On April 8, 2026, at the fortieth anniversary of the Stephen H. Hart Awards for Historic Preservation, History Colorado CEO Dawn diPrince awarded the State Historic Preservation Officer’s Award to the Pinon Canyon Expansion Opposition Coalition and Not One More Acre, which have spent decades fi...

Pittsburgh-area high school students studying carpentry will get to learn more about the trade on the city’s biggest stage.Students from seven area high schools or career technology centers plan a visit Wednesday to the city’s North Shore to get a tour of the stage building and preparations f...

In the 15th century philosopher Erasmus wrote a classic, “In Praise of Folly.” His words reach down the centuries to us: “Whoever among you thinks himself wise must become a fool to be truly wise”“In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king,” Erasmus wrote.There appear to be...

On any given Saturday, you might find Morgan Quinn Ross, an assistant professor of emerging media and technology at Oregon State University, deep in the mountainous woods, sans phone, on a solo run. “People generally know that I do it, so if I die, I would like to think that they would find me ...

As a high-achieving college kid, Alex Vallejo wasn’t surprised by the kind of young people he met at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers’ national conference in Salt Lake City three years ago. Like him, there were other computer-science students who were in their school robotics cl...

In November 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT and ignited an AI arms race. Google, Meta, Anthropic, and a Chinese startup called DeepSeek all raced to compete. In barely three years, AI has gone from a novelty that could write passable college essays to a technology that can generate lifelike video, ...

The largest dump in the world, the Fresh Kills landfill, used to sit on Staten Island, the least populated borough of New York City, from 1948 to 2001. Each day, rubbish from the other four boroughs was collected and ferried to the island’s western shore, through a marshy inlet—a bit like th...

At the end of January, Havana was struck by a frente frío, a cold front that blew off the ocean and plunged the island into unaccustomed wintry weather. As high winds sent waves crashing over the seaside promenade, the city’s inhabitants wrapped themselves in whatever warm clothing they had,...

Black History Showcase draws hundreds to GSUThe 2026 Black History Showcase at Governors State University, which celebrates African American history, achievement and culture, drew more than 500 students from five area school districts.The event included a musical tribute to the late Rev. Jesse L....