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We're proud to share this article with you where our own Meredith Shoop is quoted! Well-articulated as always, Meredith discussed companies' options in protecting employees against the measles.

Protect your company against a measles outbreak Facing the greatest number of cases reported in the U.S. since 1994 and since measles was declared eliminated in 2000, an ounce of prevention is still worth a pound of cure.

We were fortunate that Dan Moulthrop, CEO of The Cleveland City Club, delivered the keynote address at our annual PBK High School Scholars Banquet this year.

He challenged students to think about their relationship with democracy and the role we all play in "keeping the republic" by preparing "ourselves to participate and actively encouraging others to do the same."

You can find a transcript of his speech here: https://www.cityclub.org/blog/2019/05/07/democracy-is-that-still-a-thing

Democracy... Is that still a thing? | The City Club of Cleveland | May 07, 2019 [image:1] City Club CEO Dan Moulthrop delivered the keynote at the Cleveland Association of Phi Beta Kappa annual awards luncheon on May 5, 2019. The somewhat cheeky title we hit upon for this speech is “Democracy… is that still a thing?” and I realize that it may have different meanings for m...

Thank you to all of the students for your hard work to achieve at the highest level. We are proud to recognize you as PBK High School Scholars and look forward to the amazing things you will do going forward! Please feel free to tag yourselves!

We are thrilled to host our annual banquet today honoring high-achieving high school seniors from across Northeast Ohio!

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Professor Who Merges Technology and Design Receives STEM Grant Melding computing, chemistry, biotech, anatomy, human behavior, electronics and design, A UC Davis design professor has caught the attention of Johnson & Johnson as one of six researchers in the country to receive from the company financial support and mentoring for her work.

Who's "repping" Phi Beta Kappa in Congress? There are currently 39 Phi Betes in the House and Senate! https://www.pbk.org/congress

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A Pioneering Photographer's Legacy In Algae In 1843, Anna Atkins created the first book illustrated with photography. It took over a century for her pioneering work to be recognized.

Andy Warhol Endangered Species | Cleveland Museum of Natural History Our mission is to inspire, through science and education, a passion for nature, the protection of natural diversity, the fostering of health and leadership to a sustainable future.

"He thinks about the data as three overlapping circles: students can use the data to determine how their 'human' skills -- communication, leadership and problem solving -- apply to different jobs, employers can use the data to advertise job openings to qualified applicants, and colleges can use the data to connect what students learn into the classroom to real-world job scenarios.

"Students should also be doing their own research about how their skills and interests could translate into a career.

“'The blessing of it is that [liberal arts graduates] are very mobile, but the curse is that they could end up mobile into bad spots,' Sentz said. 'You really do have a very diverse array of things you could do, and you need to be very smart about how you begin to think about how you apply it in the market, versus a STEM student whose path might be already paved.'”

New report shows colleges how to bridge the gap between the liberal arts and the work force

A Look at the Newest Blue Pigment—and How a Color Becomes a Commodity An artist, a color expert, and two nanoscientists have developed a new pigment that uses quantum dots to achieve a uniquely pure shade of blue.

Why dance is just as important as math in school Dance — and physical activity — should have the same status in schools as math, science and language. Psst: it may even help raise test scores, says Sir Ken Robinson.

Are these dots purple or blue? Your answer might not be as reliable as you think When blue dots or threatening faces become rare, people’s concepts of “blue” or “threat” expand

Incorporating humanities, arts, crafts, and design into curricula makes better scientists If you’ve ever had a medical procedure, chances are you benefited from the arts. The stethoscope was invented by a French flautist/physician named René Laennec who recorded his first observations of heart sounds in musical notation. The suturing techniques used for organ transplants were adapted ...

Chemist reinvents himself as art detective Costas Karakatsanis, a retired Bayer chemist, combines his knowledge of art and science to carve a new niche as a provenance researcher. 

Backpack-Sized Archiving Kit Empowers Community Historians to Record Local Narratives The new Archivist in a Backpack project from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill equips community partners with tools to start material and oral history archives.

"The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) works to redefine the availability, affordability, and expectations typically associated with higher education in America.

"Today, BPI enrolls over 300 incarcerated students full-time in programs that culminate in degrees from Bard College; it offers extensive support for its alumni in and around New York City; and, it has developed a nationwide network of leading universities and colleges to catalyze a transformation in the relationship between education and criminal justice in the United States.

"After returning home, BPI alumni become independent taxpaying citizens. They work in business, the arts, and media; they attend graduate school; they have careers in the human services. Virtually none return to prison. They contribute to their communities in all the ways one might expect of any college graduates."

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"In a world that is becoming more interdisciplinary, the future will belong to those who cultivate passions in a variety of areas, such as science and the humanities..."

‘Find your passion’? That’s bad advice, scientists say. Don't wait around for inspiration to strike, this study says; instead, throw yourself into new experiences — and be willing to work at it.

From the National Humanities Alliance:

This afternoon, the House of Representatives will consider an amendment to the FY 2019 Interior Appropriations bill that would cut the proposed FY 2019 budget of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) by 15% or nearly $23 million. This would be a setback to the increased funding that appropriations committees in the House and the Senate have supported to date.

The House will consider this amendment TODAY.

Please go to https://p2a.co/EFcj5YO to urge your Member of Congress to oppose the amendment and encourage others to contact their Members of Congress as well!

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How to Teach Children to Care about Art What is it about art that commands a child’s attention? What impact can art have on a child’s development? And more broadly, what can be done to instill an appreciation of art in children?

For Rikers’s Most Troubled Inmates, Art Offers Hope Every weekday morning, Katie Hinson drives across the long bridge from the tip of Astoria, Queens, to the penitentiary on Rikers Island. She passes t...

held our annual awards banquet at the Landerhaven, where we honored high-achieving high school seniors with a interest in pursuing a degree in college. Our guest speaker was , president of Kent State University.

We are so excited for the Annual PBK Cleveland High School Scholars Banquet today! Congratulations to all of our attendees and their supporters for the hard work and dedication it took to get here and be nominated. Please take our survey to let us know about your experience today!

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Cleveland Association of Phi Beta Kappa Annual Scholarship Banquet Congratulations on being honored as a Cleveland Association of Phi Beta Kappa High School Scholar! Please share your feedback on the banquet and experience to help us improve the program for years to come.

A Puzzle Game Inspired by the Mathematics of Islamic Art 'Engare' by Iranian developer Mahdi Bahrami is a puzzle game of geometry and motion, inspired by Islamic art and architecture.

Tauba Auerbach show at MOCA Cleveland melds art, physics (photos) The Tauba Auerbach exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland shows how the artist finds links between the worlds of art, physics and Eastern wisdom.

The Arts Contributed a Staggering $763 Billion to US Economy, According to New Data That's 4.2% of the US economy — more than the entire GDP of Switzerland.

LAURELS: Katia Vega Shares Award for Biomedical Tattoos Katia Vega, an associate professor of design, has taken her “beauty technology” a step farther to create biomedical tattoos — a project for which she and her colleagues earned an Interactive Innovation Award at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference earlier this month. The tattoos, in which ...

Research Uses Music To Reach People With Traumatic Brain Injuries Steven Nelson had decided he wanted to be a nurse. He had spent his teens in trouble and his early 20s in prison. Finally, in his mid-30s, with a steady job as a receptionist in an urgent care and five kids to support, he believed he had found his calling.

Arts-Focused Field Trips May Boost Standardized Test Scores, New Research Finds Frequent art-related field trips by students may be a catalyst for significantly higher standardized test scores.

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A Phrase For Our Time: Merriam-Webster Adds 'Dumpster Fire' To Dictionary Editor Peter Sokolowski predicts the phrase is here to stay. "It's been used so broadly in the last two to three years ... that people in the future will have to know what it meant."

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