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3D printed instrumentation means that national meteorological services in Africa can take full ownership of their networks, building, repairing and sustaining them independently.

3D-printed weather station initiative enhances local monitoring in Southern Africa

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History doctoral candidate Kristen Thomas-McGill on Jeopardy

Jeopardy winner and doctoral candidate Kristen Thomas-McGill examines the history of child sexual abuse, celebrity and public memory
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Jean Beaman, associate professor of sociology

Black Lives Matter in France – Ethnographer Jean Beaman reads transnational connections for Black liberation
Ingrid Banks
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Ingrid Banks, associate professor of Black studies

‘The College Board really didn’t know the history of Black studies’
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Social-behavioral findings can be highly replicable, six-year study by four labs suggests
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Storytelling is the ideal lens through which to view the light, and the shadows, of California
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Charmaine Chua is a 2023 Freedom Scholar

Charmaine Chua is named a 2023 Freedom Scholar
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Wind energy projects in North America are more likely to be opposed by white, wealthy communities
Historian Kate McDonald
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Historian Kate McDonald, August 2023

From rickshaw to railroad, a scholar navigates Japan’s history of transportation
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Moral reasoning creates distinct patterns of activity in the brain.

Moral reasoning displays characteristic patterns in the brain, with distinctions between moral categories
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Paranormal experiences, among other extraordinary feelings, provide tools for cross-cultural study
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The ability to efficiently measure diversity in social media opens new possibilities for researchers, companies and consumers.

Computer vision and human annotations provide insights on inclusion in social media at scale
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UCSB historians Ya Zuo and Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky awarded Stanford humanities fellowships
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