Links to the story AUBURN, Ala. – Another school year means another Auburn gymnastics season! And as we prepare to launch the 2024 season in January, it is time to get to know the 10 new additions to the squad. The next step is the first year Emma Grace Boyd! Hometown: Windermere, Florida Club: Orlando Metro Before Auburn: Qualified for the 2021 and 2023 Level 10 Developmental Program National Championship…2021 State and Regional Champion on Bars and Beam…Top five on Bars, Beam and All-Around at the 2023 State Championship. Q: Why Auburn? A: “I grew up loving…
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Aditi Bansal is vice president of external partnerships for the Women’s Intergraduate Society of Entrepreneurship, a student-run organization at Northeastern dedicated to mentoring the next generation of business leaders. Bansal’s responsibilities include assembling an expert panel on the Women in Sports Conference at Dodge Hall at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business on September 20. Bansal was originally thinking of a small panel for the event, which she thought would bring together around 15 to 20 people. That was before she was introduced to Mary Ciampa by Betsy Ludwig, executive director of women’s entrepreneurship at the university. Ciampa, a 1992 Northeast…
By Tamara Shiloh Thornton Dial, a pioneering American artist, left an indelible mark on the art world with his expressive and monumental works. Born September 10, 1928 in Emelle, Alabama, Dial’s artistic journey began in the late 1980s when he became known for his assemblages of found materials, executed on a large scale. His works cover a wide range of topics, from human rights to natural disasters and current events, reflecting a deep engagement with history and social issues. Growing up poor on a former cotton plantation, Dial was raised by his teenage mother, Mattie Bell. It was time spent…
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (October 13, 2023) Firefighters from Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay, Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES), visited the Mavromataki-Mitera private school and Theodoropoulos International School in Chania, Greece, to share fire prevention tips during Fire Prevention Week, October 10 and 13, 2023, respectively. During the visits, firefighters taught children how to react in the event of a fire, demonstrated the functions of firefighting equipment and answered students’ questions about fire safety.“I consider my interactions with the next generation to be one of the most important (non-emergency) things we do,” said NSA Souda Bay F&ES…
Corinthian bronze helmet. Image via New York District Attorney. As U.S. authorities continue their efforts to identify and return looted and stolen cultural property to their countries of origin, the identities of a growing number of bad actors and antiquities trafficking networks are coming to light.For example, a recent announcement by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg regarding the return of 19 antiques to Italy revealed charges against New York antiques dealer Michael Ward, who operates a gallery on the Upper East Side for almost four decades.The criminal charges were reported by the ARCA Blog (Association for Research on Crimes Against…
Keizer University senior Paraskevi Maria Vergou, affectionately known as Mavi Vergos recently enjoyed participating in the Opt for the annual Greens conference held at Disney’s Boardwalk Resort in Orlando, Florida. Vergos, a business management graduate from Athens, Greece, said the event was particularly suited to her future goals, as she joined inspiring leaders from the world of entrepreneurship and business who were also golf enthusiasts. “Participating in the mentoring program has allowed me to connect with wonderful and successful women who will be a major source of inspiration as I pursue my future career. Not to mention, the opportunity to…
BSS/AFP July 22, 2023, 11:20 a.m. Last modification: July 22, 2023, 11:26 a.m. A firefighter tries to extinguish a forest fire near the village of Kandyli, near Athens, Greece, July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY “> A firefighter tries to extinguish a forest fire near the village of Kandyli, near Athens, Greece, July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Greece faced its hottest July weekend in 50 years on Saturday, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), while a record heatwave spread across southern states -United is expected to expand…
Some thoughts on Elias Makos’ Twitter meltdown OpinionsZachary Fortier — Published October 17, 2023 6 minutes Myriam Ouazzani Graphic There is such irony in paying $25 for a 300 year old book. You’d think we’d have this whole “public domain” thing figured out by now. This thought comes to mind each semester as I fill my bookstore cart with tomes of classic Western philosophy. As a student of political theory, I spend every day scrutinizing this jumble of concepts and contradictions we call the Western canon. From Plato to Nietzsche, from Hume to Derrida, I was forced to read all…
From Paris to South Florida, the latest exhibition at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach features works that have traveled the world and are making their first visit to the Sunshine State.The exhibition, aptly titled “Artists on the Move: Impressionist and Modern Masterpieces from the Pearlman Collection,” opened Saturday and will be on view through February 18, 2024.It features nearly 40 works from the collection of Henry Pearlman, who loaned the entire collection to the Princeton University Art Museum. The collection continues to be managed by the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation.Among the exhibits are paintings, watercolors…
Women who launch breakthrough businesses are less likely to be funded due to investors’ unconscious biases against female entrepreneurs, according to a study by Northeastern University researchers that included an examination of episodes of Shark Tank. Novelty is vital for entrepreneurship. However, this becomes an invisible handicap for women who face the “double bind” effect, according to the study. Zhenyu Liao, assistant professor, management and organizational development, poses for the portrait. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University The “gender responsibility of entrepreneurial novelty”, co-authored by Professor Northeastern Zhen Yu Liaopublished these results in the Academy of Management Journal. Liao’s findings are…