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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ transmits joy, honours legends and challenges a segregated industry

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Friday, April 5, 2024
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That’s because country music is often falsely seen as “white music,” even though its Black historical roots are well documented.

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  • That’s because country music is often falsely seen as “white music,” even though its Black historical roots are well documented.
  • But Beyoncé’s new album is so much more than a country album.
  • It honours other Black musical legends, and challenges the segregation we still see and hear in the music industry today.
  • Her current research, called SongData, uses data — like radio airplay, charts, and streaming numbers — to examine representation in the country music industry.

US monetary policy is more powerful in low economic growth regimes

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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    American Institutes for Research Announces New CEO and Board Chair

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    Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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    Lawrence D. Bobo , the dean of social science at Harvard University, is the new chair of the AIR Board of Directors.

    Key Points: 
    • Lawrence D. Bobo , the dean of social science at Harvard University, is the new chair of the AIR Board of Directors.
    • Heppen is the seventh president and CEO in AIR’s 77-year history, and the first woman to serve in the role.
    • She stepped down from the AIR Board of Directors after serving as its chair for more than 25 years.
    • Bobo has been a member of the AIR Board since 1997 and most recently served as vice chair.

    Philip R. Lane: Euro area international financial flows: analytical insights and measurement challenges

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    Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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    We document how gas price fluctuations have a heterogeneous pass-through to euro area prices depending on the underlying shock driving them.

    Key Points: 
    • We document how gas price fluctuations have a heterogeneous pass-through to euro area prices depending on the underlying shock driving them.
    • Supply shocks, moreover, are found to pass through to all components of euro area inflation – producer prices, wages and core inflation, which has implications for monetary policy.

    Climate Change to Bring Invasive Weeds to mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. States

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    Friday, February 9, 2024
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    WESTMINSTER, Colo., Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Climate change may soon shift where invasive plant species establish new outbreaks and hotspots, and the mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. states are among those likely to be negatively impacted without early detection and a rapid response management plan. That's one conclusion based on new research from the Northeast Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Network leadership team.

    Key Points: 
    • A Weed Science Society of America research summary identifies most likely high-impact, range-shifting Invasive plants coming to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S.
    • Climate change may soon shift where invasive plant species establish new outbreaks and hotspots, and the mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. states are among those likely to be negatively impacted without early detection and a rapid response management plan.
    • That's one conclusion based on new research from the Northeast Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Network leadership team
      WESTMINSTER, Colo., Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Climate change may soon shift where invasive plant species establish new outbreaks and hotspots, and the mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. states are among those likely to be negatively impacted without early detection and a rapid response management plan.
    • That's one conclusion based on new research from the Northeast Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Network leadership team.

    $10 million Artificial Intelligence Mathematical Olympiad Prize appoints advisory committee members

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    Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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    LONDON, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- XTX Markets' newly created Artificial Intelligence Mathematical Olympiad Prize ('AIMO Prize') is a $10mn challenge fund designed to spur the creation of a publicly shared AI model capable of winning a gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).

    Key Points: 
    • Fields Medallists Timothy Gowers and Terence Tao appointed to the Advisory Committee for the Artificial Intelligence Mathematical Olympiad Prize, alongside Po-Shen Loh, Dan Roberts and Geoff Smith.
    • The AIMO Advisory Committee will support the development of the AIMO Prize, including advising on appropriate protocols and technical aspects, and designing the various competitions and prizes.
    • It will be important to experiment with multiple approaches to this goal, and to benchmark the performance of each of them.
    • Eoghan Flanagan, Director of the AIMO Prize, commented:
      "We are delighted to welcome such esteemed members of the mathematical community to the advisory committee of the AIMO Prize.

    $10 million Artificial Intelligence Mathematical Olympiad Prize appoints advisory committee members

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    Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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    LONDON, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- XTX Markets' newly created Artificial Intelligence Mathematical Olympiad Prize ('AIMO Prize') is a $10mn challenge fund designed to spur the creation of a publicly shared AI model capable of winning a gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).

    Key Points: 
    • Fields Medallists Timothy Gowers and Terence Tao appointed to the Advisory Committee for the Artificial Intelligence Mathematical Olympiad Prize, alongside Po-Shen Loh, Dan Roberts and Geoff Smith.
    • The AIMO Advisory Committee will support the development of the AIMO Prize, including advising on appropriate protocols and technical aspects, and designing the various competitions and prizes.
    • It will be important to experiment with multiple approaches to this goal, and to benchmark the performance of each of them.
    • Eoghan Flanagan, Director of the AIMO Prize, commented:
      "We are delighted to welcome such esteemed members of the mathematical community to the advisory committee of the AIMO Prize.

    Ratnesh Kumar Jha Named GM, Institutional Language Products at ETS

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    Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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    PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ETS announced today that it has named Ratnesh Kumar Jha as its new GM, Institutional Language Products.

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    • PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ETS announced today that it has named Ratnesh Kumar Jha as its new GM, Institutional Language Products.
    • Jha will work alongside Rohit Sharma, ETS Senior Vice President, Global Higher Education & Workskills on the global expansion of ETS's institutional language product portfolio, primarily the TOEIC® tests, TOEFL ITP® test and the TOEFL® Young Student Series.
    • In addition, he will work closely with Edusoft Ltd., an ETS subsidiary, to advance the growth of its language learning solutions business.
    • "Ratnesh's experience will be a tremendous asset to ETS and position these products for growth in a space where we see great potential."

    Ratnesh Kumar Jha Named GM, Institutional Language Products at ETS

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    PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ETS announced today that it has named Ratnesh Kumar Jha as its new GM, Institutional Language Products.

    Key Points: 
    • PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ETS announced today that it has named Ratnesh Kumar Jha as its new GM, Institutional Language Products.
    • Jha will work alongside Rohit Sharma, ETS Senior Vice President, Global Higher Education & Workskills on the global expansion of ETS's institutional language product portfolio, primarily the TOEIC® tests, TOEFL ITP® test and the TOEFL® Young Student Series.
    • In addition, he will work closely with Edusoft Ltd., an ETS subsidiary, to advance the growth of its language learning solutions business.
    • "Ratnesh's experience will be a tremendous asset to ETS and position these products for growth in a space where we see great potential."

    Research Unveils Genetic Basis for S-Metolachlor Resistance in Waterhemp

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    Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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    WESTMINSTER, Colo., Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Recently published research in the journal Weed Science provides new mechanistic insights into S-metolachlor resistance in waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus). Specifically, the study points to a single major gene that controls metabolic resistance to S-metolachlor (the active ingredient in Dual Magnum and Dual II Magnum), in the Stanford, Illinois resistant (SIR) population, which represents a relatively new and recent type of non-target-site resistance in waterhemp - to soil-applied, Group 15 herbicides. 

    Key Points: 
    • A newly published Weed Science Society of America research article identifies a single major gene controlling S-metolachlor resistance in a central Illinois waterhemp population, which represents a relatively new and recent type of non-target-site resistance in waterhemp - to soil-applied, Group 15 herbicides.
    • WESTMINSTER, Colo., Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Recently published research in the journal Weed Science provides new mechanistic insights into S-metolachlor resistance in waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus).
    • "Waterhemp has developed resistance to seven herbicide sites-of-action classes, creating extremely difficult management challenges to farmers."
    • The good news is that the germplasm derived from this research can assist in identifying the gene(s) and gene mutations conferring resistance to S-metolachlor in waterhemp.