Ask someone what a drone is used for and you’re likely to receive any number of responses. A photographer might tell you they’re great for shooting aerial footage, while a farmer might share how they use agricultural drones for targeted pesticide spraying. Someone might even mention hearing about a fleet of experimental delivery drones. You’re…
The term autism was coined by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1911 to describe severe cases of schizophrenia. According to Bleuler, autistic thinking was driven by a rejection of reality, substituting the outside world with a hallucinatory fantasy. As new methods for studying developing children were explored, the idea that autistic thinking is characterized by…
What does the year ahead hold for marketing? For starters, some changes spurred by the pandemic and others born from technological and/or sociological evolution. Let’s look at a few anticipated marketing trends for 2022 now: Tossing the Cookies Cookies have always left a bad taste in the mouths of some internet users who didn’t appreciate…
For writers, narratives are often a synthesis of their real-life experiences and observations. While many writers have had struggles, be their personal tragedies, health issues, lack of acceptance, or economic disadvantages, African American writers have had a much steeper slope to climb. Slavery, racism, discrimination, segregation, and other forms of injustice have often created barriers…
Spanish culture—enthralling bullfights, trancelike flamenco dancing, and picaresque novels—is heavily influenced by history. Similarly, Latin American culture—relatable telenovelas, percussion-based salsa music, and spirited football (soccer) games—would not be what it is today were it not for the triumphs celebrated and hardships endured by past generations. To truly appreciate these cultures, we need to look at…
Television shows, films, and other sources of popular culture have all helped perpetuate widely held notions about the U.S. criminal justice system. Some of these notions may be true, but many are either patently false or do not reflect the “whole truth.” Let’s shine some light on five of the most common misconceptions about criminal…
“Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.” – Aristotle Plato excelled in it, as did Socrates and Aristotle. And as lofty as it may seem, you too can count yourself as a “rhetor”—one who has…
When the internet was first developed, it was nothing like it is today. With limited speed and bandwidth, the early internet was used exclusively by a few government agencies and, later, universities. In the 1990s the internet became a premium consumer service not unlike cable television. Internet access and the required devices—at first computers, then…
For decades, nurses have used telehealth to deliver high-quality care to patients, especially those in rural areas. Still, in-person care has remained the norm—that is, until the emergence of COVID-19. Seemingly overnight, telehealth has become the primary way for healthcare professionals to see their patients. Upon the release of COVID vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and…
Most people know what a university degree is, but what exactly is a certificate? Since this term can refer to a number of things, we think it’s important to explain what a certificate is in the context of a university education. We’ll discuss this below and then review some of The University of Texas Permian…