Native American Indigenous peoples of Canada and United States
Source: Britannica
Here’s your chance to learn about the indigenous peoples of North America; the cultures, changes, challenges, and acts of resilience.
Current Events
These students are bringing diversity to children’s literature, one book at a time
Source: CBC News
A group of students takes a page out of their own book by writing children’s stories to reflect the variety of cultures around the world.
Bend teen inspires new law to teach climate change in schools
Source: Central Oregon Daily News
A class project motivates a student to advocate for change in their state’s education system.
Creating next generation of Black male teachers a top mission for educator’s nonprofit
Source: abcNews
Sometimes change begins with just one person noticing a problem and deciding to take action. Meet an educator who is working to ensure their impact empowers more voices for change.
Program to reduce conflicts with beavers keeping nature’s ‘engineers’ on the job
Source: Montana Free Press
| Do the best engineers wear hard hats and use blueprints? Not always! Learn how beavers build and shape landscapes that support habitats for countless animals in Montana. |
3D printed food: yuck or yes? Researchers ask South African consumers
Source: The Conversation
| Pizza from a printer? Cookies made with “food ink”? It’s real, and could change the way people eat around the world. |
NASA Debuts New Orion Mission Control Room for Artemis 2 Astronaut Flight Around the Moon
Source: Space.com
With the development of the next-generation Orion spacecraft—designed to eventually take astronauts to Mars— comes a number of all-new, advanced systems designed to track, monitor, and communicate with the spacecraft and its passengers. For NASA’s Mission Control facilities, all this additional technology meant that a brand new space was required to house the additional monitors and extra personnel. And that new space was shown to the public for the first time in late August of 2025.
Why Lego Isn’t (Just) a Toy Company
Source: The Wall Street Journal Economics (YouTube)
Twenty-five years ago, Lego was losing $300-million annually and nearly went bankrupt. Plagued by a history of rigid, inflexible control, Lego refused to do partnerships, tried to stop fan creators, had a toy line consumers felt was stale and out-of-date, and was facing unprecedented competition for the attention of their users due to more modern toys—like home video game systems.
It wouldn’t stay that way.
Watch this video to learn how Lego finally learned to listen to its fans, signed its first partnerships, won over adults, innovated its products, and expanded its empire into TV, movies, video games, comic books, theme parks, and more—allowing it to rapidly become the biggest-selling, most profitable toy company on the entire planet.
This Impossible New Color Is So Rare That Only Five People Have Seen It
Source: Scientific American (YouTube)
Have you ever seen the color “olo?” Unless you are one of only five people on the planet who have, the answer is ‘no.’
Recently, researchers achieved the unusual feat of stimulating the eye in such a way as to allow it to see a color outside the range of normal human vision. This work is brand new, but scientists hope that it will lead to new vision treatments and help us to better understand how animals see the world.
School of Law alumni make a difference through community service
Source: University of Miami
| These lawyers may not wear capes, but they became real-life superheroes in their communities by donating school supplies, mentoring families in need, and using their skills to make a big difference. |