The share of women studying physical sciences and engineering disciplines at Yale lags behind that of peer institutions. A strong gender disparity also is apparent for arts and humanities majors, as considerably more women are enrolled in those fields than men, according to data from Yale’s Office of Institutional Research.
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican One of the state’s most renowned archaeologists was working under the floorboards when he got the call early last week. Within the hour, he found out he was fired. “I was terminated,” said Eric Blinman, the longtime director of the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies. “No cause was […]
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Search in Africatown: Researchers to look for graves of former slaves and descendants from the Clotilda
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
The Africatown Welcome Center is pictured on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, in Mobile, Ala. At the time, the welcome center was housed in a mobile home across from the Old Plateau Cemetery. The new center will be located in the same spot, but it will be much larger (approximately 18,000 square feet) and serve as a tourist attraction. That project is being funded by RESTORE Act money. But before the project can move forward, an excavation is required to determine if any graves are located on the property.(Mike Kittrell/mkittrell@al.com)