03 March, Wednesday
Gilda A. Barabino, Ph.D., President of Olin College of Engineering, has been selected as president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Barabino was elected as an AAAS Fellow in 2010 and has been a member of the organization since 1987. She began her term on Feb. 24. After serving for one year as president-elect, Barabino will serve one year as AAAS president and then one year as chair of the AAAS Board of Directors.
Upon learning the news of her election, Barabino said: “Science has the power to change the world. Harnessing that power requires science for all in service of humanity. I am excited to join the leadership of AAAS and contribute to the advancement of its mission in new and transformative ways.”
Learn about the importance of accessible product design at TechCrunch Sessions: Justice
When you are able to navigate a world that is designed for you, it’s easy to avoid thinking about how the world is designed for you. But it can be different if you are disabled.
At TechCrunch Sessions: Justice on March 3, we will examine the importance of ensuring accessible product design from the beginning. We’ll ask how the social and medical models of disability influence technological evolution. Integrating the expertise of disabled technologists, makers, investors, scientists and software engineers into the DNA of your company from the very beginning is vital to the pursuit of a functioning and equitable society. And could mean you don’t leave money on the table.
16 February, Tuesday
Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign affairs columnist and author Thomas L. Friedman will be the speaker for Olin College’s 11th commencement, which will be held on May 15, 2016.
Friedman’s foreign affairs column for the
New York Times reports on US domestic politics and foreign policy, Middle East conflicts, international economics, environment, biodiversity and energy. Friedman has covered many of the world’s major events of the last four decades, including the end of the Cold War, the attacks of 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In recent years, he has written extensively about the world at the intersection of education, technology, the Internet and globalization. He is the author of six bestselling books, including, most recently,
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BU Wheelock faculty contribute innovative research on a wide range of timely topics, ranging from American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary acquisition to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM learning for hospitalized children. In 2020, faculty secured over $6 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support this research.
These newly funded projects by NIH and NSF are excellent examples of the kinds of innovative, ambitious research being conducted by our faculty at BU Wheelock,“ says Dr. Nate Jones, chair of BU Wheelock’s research committee. “We are excited to once again partner with NIH and NSF on this important work.”
News Highlights: Libraries and invasive Technology | American Libraries Magazine
The top Tech Trends on-demand session at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits Virtual took a different turn this year. Rather than highlighting a range of new services or gadgets, moderator TJ Lamanna, emerging technology librarian at Cherry Hill (NJ) Public Library, stated that the panel’s aim this time was to talk about the dangers inherent in some of the technologies that can be libraries. interested in using.
John Mack Freeman, manager of the Suwanee branch in Gwinnett County (Ga.) Public Library, opened with a clip that appeared to show former US President Barack Obama voicing his support for the villain from the Black Panther film Erik Killmonger . (The clip was actually a BuzzFeed-produced PSA from director Jordan Peele, mimicking Obama’s speech patterns with cleverly synced video.)