambiguous, ralina joseph, sell out multiracial, transcending blackness, uw today

Ralina Joseph, associate professor of communications, is the author of “Transcending Blackness: From the New Millennium Mulatta to the Exceptional Multiracial,” published by Duke University Press. She answered a few questions about the book for UW Today.

Q. What’s the concept behind this book?

A. “Transcending Blackness” is about mixed-race African-American representations in the 10 years leading up to Obama’s election in 2008. (more…)

Where Cultural Traditions Meet Cutting-Edge Care

By Guest PostFebruary 9, 2013Culture, General, Healthamerican indian communities, band, band of ottawa, chippewa indians, college, core curriculum, cultural traditions, cutting edge care, emily proctor, flint, grand rapids, grand traverse, human medicine, little traverse bay, lynn swan, marquette, medical research, michigan state university, msu extension, northern michigan, odawa indians, pharmacists, relationship, social workers, traverse city, tribal community, tribal elders, tribal liaison, tribal police, tribe

American Indian communities in northern Michigan are improving health care for tribal elders with help from a Michigan State University program that blends their cultural traditions with the latest medical research.

It’s part of the Geriatric Education Center of Michigan, a federally funded, MSU-led consortium of universities, hospitals and government agencies established in 1987 to train health professionals and others to deliver better care to older adults, particularly in underserved communities. (more…)

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