TUCSON, Arizona, June 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Some 800 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific to settle one of the world's most isolated places - a small, previously uninhabited island they named Rapa Nui. There, they erected hundreds of "moai," or gigantic stone statues that now famously stand as emblems of a vanished civilization. Eventually, their numbers ballooned to unsustainable levels; they  more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 26 -- The University of Alaska issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: University of Alaska (UA) President Pat Pitney today announced a cohort of leaders called "President's Arctic Professors," as a part of the university's new Arctic Leadership Initiative. The initiative, one of the Board of Regents' strategic priorities, is designed to position Alaskans as world leaders in the Arctic, give students and early career professionals the foundation and network n  more