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Looking Forward à la Française: Gardens of Thought

The upcoming 2018 International Garden Festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire in France is again bringing about fresh, imaginative realizations of gardens in its 27th Edition: “Jardins de la Pensée” or “Gardens of Thought.” From referencing the worlds of such famous writers as … Continue reading




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A busy busy Wednesday night!

Well, aside from waiting all day for WordPress 2.8 to be released into the wild (public). I left the comfort of my home to get some dinner only to get a message that 2.8 was out. Upon returning home I’ve had a chance to download and install 2.8 on a few site’s I own. BUT!! […]

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Rethinking The Role Of Your UX Teams And Move Beyond Firefighting

Many UX professionals often find themselves working alone, and usually face more projects impacting user experience than they can handle. In this article, Paul Boag explains how UX teams can be transformed into a significant driver of customer-centric innovation within organizations.




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If I Was Starting My Career Today: Thoughts After 15 Years Spent In UX Design (Part 1)

In this two-part series, Andrii Zhdan outlines common challenges faced at the start of a design career and offers advice to smooth your journey based on insights from his experience hiring designers. Learn why mastering design tools is crucial, how to build a strong portfolio, and tips for acing your first interviews.




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If I Was Starting My Career Today: Thoughts After 15 Years Spent In UX Design (Part 2)

In this two-part series, Andrii Zhdan outlines common challenges faced at the start of a design career and offers advice to smooth your journey based on insights from his experience hiring designers. In Part 2, Andrii speaks about how you can grow faster in your brand-new junior UX job.




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Sticky Headers And Full-Height Elements: A Tricky Combination

Sticky positioning is one of those CSS features that’s pretty delicate and can be negated by a lot of things, so here’s another one to add to your mental catalog: Sticky elements don’t play nicely if they have to coordinate with other elements to make up a combined height, like `100vh`. Philip Braunen explores why this happens and presents a solution to fix it.




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Build A Static RSS Reader To Fight Your Inner FOMO

RSS is a classic technology that fetches content from websites and feeds it to anyone who subscribes to it with a URL. It’s based on XML, and we can use it to consume the feeds in our own apps. Karin Hendrikse demonstrates how to do exactly that with a static site you can use as your personal RSS reader.




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Why Optimizing Your Lighthouse Score Is Not Enough For A Fast Website

Feeling good with your Lighthouse score of 100%? You should! But you should also know that you’re only looking at part of the performance picture. Learn how Lighthouse scores are measured differently than other tools, the impact that has on measuring performance metrics, and why you need real-user monitoring for a complete picture.





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Drought-Friendly Eating

By Janelle Shiozaki, CUESA Education Intern, with Julie Cummins, CUESA Staff Courtesy of CUESA When farms face water shortages, our food is at stake. The current California drought—one of the most severe on record—is everybody’s concern, and farmers and eaters … Continue reading






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Downtown Lights, originally uploaded by Juan Rostworowski.




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Eight Things to Consider when Building a Business

Building a business is a long and difficult process. It’s a time filled with uncertain ups and downs – so you need all the support and advice you can get, even if it’s not your first time creating a successful money-making business.  So, here are eight things you should consider, which you might not have […]

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How to Use the Right Keywords For Increased Sales on Your Photography Website

While there are a number of ways visitors can potentially find your photography, search is the most vital method. If your website doesn’t offer a keyword search function, visitors may head to other sites that do – and the drop in traffic could hammer your sales figures. Just as search is crucial for finding websites, having a way […]




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How to Sync Your Photos in Lightroom With WordPress

There’s no doubt that we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to powerful photo editing software – for instance, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom provides astounding functionality at a relatively cheap price. The same can be said for creating websites, especially when using WordPress. However, combining them effectively as one solution for managing your photos is just […]





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NRC Commissioners Wright and Crowell Visit Commonwealth Fusion Systems

NRCgov posted a photo:

Commissioner Wright and Commissioner Crowell visit Commonwealth Fusion Systems in Massachusetts. CFS is one of several firms seeking to use nuclear fusion (where hydrogen atoms combine to form helium) to generate electricity. The company is currently developing a system using powerful magnetic fields to control the extremely hot plasma that sustains a fusion reaction.

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Fighting Back Against Fungal Pathogens

Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. One study has examined ...



  • Cell & Molecular Biology

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Healthy Bacterial Strains That Can Fight Gut Infections are ID'ed

Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecules they generate...



  • Cell & Molecular Biology

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August GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali

Fifteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of August 31, 2024):




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September GNU spotlight with Amin Bandali

Fourteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of September 30, 2024):




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The FSF is turning 39! Join us in celebrating almost 40 years of fighting for software freedom




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October GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali: Seven new GNU releases!

Seven new GNU releases in the last month (as of October 31, 2024):




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How Digital Technology Brought the Rise of the CMO  

A century ago, companies had frustratingly few channels through which they could reach their consumer audience. Thus, business leaders had little use for high-level marketing experts; with merely a creative team, they could effectively advertise their products and build name recognition amongst their target consumers. Today, digital technology has allowed media to diversify to a […]

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Geomagnetic Storm Brings Northern Lights to Unlikely Locations and Disrupts GPS

How do powerful geomagnetic storms from the Sun influence the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what two separate studies (Karan et al. (2024) and Evans et



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Mitigating Spaceflight Vision Risks: The Role of Portable Ultrasound in Polaris Dawn

How does spaceflight affect vision loss in astronauts for both the short and long term? This is what a combined effort between the upcoming Polaris Dawn mi



  • Space & Astronomy

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Revising the Early Universe: Black Holes and Bright Galaxies Unraveled

What were galaxies like in the early universe? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as an international team



  • Space & Astronomy

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Celebrate this year's International Observe the Moon Night on September 14, 2024

Beginning in 2010, NASA began International Observe the Moon Night based on two events occurring simultaneously in 2009 during the International Year of As



  • Space & Astronomy

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Early Universe Black Holes: New Insights from Hubble's Latest Survey

How did black holes form and how many existed in the early universe, or less than one billion years after the Big Bang? This is what a recent study publish



  • Space & Astronomy

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Celebrate this year's International Observe the Moon Night on September 14, 2024

Beginning in 2010, NASA began International Observe the Moon Night based on two events occurring simultaneously in 2009 during the International Year of As



  • Earth & The Environment

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Early Universe Black Holes: New Insights from Hubble's Latest Survey

How did black holes form and how many existed in the early universe, or less than one billion years after the Big Bang? This is what a recent study publish



  • Earth & The Environment

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A Name Change & New Insights for a Common Type of Liver Disease

A colorized scanning electron micrograph depicts a Kupffer cell. / Credit: Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, UC San Diego.




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Fighting Back Against Fungal Pathogens

Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. One study has examined ...



  • Genetics & Genomics

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Study Highlights Link Between Cannabis Use and Lower Body Mass Index

A study published in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research examined the effects of cannabis use on body mass index (BMI) and found that adults with a history o



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Healthy Bacterial Strains That Can Fight Gut Infections are ID'ed

Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecules they generate...



  • Health & Medicine

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Gene Therapy Significantly Improves Eyesight

A team of researchers report findings from a Phase I/II gene therapy clinical trial for patients with Leber congenital amaurosis, which found that the gene



  • Clinical & Molecular DX

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Celebrate this year's International Observe the Moon Night on September 14, 2024

Beginning in 2010, NASA began International Observe the Moon Night based on two events occurring simultaneously in 2009 during the International Year of As




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Gene Therapy Significantly Improves Eyesight

A team of researchers report findings from a Phase I/II gene therapy clinical trial for patients with Leber congenital amaurosis, which found that the gene




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Early Universe Black Holes: New Insights from Hubble's Latest Survey

How did black holes form and how many existed in the early universe, or less than one billion years after the Big Bang? This is what a recent study publish




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Organoids Provide Multiple New Insights Into COVID-19

Animal models have served as excellent models of many aspects of human biology and disease, but they cannot mimic every part of human physiology.




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Fighting Back Against Fungal Pathogens

Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. One study has examined ...




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Healthy Bacterial Strains That Can Fight Gut Infections are ID'ed

Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecules they generate...




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All Is Calm, All Is Bright

Dec 5, 2024, 12pm EST

The holiday season, while filled with joy and celebration, also brings stress and challenges. Join this webinar to discover effective ways to manage stress, foster well-being, and create meaningful moments that align with the spirit of joy and celebration.

Open to Public: No
Primary Audience(s): Faculty, Staff
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Health/Wellness
Event Sponsor: Tufts University
Event Sponsor Details: Tufts University Human Resources
Event Contact Name: Tufts University Human Resources
RSVP Information: Register online at us06web.zoom.us…
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  • 2024/12/05 (Thu)

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What Now? How the Election Results Might Affect Domestic and International Politics

Nov 21, 2024, 6pm EST

Election 2024 is over... what now? Join a panel conversation with Tufts faculty exploring how the election results might affect domestic and international politics, including key policy issues. Food provided!

No RSVP necessary, and all are welcome.

BuildingDowling Hall
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Dowling Hall 745
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Faculty, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Elections, Politics/Policy/Law, Public Service/Government
Event Sponsor Details: Sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the International Relations Program, and Tisch College
RSVP Informationtischcollege.tufts.edu…
Event Admission: Free
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  • 2024/11/21 (Thu)

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"The Fight For Black Lives" Film Screening

Nov 21, 2024, 6pm EST

Join us in experiencing The Fight for Black Lives, a powerful documentary that explores whether the persistently higher rate of Black maternal and infant mortality is inevitable because it is “located in the inferior body of the negro” or preventable because it is located in “inferior social conditions.”

Panel discussion with experts to immediately follow.

Register now!

BuildingTufts Center for Medical Education
Campus Location: Boston Health Sciences campus
City: Boston, MA 02111
Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus
Location Details: Room 114
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Community Engagement, Conference/Panel Event/Symposium, Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence, Education, Health/Wellness, Medicine, Politics/Policy/Law, Science, Social Justice/Human Rights, Theater/Dance
Event Sponsor: School of Medicine
Event Sponsor Details: Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice
Event Contact Name: Judith Jeanty
Event Contact EmailJudith.Jeanty@tufts.edu
Event Contact Phone: 617-636-3847
RSVP Informationsecure.touchnet.net…
Event Admission: In-person or virtually
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  • 2024/11/21 (Thu)

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Sebastian Rahtz (2004)

Sebastian Rahtz is normally Information Manager for Oxford University Computing Services, but is currently seconded part-time to manage the JISC Open Source Advisory Service (OSS Watch). As this role lets him play with open source software a lot, and reject MS Word attachments with a clear conscience, he is having fun. Sebastian also serves as a member of the Board of Directors, and Technical Council, of the TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) and recommends TEI markup to anyone who stays around long enough to listen. Sebastian gave a plenary talk on Beyond Free Beer: Is Using Open Source A Matter Of Choosing Software or Joining A Political Movement? and co-facilitated a workshop session on Being Open Source with Randy Metcalfe. Sebastian can be contacted at sebastian.rahtz AT computing-services




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B7: Thieves in the Night: Hidden Problems in Web site Redesign

Matt Thrower, UKOLN, University of Bath will talk about UKOLN's Web site redesign and the problems involved. Come along and discuss how we solved these and other problems and what lessons could be learned for your institution.