“In 2021, the Alabama Humanities Alliance is awarding up to $800,000 in special grant funding to help humanities-based organizations statewide recover financially from the COVID-19 pandemic — and successfully transition into a post-pandemic period.” (AL Humanities Alliance)
“NASA is moving forward on the Artemis mission’s promise to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon and to have robust human and robotic presence there. To make it happen, NASA is working with diverse partners in industry and academia to develop the innovative technologies needed to explore more of the Moon than ever before.” (NASA)
“NASA is funding 23 new awards from across the U.S. to develop or support citizen science projects and research. Citizen science projects foster collaboration between scientists and interested members of the public.” (NASA)
“On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced schools and libraries can now begin to file applications for the $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund, the agency’s latest effort to connect Americans.” (FCC)
“Hay muchos motivos para ser precavidos y no confiar tanto en los algoritmos como árbitros finales de las decisiones, ya que, en el mejor de los casos, solo proporcionan perspectivas útiles. Cualquier reclamo de justicia de los algoritmos debe calificarse por el hecho de que el proceso de toma de decisiones algorítmica tiene dos elementos clave: i) programadores humanos que toman decisiones críticas para enmarcar el problema y la validez del resultado, y ii) datos que pueden representar sesgos históricos, tergiversar grupos o no representarlos en absoluto.” (UNESCO)
“Beata Beatrix is one of many portraits of beautiful women painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the last two decades of his life. During this time, Rossetti created many pictures of his favorite models luxuriously dressed in Renaissance-looking costumes and jewelry, often without the story or content associated with his earlier paintings, such as Ecce Ancilla Domini.” (R. J. Easby)
