Remembering the Life and Work of N. Scott Momaday, First Native ...
Nov 22, 2024 · N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist and poet, was a leader and trailblazer for modern Native American literature, with his award-winning novel, “House Made of Dawn” — the first work written by a Native American author to win the Pulitzer Prize. The book inspired a generation of Native American writers. As the U.S. celebrates the
Don’t Say ‘It Won’t Affect Me’: Immigration Expert Gives Take on …
Feb 7, 2025 · In just the past few weeks, the second administration of Pres. Donald Trump has issued a barrage of executive orders and efforts — as long promised — around immigration enforcement as well as sweeping attempts to upturn rights promised in the U.S. Constitution, such as birth-right citizenship. Most recently his pick for longtime South Dakota
Editorial: A Shameful Year of Silencing Dissent and Speech
Jan 3, 2025 · It was just some years ago, when in the previous Trump administration, we saw demonstrations for Black Lives Matter take over the streets to rightfully call out relentless injustices, the Women’s March crowd into D.C. and demonstrations in support of science march through hundreds of U.S. cities. But, now, as we say goodbye to 2024
‘Palestine Is the New Vietnam,’ Says MIT Linguistics Professor …
Dec 20, 2024 · MIT professor Michel Anne-Frederic DeGraff has a long history as an expert in linguistics. His study in the field has propelled his career in academia at one of the world’s most prestigious institutions. His recent political activism, however, has gotten him in trouble with that very university. DeGraff’s supposed crime? Taking the side of solidarity
Asian Community Fund Aims to Bridge Gaps for Region’s AAPI …
Jan 3, 2025 · When the Asian Community Fund (ACF) launched in 2020, it set out with a clear mission: to unify and empower the Asian American Pacific Islander community across Massachusetts.Founded during a period of heightened anti-Asian racism and in response to research showing less that 1% of philanthropic giving …
Tangled Up in Art: Chatting With ’Ravel’ Sculptors Jongeun Gina …
Jan 30, 2025 · About a decade ago, while in grad school, artist Verónica Pérez received a strange gift: a trash bag full of hair. And they immediately put the furry find to good use. “That was my foray into using hair to represent a human or a body, without actually putting a body into the piece,” says Pérez
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Jan 24, 2025 · While at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health a couple years ago, Dr. Yipeng Ge faced a dilemma – and the decision he would make would profoundly influence the following years of his life.Already outspoken on the genocide of indigenous people and racism in North America, Dr. Ge discovered the Palestine Program during graduate studies at …
B.U. Doctor: Clinical Trials for Cancer Are Increasingly Less Diverse
Jan 3, 2025 · Thousands of clinical trials are run in cancer research every year to test new treatments and gather data about their effectiveness. But these studies can lack a diversity of participants, new research has indicated.For example, Dr. Heather Ann Edwards, an associate professor of otolaryngology-head & neck surgery at the Boston University Chobanian & …
Adoptees Torn Over China’s End to Overseas Adoptions
Oct 25, 2024 · When Emili Van Volkinburg learned in early September that China is ending international adoptions, she felt conflicted. Van Volkinburg, a 25-year-old Brighton resident, was adopted from southeast China at age two-and-a-half by white parents from Ohio. Growing up, she had open conversations with her mom about being …
Author Charles Yu Talks About His Work on ‘Interior Chinatown,’ …
Nov 8, 2024 · Writer Charles Yu has seen his career transform from law, to book author and now to television. That latter shift will be further proven when “Interior Chinatown” – his award-winning book – airs on Hulu and Disney Plus on Nov. 19. Produced by Taika Waititi, with a pilot that is also directed by Waititi, the