LSU President supports Angel Reese trash-talking Caitlin Clark

LSU President William F Tate IV had no issue with LSU women's basketball star Angel Reese trash-talking Iowa star Caitlin Clark in the final minutes of the Tigers' 102-85 national championship victory over the Hawkeyes on Sunday.

Tate, who has followed the team on its title run, strongly disagrees with any narratives on social media that have pitted Reese as a wrongdoer for her actions.

"I think a lot of people have comment(ed) and never played sports," Tate said on Monday following the team's championship celebration at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. "You create slights, you create people dissing you so that you can go out there and be motivated to come after them. That's what this is about.

"And by the way, this is LSU. This is swag country. This is what we do here."

"Angel Reese is one of the very best players in this country and she plays in a certain way with some swag," Tate said. "If you have a problem with it, beat her.

"That's all I have to say. If you can't beat her, sit down."

Tate has been a supporter of LSU women's basketball star Angel Reese since the beginning.

Early in the season, Tate told Reese to "do you and be great," as the outspoken forward went on to unapologetically display her colorful character on and off the court for the rest of the season, trash-talking included.

"It's not bragging if you can do it. That's how it works," Tate said.

[SOURCE: THEADVERTISER]

Morgan State’s Willie E. May Named President-Elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, elected Willie E. May, Ph.D., to serve as the association’s president-elect. Members elected Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., and Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, Ph.D., to the AAAS Board of Directors as well.

AAAS members also overwhelmingly approved – with 86 percent supporting – an amendment to the AAAS Constitution and Bylaws, which gives the Board the authority to amend the governing documents, a duty that remains shared with the members. This amendment enables the final step in the organization’s governance modernization process. AAAS’ governance had not been updated in more than 70 years.

“We are thrilled to welcome Willie, Kathleen, and Betty to the AAAS Board. Their expertise will be invaluable as we advance scientific excellence, expand who can participate in the STEMM ecosystem, address mis- and disinformation, and provide historical context on the scientific enterprise to inform strategic thinking. We are confident that these strong leaders will help achieve our vision, especially as we celebrate our 175th anniversary and focus on igniting progress for the next 175 years,” said Sudip S. Parikh, Ph.D., chief executive officer of AAAS and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.

“I am also delighted that we have successfully completed our three-year governance modernization process, the culmination of thousands of hours of volunteer and staff work. We look forward to moving into full implementation of our streamlined structure that will allow us to run a modern organization efficiently and provide our volunteer leaders ample opportunities for meaningful and engaging work to further our mission of advancing science in service to society,” added Parikh.

May serves as vice president of research and economic development and professor of chemistry at Morgan State University, Maryland’s largest historically Black university. He is currently a member of the AAAS Council for the Section on Industrial Science and Technology. Previously, he served as the U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. May’s one-year term as president-elect begins immediately, followed by one year as AAAS president (and chair of the AAAS Annual Meeting), and one year as immediate past-president.

“I am honored to serve as the new president-elect of AAAS. During my term, I will prioritize partnering with key leaders to enhance the U.S. STEMM workforce by proposing ways the nation can expand access and opportunities to education. I stand ready to support AAAS as it embarks on a mission to transform the way the scientific enterprise realizes benefits to society at large,” said May.

Ashley Jordan, African American Museum in Philadelphia CEO, gets Biden appointment

Ashley Jordan, president and CEO of the African American Museum in Philadelphia, has been named to serve on the National Museum and Library Services Board by President Joe Biden, who recently announced his recommendations.

The National Museum and Library Services Board, which supports the nation’s museums, libraries, archives and related organizations, is an advisory body that provides guidance on policies related to the duties, powers and authority of those institutions, as well as the annual selection of the National Medals recipients. Members of the board are appointed by the president of the United States for five-year terms.

“I am honored to serve on this board and to be in service to museums and libraries across the country,” Jordan said of the appointment. “Museums and cultural sites especially have played an essential role in my professional and personal growth, and I know firsthand the impact that these sites can have in areas of education, inspiration and engagement for the general public. With this appointment, I will continue to be a champion for these institutions, specifically in engaging with new audiences and uplifting diverse perspectives within this industry, to ensure the longevity of these important spaces.”

Jordan was named president/CEO of the African American Museum in Philadelphia in 2021, after previously holding roles with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Ohio, the Evansville African American Museum in Indiana and the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Ohio.

Jordan earned her doctoral degree in U.S. history at Howard University in Washington, D.C., a master’s degree in public history from Howard University, and a bachelor’s in history from Kent State University.

She is also the recipient of numerous professional, academic and civic awards, including the Pace Setter Award from the Association of African American Museums, the Black Excellence Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and multiple doctoral fellowships from the Filson Historical Society and the Kentucky Historical Society.

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Little Daymond Learns to Earn, A New Children's book by Shark Tank star and FUBU founder Daymond John

Entrepreneur, FUBU founder, and Shark Tank fan fave Daymond John introduces kids to basic ideas about money and starting their own business in this accessible picture book!

Meet Little Daymond and his enterprising friends! When Daymond hatches an idea for a small business to make money to buy a music poster he wants, the whole crew comes together and figures out their unique strengths so they can each get exactly what they want—and even have some change to spare.

Bestselling author and Shark Tank star Daymond John uses this fun story to ignite kids' early interest in how money works--including the concepts of saving, spending, budgeting, and borrowing--to develop a basic foundation of financial literacy that sets children up for success in the future.

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New Book: The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence by David Waldstreicher

A paradigm-shattering biography of Phillis Wheatley, whose extraordinary poetry set African American literature at the heart of the American Revolution.

Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a merchant family in Boston, where she became a noted poet at a young age. Mastering the Bible, Greek and Latin translations, and the works of Pope and Milton, she composed elegies for local elites, celebrated political events, praised warriors, and used her verse to variously lampoon, question, and assert the injustice of her enslaved condition. “Can I then but pray / Others may never feel tyrannic sway?” By doing so, she added her voice to a vibrant, multisided conversation about race, slavery, and discontent with British rule; before and after her emancipation, her verses shook up racial etiquette and used familiar forms to create bold new meanings. She demonstrated a complex but crucial fact of the times: that the American Revolution both strengthened and limited Black slavery.

this new biography, the historian David Waldstreicher offers the fullest account to date of Wheatley’s life and works, correcting myths, reconstructing intimate friendships, and deepening our understanding of her verse and the revolutionary era. Throughout The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley, he demonstrates the continued vitality and resonance of a woman who wrote, in a founding gesture of American literature, “Thy Power, O Liberty, makes strong the weak / And (wond’rous instinct) Ethiopians speak.”

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