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Combat the Heat This Summer With Cooling Clothing (Here’s How It Works)

[ad_1] Extreme heat waves are expected to affect an estimated 80 million people across the US this week as temperatures surge to record-breaking temperatures, and we aren’t even halfway through summer yet.  One way to find some relief from the heat, especially if you’re outdoors or living without air conditioning, is by wearing cooling clothing. …

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Best Chromebook of 2023: 8 Options to Fit Any Budget

[ad_1] $350 at Amazon Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 Best Chromebook with some style $615 at Amazon Acer Chromebook Spin 513 (CP513-2H) Best Chromebook for students $2,177 at HP HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook Best Chromebook for business Show more (3 items) If you just need a laptop for checking emails, streaming shows and browsing the web, …

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David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love’: When Spatial Audio Meets Broadway Dance Party

[ad_1] From the cinema to the home to your earbuds, spatial audio has made immersive 360-degree sound accessible to almost everybody, in almost any environment. And now that includes live performances. David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s Here Lies Love, a biographical musical about Filipino politician Imelda Marcos, opened on Broadway and features a form of spatial …

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In statehouses, tenure was bruised, but DEI was walloped

[ad_1] In multiple states where Republicans targeted tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion this year, tenure survived while DEI was curtailed. That doesn’t mean tenure is safe. It’s been eroded for decades, including through posttenure-review policies that higher education leaders enact outside of statehouses, and by institutions offering fewer tenured positions. The American Association of …

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Why scholars in ethnic studies should have training (opinion)

[ad_1] A few months ago, I published an op-ed titled “Who Can Really Teach Ethnic Studies?” After its publication, I received numerous emails from scholars asking me to reconsider my position, since my main criterion for teaching ethnics studies was training in the field. I realized then that I hadn’t really explained what I meant by …

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