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University Scholar Series: Craig B. Clements [PDF]
Groundbreaking Research on Wildfire Weather On November 28, 2012 Craig B. Clements spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Provost Ellen Junn at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.
Clements, Craig B.
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Abstract Racial colorblindness refers to the prescriptive belief that race should not influence institutional practices or interpersonal interactions. Though racial colorblind ideology was championed in the 2023 Supreme Court ruling reversing affirmative action in college admissions, existing research suggests that such beliefs may perpetuate racial ...
Payton A. Small +4 more
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University Scholar Series: Scott Myers-Lipton [PDF]
Rebuild America: Solving the Economic Crisis through Civic Works On October 13, 2010, Scott Myers-Lipton spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Provost Gerry Selter at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.
Myers-Lipton, Scott
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ABSTRACT The rapid development of new railway networks and the aging of existing infrastructure in seismic‐prone regions continue to motivate the need for efficient methods to simulate the dynamic behavior of coupled train track structure systems. While detailed train–structure interaction (TSI) models can capture complex mechanisms, they are often too
Miguel A. Gomez, Matthew J. DeJong
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By treatment of the peracetylated methylester of 4-acetylamino-2,4-dideoxy-d-glycero-d-galacto-octonic acid (ADOA-PAE) with nitrosyl tetrafluoroborate, a serendipitous formation of a highly functionalized carbohydrate–pyrazole conjugate was observed in ...
Jelena K. Berl +4 more
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Martin Luther King Jr.: What We Can Learn From Him Today [PDF]
In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929. He was the eldest son of a Baptist minister, and the grandson of the founder of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where ...
Guzman, Christina
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An Integrated Assessment of European Soil Health and Restoration Potential
ABSTRACT Soils host a significant proportion of biodiversity on Earth providing ecosystem functions vital to human well‐being, making it imperative to include them and their ecological features when addressing sustainability goals. We performed a comprehensive assessment of soil health across Europe by explicitly integrating biotic and abiotic ...
Irene Calderón‐Sanou +12 more
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[Review of] Henk van Woerden. The Assassin: A Story of Race and Rage in the Land of Apartheid. Translated by Dan Jacobson. [PDF]
This small volume deserves to be read by those engaged in the study of modern South Africa. It also has interests for students of biography. The Assassin: A Story of Race and Rage in the Land of Apartheid is the first biography of Demitrios Tasfendas ...
Welch, Ashton Wesley
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Education for Civil Disobedience in the Context of Democratic Decline
Abstract In this article, I discuss the educational relevance of civil disobedience as a form of political dissent in contemporary democracies demonstrating signs of significant democratic decline. The article challenges the plausibility of the impactful Rawlsian understanding of civil disobedience in societies in a state of democratic backsliding.
Anniina Leiviskä
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‘Smooth’ and ‘Alternative’ Patriotisms: Chicago and the decline of a civil rights strategy
Sam Hitchmough
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