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Reflections on Black History Month—and the Present for Black Scientists

Union of Concerned Scientists

As a Black scientist, it’s especially important to me to acknowledge and celebrate Black scientists and activists who made major contributions to all fields of science despite the barriers of systemic and structural racism. Black History Month, for me, has always been a time to celebrate Black people, and our contributions to society.

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Uncovering the Real James Bond

Academy of Natural Sciences

I had the privilege of meeting the real James Bond in the 1970s when I was a very young temp worker at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, now the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. He was the longtime curator of the bird collection at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. James Bond).

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Lawrence County Farmer Challenges Local Ordinance Prohibiting Installation Of Solar Energy Facilities On Farms Under State’s Right To Farm Act; Attorney General Reviewing

PA Environment Daily

Click Here for a copy of Cvetan letter to the Office of Attorney General. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences are directed under ACRE to provide expert consultation for the Office of the Attorney General regarding the nature of normal farming operations in the Commonwealth.

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September 5 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

23 Celebration Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Partners With Westminster College H.S. 15 Program In Hershey On How Citizen Science, Place-Based Learning Are Helping To Address Environmental Challenges Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Program Offering Level 1 Certification Training Sept. Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 1 POLLINATORS!

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Emerging Investigator Series – Alexandre Pinto

Water Research & Technology

I have been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Manhattan College in New York City since Fall 2019. Then, I moved to the USA for Graduate School. These schools are common in the USA. A little bit about myself, I was born and raised in Brazil. I obtained my Ph.D. The focus of my Ph.D.

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Fighting algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence

Physics World

Later, in 2015, as a Master’s student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab working on a science–art project called Aspire Mirror , she had a similar issue with facial analysis software: it detected her face only when she wore a white mask. Was this a coincidence? They only reflect and amplify the larger biases of the world.”.

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Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers Press DEP To Reduce Environmental Safeguards For Drilling And Treat Them The Same As Wind, Solar Energy Facilities

PA Environment Daily

At the December 16 meeting of the PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council the conventional oil and gas drilling industry pressed DEP to reduce environmental safeguards for drilling and regulate their industry the same as solar or wind energy facilities. of the draft regulation. “In

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