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Backstage 20: Songs for All Ages - A Sensory-Friendly Event
Emily and Jen talk about a sensory-friendly event happening at the University of Illinois Springfield's Performing Arts Center.
BRE Committee Tours Gateway Studios
Chesterfield rehearsal facility has hosted top tier entertainment On Oct. 21, members of the Business Retention & Expansion (BRE) Committee toured Gateway Studios & Production Services (GSPS), a rehearsal facility…
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Free career workshops to cover interviews, health care jobs
Job seekers looking to sharpen their skills or try a new field will have two chances to get help next month.
City’s first nightlife coordinator, a Syracuse newbie, shares thoughts on role
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The Israel debate reshaping Jewish American politics
“There are plenty of people who believe, as I do, that Israel has a right to protect itself,” says David to Lauren, both pictured below, over the dinner table. Subscribe “How does starving children protect Israel?” she replies. “I don’t think Israel is intentionally starving children.” “It’s a little bit absurd to be sitting here talking about all of these very specific things,” Lauren says, “as opposed to looking at the totality of him as a candidate, and the 90% of things that you agree with him on.” This is a snapshot from a conversation between a Jewish father and daughter in Michigan ahead of the crucial Senate race. Lauren supports the Democratic candidate, Abdul El-Sayed. Her father is undecided. That is mainly because of El-Sayed’s stance on Israel, one that mirrors a growing wing of the party that has become critical of the US-Israel relationship following the war in Gaza. You’re reading FourSight, a newsletter from Channel 4 News’ expert journalists explaining the complexities of the biggest global stories Could that alienate Jewish American voters who have a strong connection to Israel - and the majority of whom have voted Democratic? A shifting stance on Israel “An ally that takes your money to push you into wars you shouldn’t be fighting is not an ally,” El-Sayed recently told ABC News, referring to the Iran war and how some Americans believe that Israel pushed President Trump into the conflict. Foreign policy has become an economic issue that’s hitting Americans’ pockets, with the soaring cost of petrol and diesel. El-Sayed, pictured below, has opposed military aid for Israel and accused the nation of genocide in Gaza. That led to the pro-Israel lobby group, AIPAC, funding his opponent, Hayley Stevens, to the tune of $30m during the Democratic primary here. “I frequently criticise AIPAC because I think the way that they are pouring dollars into defeating Abdul and others around the country… is really corrosive to American democracy,” Brad Lander says at a canvassing event in Detroit. Lander, a Jewish Democratic congressional candidate in New York, is an ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and has come to campaign for El-Sayed. “Democrats and Americans don’t want to keep paying for Netanyahu’s wars,” he says. “They want a reset in the US relationship with Israel.” The 2026 election has clearly been a bruising one for AIPAC; the Wall Street Journal reported that, in an unpublished letter, the group described the cycle as one of the “most challenging environments in recent memory”. Share And significantly, after the midterms, the group will stop direct contributions to candidates through one of its political action committees. Voters’ concerns We followed a group of Jewish canvassers around one suburb in Detroit. They think that among the 130,000 Jewish voters in Michigan, between 20 and 30,000 are undecided. In a swing state where El-Sayed beat his primary rival by just 13,000, that could prove pivotal. We meet one voter, Jen Friedman, pictured below, who has a “Democrats for Rogers” sign, referring to the Republican candidate. The issue of Israel is very important to her because “having a safe haven is crucial”, she tells me. “What I see is one candidate, Mike Rogers, who is associating himself with people who are very proudly American,” says Jen. “Abdul, on the other hand, is associating with people who say they are anti-American.” Friedman raises two issues. Firstly, Hasan Piker, a left-wing streamer who has campaigned alongside El-Sayed and has been criticised for his comments on the US and Israel. [ ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/who-is-hasan-piker-the-socialist) [ Why Hasan Piker thinks the US needs a socialist Trump ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/who-is-hasan-piker-the-socialist) Anushka Asthana · Aug 19 [ Read full story ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/who-is-hasan-piker-the-socialist) The other concern regards an attack on a Michigan synagogue back in March. The FBI said the man was inspired by Hezbollah and had lost relatives in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon. El-Sayed condemned the antisemitic attack, but also said “hurt people hurt people”. That upset many here, with El-Sayed apologising numerous times for his choice of language. Jews for Abdul As we follow the canvassers, there are still plenty of lawn signs supporting El-Sayed. Elissa Driker, pictured below, runs out of her house wearing a “Jews for Abdul” t-shirt. “I feel like the values that Abdul has align with how I live my Judaism,” she tells me. She says “Abdul is not Hasan Piker, so I don’t conflate them”. I ask why Piker keeps coming up. “It gets weaponised. I don’t know if you watched the debate the other night, but talk about… weaponising fear and weaponising anxiety and all that Islamophobic dog-whistling that was coming towards Abdul.” I also talk to Elissa about how Americans more broadly appear to be questioning the US-Israel relationship and whether American Jews were ready to do that too. “A lot of American Jews are. My experience is absolutely the tide is turning.” For the first time, Gallup found this year that Americans now sympathise more with the Palestinians than the Israelis. In another poll of Jewish American voters, 65% said they were pro-Israel but also critical of Israeli government policies, 52% support cutting or eliminating aid to Israel. Father and daughter Back at the dinner table, I bring up those polls with David Fink. Why does he think Americans sympathise less with Israelis? [ ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/how-support-for-israel-in-us-is-declining) [ How support for Israel in US is declining ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/how-support-for-israel-in-us-is-declining) Kiran Moodley · May 4 [ Read full story ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/how-support-for-israel-in-us-is-declining) “Because the news media and the extremes of both parties are so willing to tell what I think is a false narrative.” Lauren chimes in: “Do you really think the actions of Israel have nothing to do with the shift in the sympathies?” “I think that’s very relevant,” he replies. “I just don’t think that people really have a full understanding.” Lauren again: “It sounds like you’re saying that the shift is due to how the atrocities are being described, as opposed to what the actual atrocities are.” “There have been some things that shouldn’t have happened,” David says. “I think the polling is being driven by politicians who are taking advantage of this issue.” Lauren then asks, “I’m curious what your response would be if my children were killed in an Israeli airstrike and someone said there have been some things that shouldn’t have happened?” A long pause from her father. “Any reference to my grandchildren has a very deep emotional impact on me. Well done,” he says. “I have an empathy for any civilian in war and I don’t mean to belittle those losses. The loss of any one life is a horrible thing. But it doesn’t make it a war crime and it doesn’t make it genocide.” Lauren and David cannot agree but tell me how proud they are of one another for sticking to their convictions and for agreeing to let me sit in on their conversation. I cannot thank them enough for their time, and hope their honesty informs and educates many people during such a fraught election. Abdul El-Sayed: The candidate testing the US - Israel relationship Thanks for reading our latest FourSight newsletter. Subscribe to receive free weekly newsletters from Channel 4 News. Subscribe Share Channel 4 News Leave a comment
Tandy Warnow honored at American Academy of Arts and Sciences celebration
Tandy Warnow, CS professor and associate director at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, was celebrated for her recent induction into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences on October 14 at a ceremony on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Warnow was elected for her excellence and continued accomplishments in the fields of discrete mathematics, probability theory, computer science and data.
Jamie Lee Curtis plays Elizabeth Holmes in intense 'You Can See Everything' parody
Fallon gives his best Nathan Fielder.
A golden age of science is coming
It’s almost hard to remember, but just a few years ago, a lot of very smart people thought that science was in terminal decline. Respected researchers were writing papers with titles like “Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?”, “Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time”, and “Slowed canonical progress in large fields of science”. In 1996, science writer John Horgan even published a book called The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age. The fundamental idea was that the Universe only has so many insights to discover, and that we’ve picked the low-hanging fruit. It was the idea that Joseph-Louis Lagrange expressed when he said that “we cannot find more than once a system of the world to establish.” As the big ideas and the simple ideas get mined out, we’re forced to throw ever more brains at the mysteries of nature just to keep scientific progress going at a fraction of its old pace: It looked like science was hitting a wall. Then along came AI. It’s far too early to tell how much AI will eventually speed up the growth of total factor productivity. But already we can see signs of a speedup in science. Anthropic Founder Jack Clark assembled some of the hopeful data points in a recent lecture: [ Dror Poleg@drorpoleg "If you pick different parts of science, you see the same pattern show up: Progress is accelerating, and it has started to accelerate in the last two years." Jack Clark @jackclarkSF I’m speaking at the IMF in an hour about the singularity and why I believe it has begun and the choices we'll need to make. Watch live here: https://t.co/Hj9HzcXx5h 6:08 PM · Oct 18, 2026 · 21.2K Views 2 Replies · 10 Reposts · 123 Likes ](https://x.com/drorpoleg/status/2111882070376980529) Anthropic is accelerating its investment into drug discovery, and is already announcing some impressive preliminary results: [ BioTender@Junioryu136689 BREAKING: Anthropic unveils early results from six Claude-powered drug development collaborations. • 70% shorter CAR-T signaling domain • ~35,000 antibody designs • >10× tighter antibody binding • 89% less batch-record review time Still largely preclinical. Anthropic @AnthropicAI Over the past few months, Anthropic scientists have engaged in deep research partnerships with six organizations developing new medicines. We've also begun drug discovery efforts of our own. In doing so, we’ve learned much more about how Claude can support the many stages of 9:43 PM · Oct 27, 2026 · 11.2K Views 3 Replies · 24 Reposts · 205 Likes ](https://x.com/Junioryu136689/status/2115197821150495150) Claude also appears to be enabling rapid progress toward a treatment for food allergies. OpenAI, meanwhile, announced a possible breakthrough treatment for neurodegenerative disease. Meanwhile, Google Cloud Chief Scientist Pushmeet Kohli has a list of recent scientific advances that have been enabled by its new Gemini model, including breakthroughs in nuclear fusion reactor design, rare disease research, and quantum computing: [ Pushmeet Kohli@pushmeet Gemini 4 Argon is a step change in model performance. In recent weeks, it has had a transformative impact on the Science projects in our team at @GoogleDeepMind and our external collaborators, and helped make a number of remarkable advances across scientific disciplines. 🧵👇 4:47 PM · Oct 13, 2026 · 36.5K Views 8 Replies · 41 Reposts · 497 Likes ](https://x.com/pushmeet/status/2110049807385702623) But as cool as these stories sound, they’re just very minor, preliminary efforts. There are a number of reasons to think that AI is going to propel us into a golden age of scientific discovery. That age might not last forever — AI might still run into diminishing returns eventually. But the next few decades are probably going to be an absolutely amazing time for human science. The number of “effective researchers” is no longer limited The most important input into science is scientists themselves. Until this year, that meant human brains — talented, highly trained human brains. The number of trained human brains could be increased by sending more people to grad school, but only to a point — the smartest people tend to be sent into the hardest research fields first, and if you 10x the number of researchers, the average quality will go down. This constraint was already starting to bite, as Ekerdt and Wu argued in 2024: We argue that a substantial portion of the downward historical trend in U.S. research productivity is a composition effect resulting from self-selection in researcher ability and the dramatic expansion of the research sector…[W]e find that this composition effect has lowered average researcher ability by between 37% and 53%[.] And of course, low fertility was making the problem worse, because fewer children meant fewer people who were able to become future scientists. AI just blows up this constraint completely. If an AI agent can function as an autonomous researcher, there’s no constraint on the number of researchers in the world — you can just build more of them, by building more computer chips and data centers that enable the running of more AI agents. Whether or not massive hordes of agents can collaborate to solve individual problems much faster, increasing the number of agents allows them to tackle many different research questions in parallel. What’s more, these AI “researchers” can be trained incredibly quickly compared to human beings. A human scientist takes decades to train, and more years to reach the frontier of their research field by diligent reading and conversation. This is the “burden of knowledge”, and it’s commonly believed to be one reason ideas have been getting harder to find — by the time human scientists can get up to speed, they’re often so old that their ideas are no longer novel. AI just annihilates this constraint — it can assimilate the entire literature and reach the frontier of research extremely quickly, and it can also tell human scientists where the frontier lies without forcing them to discover that for themselves. It can also pivot to new research directions more easily than humans can. And there’s also a self-reinforcing economic cycle here. Because scientific advances enable higher GDP, they enable more resources to be invested into the creation of yet more electronic “scientists”. Now that doesn’t mean the amount of scientific research goes to infinity — there may still be some essential bottleneck task that human researchers are still needed to perform. There are some indications that AI’s progress on open-ended conceptual research tasks is slower than in other dimensions, and it may be that humans are still needed to provide some of this long-term conceptual thinking. I’d bet against this being true for much longer, but it might be true for a long time. Even in this most “pessimistic” case, though, the amount of effective capital that scientists can use to leverage their work just went up by a lot. AI eliminates the theory bottleneck Science proceeds by an iterative process of theory and experiment. The theory part of that cycle is typically short, but non-trivial — it took a couple of years after the blackbody radiation spectrum was observed for Max Planck to come up with the quantum hypothesis to explain it, and decades longer before quantum theory as we now know it was created. It took about a year for Watson and Crick to figure out the shape of DNA after the requisite data was gathered. AI will basically eliminate the theory bottleneck entirely — or at least shorten the turnaround time between experiment and theory by an order of magnitude. AI is an absolute beast at math. Recently, an OpenAI model solved some of the most important open problems in computer science, math, and theoretical physics, and no one even batted an eyebrow because that sort of triumph is becoming increasingly commonplace. One of those solutions was a proof that the Standard Model of Particle Physics could be mathematically well-defined — a problem that human theorists had so far been unable to tackle. Not all research relies equally on theory, but understanding novel experimental results almost always involves some important component of either mathematical or spatial reasoning. That part of the task has now been made much, much faster. And on top of that, science is now open to a greater number of humans who aren’t naturally good at theorizing. AI can read the whole literature Much of the work of human scientists involves reading and understanding endless amounts of papers and going to endless conferences and seminars. The purpose of that work is to understand the existing scientific literature. Understanding the literature allows scientists to do the following things: Come up with new ideas for hypotheses to test Avoid doing research that someone else has already done Synthesize approaches from different areas or fields AI can reduce this effort to almost zero. Consider this excerpt from OpenAI’s blog post about their new research into neurodegenerative disease: The team divided the analysis among thousands of AI agents powered by GPT‑Rosalind, an approach we call distributed biological reasoning. The agents examined a whole-brain CRISPR atlas…a dataset showing how gene disruptions affect different types of cells across the mouse brain. Each agent investigated a gene disruption, analyzed cellular responses, searched scientific literature, and proposed explanations for the results. Their reports were combined into a reasoning atlas linking genes, cellular effects, relevant publications, and possible biological mechanisms. The research team estimated that comparable human analysis and literature review, conducted one perturbation at a time, would take months to a year. The agents reproduced findings from human analyses while uncovering additional leads. Their assessments of novelty and scientific value also aligned with judgments from blinded human experts. These findings help prioritize further experiments needed to test the proposed biological mechanisms. Some of these insights point to new leads for understanding brain disease. [emphasis mine] This is one case in which parallel work by a large number of agents really does make a huge difference: [ Haider.@haider1 this is actually insane openai deployed thousands of GPT-Rosalind agents to analyze millions of mouse brain cells in 32 minutes, work that could take human researchers months to a year also the agents uncovered new leads for brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's OpenAI @OpenAI GPT-Rosalind surfaced a new lead for drug discovery: could restoring cholesterol transport protect neurons from degeneration? DCTN1 is a gene linked to Perry syndrome, a rare neurodegenerative disorder. In mouse-brain data, disrupting it increased expression of genes involved in 2:41 PM · Oct 21, 2026 · 51.5K Views 26 Replies · 95 Reposts · 1.26K Likes ](https://x.com/haider1/status/2112917197903540516) Not only does instantaneous literature review vastly speed up the research process, but it allows AI to make novel conceptual leaps from combining approaches from wildly different fields of research. AI regularly does this in math research, combining results, approaches, and theorems from far-flung places that no human mathematician would have thought to combine. It can do it in science, too. Much of scientific innovation, historically, has been “recombinant” innovation — scientists applying insights from one field to another. With AI, essentially all research is now cross-disciplinary — AI can read not just the literature on a particular subject, but the literature on a million other subjects that might have produced useful techniques or insights for the problem at hand. Superscience So far, all of the factors I’ve listed are ways that AI can speed up science as it’s already done. I’ve basically described how AI can send gigantic hordes of superhumanly fast, superhumanly well-read, superhumanly mathematically gifted researchers to re-accelerate scientific discovery. But it’s also possible that AI will enable types of discovery — and ways of understanding the natural world — that no network of humans, no matter how large or how brilliant it was or how long it had to work, would ever be able to discover. In a post back in July, I wrote about how that might work: What if there are lots of…aspects of the Universe that [are] too complex to understand in terms of simple laws, but not so complex that they just dissolve into unknowable chaos? It’s possible that we can reliably control these complex phenomena with AI, even if we never reduce them to the kind of principles that we can teach a grad student in a textbook… Another way of saying this is that there may be laws of the universe that humans can’t understand but AI can. I call these “cloud laws” — causal regularities that can be exploited by technology, but which are too diffuse and complex for an individual human being to either intuit or communicate… Perhaps social sciences like economics, sociology, and political science obey similarly complex regularities, and AI can help us find them. Perhaps there are physical processes — plasma, or topological materials, or aerial turbulence, etc. — that obey cloud laws instead of chaos?… [H]uman collaboration is bottlenecked — it’s limited by our ability to intuit patterns at an individual level, and to communicate these patterns from one individual to another. AI, being a computer, just doesn’t have this sort of limitation; it can work with vast, diffuse patterns without having to break them into pieces or simplify them in order to compress them into the tiny pipelines of person-to-person explanation… If much of the Universe turns out to be ruled by cloud laws, we could be on the precipice of a scientific renaissance. In order to discover cloud laws, AI will need huge amounts of data about the natural world. AI figured out human speech by assimilating essentially all of the text humans have ever written. If it’s going to figure out hidden patterns in biology, neuroscience, materials science, etc., it’s going to need similarly massive amounts of data from physical instruments. That data will be far, far more than humans — individually or collectively — would be able to parse, label, characterize, or model. But AI was built to do this. If scientists simply build huge arrays of sensors to measure complex phenomena like the brain, the cell, the economy, etc., they may be able to feed this flood of data to AI directly and bypass human cognitive intermediation entirely. AI would then learn about the world directly, and it might learn things that humans never could. This “superscience”, if you want to call it that, would actually go beyond the kind of science humans have done heretofore. Many of the technologies it yielded would be beyond human comprehension — indistinguishable from magic. But to the AIs, they would make perfect scientific sense. In any case, it seems clear that the scientific slowdown that threatened human progress will now be delayed — at least for a while. Unless humans have somehow found most of the actual exploitable regularities in our Universe, we’re about to enter a new golden age of science. Subscribe Share
2026-27 High School Confidential: On the road again
FFA Nationals in Indianapolis, a field trip to Chicago, a band performance in St. Louis ... and much, much more.
Jamie Lee Curtis nails Elizabeth Holmes impression in ‘Tonight Show’ parody of ‘You Can See Everything’
Jamie Lee Curtis nails her Elizabeth Holmes impression in ‘Tonight Show’ parody of ‘You Can See Everything,’ opposite Jimmy Fallon as Nathan Fielder.
Hometown of ‘Addams Family’ creator becomes ghoulish Halloween destination
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Brewers Win First World Series with Game 5 Victory
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Springfield offering aquatic fitness program for residents looking to improve their health
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Vikings-Lions First Injury Report
The Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions released their first injury reports in advance of their Sunday afternoon matchup at Ford Field. Here they are. Minnesota Vikings Detroit Lions Injury Report Terms and Glossary Injury designation definitions: Probable = the league defines a Probable injury designation as a 75% or greater chance of playing. Historically, 95% […]
NMU holds Open Lab Day for UP students interested in health professions
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Mayoral challenger Susana Mendoza vows to repair 'damaged relationship' between City Hall and business
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Steel installed for Butterfield trail monument in downtown Fort Smith
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Giants should resist an expensive Jonathan Taylor gamble
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Yankees should set a hard limit on bringing back Jazz
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Lobotka injury: Napoli star stretchered off in tears
Napoli midfielder Stanislav Lobotka suffered a suspected ankle injury in the first half of a Serie A match against Monza and was stretchered off in tears.Napoli star Lobotka suffered a suspected ankle...
Cattle futures lower ahead of widespread direct business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower, waiting for direct business to develop. December live cattle closed $3.52 lower at $227.32 and February live cattle closed $3.07 lower at $230.50. November feeder cattle closed $3.27 lower at $346.75 and January feeder cattle closed $5 lower at $342.10. Direct cash cattle trade […]
DeWine, local leaders celebrate Electra investment in Springfield
Gov. Mike DeWine and local leaders joined economic development officials Wednesday, Oct. 28 to celebrate a new Electra facility in Springfield that will manufacture revolutionary short-runway aircraft.
Ja'Marr Chase misses practice Wednesday
Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase not on field for first practice of week
From Business to Beluga Whales: Inside Briana Maltez’s Marine Biology Journey
Beneath the hum of filtration pumps and the rhythmic trickle of saltwater tanks, Briana Maltez is completely in her element. The Texas A&M University at Galveston marine biology major is following her lifelong love of animals—and that passion drives her pursuit for a second bachelor’s degree in a field that endlessly ignites her curiosity.As a native of nearby Sugar Land, Maltez did not initially set out toward coastal science. She initially earned a degree in agricultural business through the Texas A&M RELLIS campus in Bryan, but her subconscious fascination with ocean life grew into an unignorable question during her time there: What if? Photo courtesy of Briana MaltezThe query continued to plague her until a turning point came during a Florida trip to near the end of her first degree. Up-close encounters with marine life reignited a childhood dream and shifted her trajectory toward the sea. Yet, stepping into an entirely new field required a leap of faith. Faced with the daunting prospect of starting over, Maltez placed her trust in Texas A&M Galveston as the premier marine biology program in the state. Deciding that she would never feel satisfied unless she tried, she applied—finding the resolve to face the demanding science curriculum head-on.Any lingering doubts vanished during her first semester on the island campus. The close-knit campus environment and small class sizes allowed Maltez to build immediate connections with her professors and peers—a welcoming backdrop where her love for ocean stewardship could truly take root.“I instantly fell in love with the campus and the small classes,” Maltez recalled. “I was like, ‘Yep, I’m so happy I came here.'”Before long, Maltez found a second home inside the university’s Sea Life Facility. Designed to mirror complex, large-scale aquarium infrastructure on a manageable scale, the space offered Maltez a safe training ground to grow familiar with system maintenance and water chemistry under the tutelage of Sea Life Facility Manager Katie St. Clair. While tending to the tanks there, she grew especially fond of watching the facility’s resident clownfish breed and care for their clutches.“Katie definitely wants us to learn, ask questions, and get hands-on experience,” said Maltez. “So, it has been great having her help with getting pre-experience before doing it in the real world.”That hands-on experience quickly sparked a deeper interest in animal husbandry—the daily art of monitoring the animal’s diets, observing their behavior, and maintaining the aquarium’s overall health. Eager to turn those newfound practical skills into technical credentials, Maltez even earned certifications in life support systems and water quality management through Aquatic Animal Life Support Operators courses.Maltez’s passion soon extended beyond campus boundaries. During a summer study abroad program in South Caicos, Turks and Caicos, Maltez immersed herself in underwater field research. In addition to learning about local history and ecotourism impacts, she snorkeled daily, utilizing drones and hydrophones to record underwater bioacoustics and listen to the often-missed crackles of snapping shrimp, fish, and lobster larvae. Maltez at SeaWorld San AntonioPhoto courtesy of Briana Maltez“What you don’t realize is that there’s so many animals around you, but because they sense, you already, they run away,” Maltez explained. “I think that’s really cool to experience, because you don’t even think about that when you travel.”Yet, among all her academic adventures, a week-long course at SeaWorld San Antonio through MARB 302 stands out as a defining milestone. Camping on-site alongside fellow marine biology majors, Maltez gained behind-the-scenes access to professional veterinary and husbandry operations, building lasting friendships and even interacting with penguins in the snow.The undeniable highlight of the trip was face-to-face interaction with beluga whales. Having admired the titanic cetaceans for years, getting to learn directly from their trainers solidified her ultimate aspiration: to care for belugas and contribute to conservation research supporting wild populations in Alaska.“They are one of my favorite animals, and I had heard so much about them,” said Maltez. ”Getting to see them up close was an amazing experience.”When she is not analyzing marine environments, Maltez documents campus life through her camera lens. As a photographer for the Nautilus student newspaper, the Yell Leaders at Midnight Yell, and the Shark Scholars club, she brings the university’s passionate energy into sharp focus. With less than a year remaining until graduation, Maltez looks back on her decision to return to school with gratitude. Taking her journey one day at a time helped her push through demanding coursework, unlocking opportunities she once thought were out of reach. Today, Maltez stands as a compelling example of what happens when passion meets purpose: By trusting her drive and embracing every hands-on experience, she has transformed a second chance at college into an opportunity to dive into a career beneath the waves.
Malliotakis Announces Federal Funding to Expand Science & Stewardship Program at Freshkills Park
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Experts Call for a Rigor Reset in Wildfire Social Science
Three veteran wildfire social scientists argue in Fire Ecology that the field's rapid growth demands renewed agreement on methodological rigor, field-based training, and honest evaluation of new technologies.
Rethinking the Migration State
This book advances a new research agenda in migration studies by rethinking the ‘migration state’ as a core feature of modern governance. Since Hollifield introduced the concept in 2004, the migration state framework has offered a powerful lens for understanding how states reconcile competing objectives of economic openness, political control, and sovereignty in an era...
Cubs Listed As Best Fit For 2 Impending Free Agents
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MMHLA’s Technology Council: Meet the Companies Innovating in the Maternal Mental Health Field — Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance: MMHLA
The Technology Council is a forum for technology companies in the maternal mental health sector to partner with the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance (MMHLA) in supporting education, awareness, and policy solutions that advance our shared mission to promote the mental health of mothers an
Who Will the Detroit Tigers Right Fielder Be in 2027?
With Riley Greene and Max Clark in place, two-thirds of the Motown outfield is already set for 2027; however, who will the Detroit Tigers' right fielder be next season? The team has a few internal options to cover the position, and a few intriguing free agents are available on the open market. Detroit Tigers Right …
Justin Blandford interview - Illinois Times, the capital city's source of news, politics, arts, entertainment, culture
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Gevorg Tamamyan: Paediatric Oncologist, System Builder, Transregional Nominee - And A Test For Geneva’s Entrenched Machinery?
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A Massachusetts judge is allowing discovery in an appeal in a civil suit over a $2 billion state contract for a new Springfield courthouse awarded, in-part, to politically connected bidders.
Event Recap: What Is Health Law? - Petrie-Flom Center
On September 30, five prominent Harvard Law School alumni told a packed room about how the field of health law has developed, through the lens of the varied paths that led them to their careers.
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Since Trump’s first presidency in 2016, no U.S. president has been younger than 70-years-old This current Congress is the third oldest in U.S. history; 24 members are over the age of 80. Age is a serious variable when it comes to someone’s ability to complete a job in any field, especially politics. Our country has...
‘ESPN Gotta Pay This Dude,’ ‘Chemistry Seems More Business-Like’ — NFL World Split Over How Week 7 MNF Panned Out For Troy Aikman, Joe Buck
The Dallas Cowboys’ 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles during Week 7’s Monday Night Football grabbed plenty of attention, but the spotlight wasn’t just on the action on the field. Fans were also keeping tabs on Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in the booth.
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox brings vintage sounds to Clark State
Modern pop hits are getting a vintage makeover. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox brings its global "Future is Vintage Tour" to the Clark State Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Nov. 3, blending eras with a dynamic mix of singers, dancers and old-school flair.
Chiefs reportedly sign Justin Tucker to practice squad after Harrison Butker misses two field goals in Week 7
Green Bay Packers News: Micah Parsons looms
The Packers’ best defensive player could return to the practice field next week.
Chiefs reportedly sign Justin Tucker to practice squad after Harrison Butker missed two field goals in Week 7
Justin Tucker has not kicked in the NFL since 2024.
Alford-Windfield Appointed to Board
Mississippi Delta Community College Vice President of Enrollment Management, Dr. Kylon Alford-Windfield, has been appointed to the College Board’s National Ad
Riccardo Calafiori Faces 'Genuine Concern' Ahead of Liverpool Trip
Riccardo Calafiori is a doubt for Arsenal’s trip to Anfield on Sunday, though Declan Rice and Noni Madueke are expected to be available.
Why Declan Rice missed Arsenal’s match against Fleetwood Town
Declan Rice was missing from the Arsenal squad for their match against Fleetwood Town, and most people would believe Mikel Arteta was just resting one of his most important players. The midfielder has...
Liverpool may be sleepwalking into diabolical 2027 transfer mistake
Jose Mourinho is reportedly keen on Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister.Sky Sports Germany claim that the Argentine star is high on Real Madrid’s wishlist, with the Spanish outfit paying close ...
Jared Goff Speaks Bluntly On Lions Coach Dan Campbell
T The Detroit Lions did what they had to do Sunday afternoon against their divisional rival, the Green Bay Packers, at Ford Field, defeating them 20-17 thanks to a last-second field goal from kicker Jake Bates. There was also a moment during the contest that could have ultimately cost the Lions the game, as Jahmyr […] The post Jared Goff Speaks Bluntly On Lions Coach Dan Campbell appeared first on HEAVY.
Putting ‘student’ in student-athlete: how mental health impacts Elon athletes
Athletes at Elon juggle classes, homework and practices. Managing the pressures that extend beyond the field, including social media, can add another layer. Nearly 30% of female student-athletes say social media frequently makes them feel worse about their bodies, according to a 2026 NCAA resource on athlete mental health.
Instant Takeaways From Iowa Men's Basketball's Exhibition Win
The Hawkeyes rolled to an 88-64 win over Illinois Springfield on Tuesday night. Here are your instant observations.
H.S. Roundup | Local athletes shine as postseason play heats up
Local cross country teams secure regional spots and Fairfield Union soccer advances to the district final.
Kashmir’s springs are drying up. Scientists say saving them starts uphill
Shafeeqa, a 40-year-old resident of Cherwan village in Ganderbal district, north of Srinagar in Kashmir Valley, remembers a spring that once flowed with enough force to make diverting its water toward agricultural fields a difficult task. During her teenage years, she recalls, the water rushed so powerfully that her brother was once carried along by […]
Brent Venables, Ben Arbuckle discuss scoring via field goals
Brent Venables, Ben Arbuckle discuss scoring via field goals
Free Field Trips to The MAX Offered to Eligible Schools Through Mississippi Power Foundation
Mississippi Power Foundation partnership offers free 2026-2027 school year field trips to The MAX in Meridian, with transportation reimbursement available for out-of-county schools.
Why is Martin Zubimendi wearing a mask?
The midfielder suffered a suspected broken nose in the closing stages of Arsenal’s win over Everton on Saturday
2026 Dog-Friendly Turkey Trot | Litchfield Park AZ
Join Legend Acres Charities for the 2026 Dog-Friendly Turkey Trot on Nov 28. This community event will be held at Litchfield Square Park.
Redefining Business Success - Notre Dame Business Mendoza College of Business
Top B Corp CEO Anne St. Peter to share how purpose and profit can exist on a level playing field at Dean’s Speaker Series on Nov. 13, 2026.
Yankees' Latest Infield Target Emerges as MLB Offseason Looms
The New York Yankees have apparently expressed interest in this infielder.
Drake Maye, Dak Prescott Join Forces in Major Off-Field Business Venture
Drake Maye and Dak Prescott are taking their business interests beyond football after investing in an up-and-coming company.
What the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ cast is wearing for Halloween, from dueling Olafs to matching skeletons
I went to the Dancing With the Stars set and asked the crew what they're being for Halloween.
His Way at Work partners with new guild for business owners
By Emily Clark FAIRFIELD — His Way at Work has been inspiring business owners to place God at the center of their establishments for almost 20 years. Now, this international association has formed...
Giants make their kicker decision after a troubling skid
John Harbaugh isn’t looking for a new kicker right now. After Dominic Zvada missed two field-goal attempts in Sunday’s overtime […]
Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary 'You Can See Everything' ended, but the story didn't. Here's what's happened since.
Warning: Don’t read this article if you haven’t seen Fielder's critically acclaimed film, as it contains plenty of spoilers.
Q&A: Bats, busted myths and the science behind their superpowers
In this Q&A, UNC Charlotte bat researcher Laurel Yohe discusses what makes these animals so fascinating, clears up common misconceptions and shares highlights from her research in the field and the lab.
Shore Regional Health welcomes new vice president
EASTON — Maurice T. Winkfield has joined University of Maryland Shore Regional Health as vice president of clinical and support operations.
From Rice Fields to Accelerating Vegetable Breeding
Kashish Grover, a doctoral student in horticulture, combines artificial intelligence, advanced genetics and computer simulations to streamline vegetable breeding, helping to develop climate-resilient varieties faster.
Dodgers notes – Bananas coming to town, roster talk
The Savannah Bananas have taken the baseball world by storm with their wacky version of the game. On Monday, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced that the Bananas will have a two-game series next spring when the Dodgers are away in Washington to play the Nationals. Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium will host the Bananas and […]
Ravens’ Jesse Minter Pressed Over Contradicting Lamar Jackson Injury Updates
It has been a while since the last time Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson saw action on the field. He has already missed three games, with Baltimore losing two of those, including Sunday’s 35-13 defeat at the hands of the Cincinnati Bengals at home. On Monday, Ravens head coach Jesse Minter was asked to clarify […] The post Ravens’ Jesse Minter Pressed Over Contradicting Lamar Jackson Injury Updates appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.
Guest column: Amendment 87 could help protect access to affordable health care
From 2012 to 2023, I was the CEO at Mountain Family Health Centers, the federally qualified community health center (CHC) providing integrated primary care in Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin counties. Today, I lead Colorado Community...
How bipartisan politics keeps the Brewers in Milwaukee through 2050
In 2023, bipartisan negotiations resulted in a $500 million deal to help repair American Family Field. But critics doubt the Brewers would have left.
The World Series horde means big business for St. Petersburg
Central Avenue near Tropicana Field was buzzing before the first Rays home game in the Fall Classic. And it wasn't just Rays fans. Several Brewers backers said it was cheaper to fly and stay here for a game than buy tickets back home.
You Can See Everything and the science of spotting liars
It feels like everyone we know is talking about the new documentary You Can See Everything. It tracks the effort of comedian and documentarian Nathan Fielder to suss out how deceptive Elizabeth Holmes, disgraced founder of the company Theranos, is. And after watching the film, we all left the theater wondering -- what could we see? How possible is it to ever really spot someone lying? So we of course called up an expert in deception and counter-deception research, Maria Hartwig, a professor of psychology at CUNY, the City University of New York. For more on sussing out a liar, check out our episode about what's wrong with the polygraph. Interested in more deep dives on the science behind pop culture blockbusters? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
Andoni Iraola saves Liverpool £100m thanks to genius decision
Andoni Iraola's time at Liverpool has been fairly mixed so far. While he may have only lost one game across all competitions, the Reds are still nowhere near where they need to be in terms of performa...
Lions’ Rival Could Face Punishment From NFL After Officiating Comments
The Detroit Lions did what they had to do against the divisional rival Green Bay Packers, defeating them by a 24-21 final score thanks to a last-second field goal from placekicker Jake Bates, sending the sold out crowd of Detroit fans at Ford Field into a frenzy.With the victory, the Lions improved their record to […] The post Lions’ Rival Could Face Punishment From NFL After Officiating Comments appeared first on HEAVY.
Frager shines in Nebraska men's basketball exhibition win over Kansas State
GRAND ISLAND — It may have been an exhibition game, but a lot of buzz surrounded Nebraska and Kansas State’s matchup at the BigIron Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, Monday night. The voice of Husker men’s basketball, Kent Pavelka, announced pregame that he will be retiring after this season, and a student from each school called the game together to support the Greg Sharpe Sports Broadcasting Scholarship Fund. After acknowledging Pavelka’s announcement and Sharpe’s legacy, Nebraska fans watched the Huskers win 88-84 against the Wildcats in a game that included 80 3-point attempts and four lead changes. Sophomore forward Braden Frager led the way with 28 points and scored eight in the final five minutes of the first half to secure a 5-point Nebraska lead heading into halftime. He shot 9-for-19 from the field and tallied a team-high 10 rebounds as well.
Which MLB Team Should Sign NPB Star Teruaki Sato?
Japanese left-handed outfielder Teruaki Sato will be playing in Major League Baseball in 2027. In case you aren’t familiar with Sato, he just accomplished the Triple Crown in the NPB and has hit 79 home runs and stole 18/23 bases during the last two seasons. This past season, he had a .991 OPS, and during …
Brewers players practice fly balls against Tropicana Field roof
Brewers players battled catwalks and the white backdrop of the Tropicana Field roof during a workout Oct. 25, one day before Game 3 of World Series.
Jeremiyah Love will be back on practice field
Cardinals RB Jeremiyah Love set to be at practice Wednesday after missing some time
Putellas wins record-equalling third Ballon d'Or
Barcelona and Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas wins the Ballon d'Or Feminin for a record-equalling third time.
Niner Nation brings football, fashion and entertainment
Niner Nation, the excitement doesn’t stop when the final whistle blows! From the latest action on the field to the fashion, personalities and unforgettable moments off it, there’s alway…
Green Bay Packers rookie kicker Trey Smack addresses 2 missed kicks in loss to Detroit Lions
The Green Bay Packers lost a handful of games last season because Brandon McManus missed multiple field goals that, at the end of the day, proved to be the difference in various contests. For this reason, the Packers made the decision to move on from the former Super Bowl champion and selected Trey Smack in [...]
Five Things presented by Compass Minerals: Sporting on the road midweek in Minnesota
Sporting Kansas City hits the road this week to face off against Minnesota United at Allianz Field on Wednesday night. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT and will be available to stream on Apple TV, while the game will also be broadcast locally on the radio via Sports Radio
Ballot ask could bring Mount Vernon school sports fans out of the rain
Capital levy would pay for new covered stadium seats, multipurpose turf field
PHOTO COLLECTION: Latination brings color, music, dance to downtown Bakersfield
Bakersfield's annual Latination festival opened Friday with a dazzling blend of dancing and music in celebration of Hispanic-themed art.
Mayor Sarno meets with DHHS Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris and Health and Racial Equity Coordinator and Former Mayoral Aide Shenell Ford for an Update and Review
Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Chief of Staff Molly Shea met with Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris and Racial Equity Coordinator and former Mayoral Aide Shenell Ford for an update on the Youth Commission. Mayor Sarno stated, “It was great to be with DHHS Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris and Health and Racial Equity Coordinator, my former Aide Shenell Ford as they shared updates and review in regards to the youth commission. I look forward to continuing to work with them both, and all partners on the youth commission for the betterment of our City. I commend both Commissioner Caulton-Harris and Shenell on their steadfast work to bring back this commission.”
Pat McAfee calls out Colts interim GM for casual attire
Pat McAfee might not always dress to impress, but that won’t preclude him from demanding more of interim Indianapolis Colts general manager Ed Dodds. In his first game as interim Colts general manager, Dodds showed up to the field in a sweatsuit, carrying a brown paper bag and wheeling his suitcase across the turf in…
2026 Internet Invitational episode 1 spoilers: Round 1 teams revealed
Half of the 64-player field will be eliminated at the end of the 2026 Internet Invitational's first episode.
VIRAL VIDEO: League officials ask 3-year-old Florida soccer star, family to leave field, saying child ‘played too well’
A viral video with more than 4 million views posted over the weekend shows a 3-year-old soccer prodigy, Nevada, scoring goals against other children on his i9 Sports soccer team in Winter Park.
Political battle intensifies within Labour over Rosebank oil field
Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra is urging the energy secretary to approve the controversial plans.
Yankees Linked to Trading Star Slugger for Gold Glove Outfielder
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman could have an advantage in the sweepstakes for a prized outfielder on the market. The post Yankees Linked to Trading Star Slugger for Gold Glove Outfielder appeared first on HEAVY.
Scientists Kept Antimatter Trapped for Months, and the Results Could Rewrite Physics
Northwestern physicists trapped a single positron for months using electromagnetic fields, enabling measurements that could reveal differences between matter and antimatter.
Last week’s Springfield restaurant health code violations, Oct. 19-23
Health inspectors conducted routine inspections of various restaurants in Springfield and Republic between October 19 and October 23, identifying several priority and nonpriority violations.
Brewers' Garrett Mitchell talks about watching his health to manage diabetes
Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Garrett Mitchell talks about watching his health to manage his diabetes.
Greenfield Community College secures grants for new healthcare programs
Greenfield Community College has secured multiple grants to expand its healthcare training programs, including a new behavioral health apprenticeship and support for nursing assistant, phlebotomy, and midwife certifications.
Mike Tomlin defends Dan Campbell’s controversial fourth-down decision
Facing fourth-and-one from their own 23-yard line with under five minutes left in a tie game, Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions did what they do best. They stayed aggressive. Unfortunately, star running back Jahmyr Gibbs was bottled up in the backfield, and the Lions turned the ball over on downs, giving their NFC North…
Laurel Field
Biological science doctoral student Laurel Field is studying the effects of climate change on coral reefs through research supported by $400,000 in grant
Illinois Vendor Summit to connect businesses with state contract opportunities
The State of Illinois Vendor Summit will be held Oct. 29 in Springfield, offering business owners information about state contracts, procurement requirements and available resources.