NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

To All The Boys I've Loved Before: how Hollywood woke up to the Asian-American experience

theconversation.com: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (TATBILB) has been hailed as the first mainstream teen romance to feature an Asian-American lead. The Netflix comedy revolves around Lara Jean Song-Covey, a Korean-American teenager whose life is turned upside down when her secret love letters are mysteriously posted to their subjects.

Posted by David at 9/14/2018 12:23:00 PM

Five Structures for Helping Students Learn Project Management

John Spencer: If we want students to think like artists, entrepreneurs, and engineers, they need the chance to design real projects. But this also requires students to learn how to engage in project management.

Posted by David at 9/14/2018 12:31:00 PM

A Look at the Newest Blue Pigment—and How a Color Becomes a Commodity

Artsy: If you google “Quantum Blue,” the top results, as of this writing, will all pertain to a 341-foot-long megayacht of that name owned by Russian billionaire Sergey Galitskiy. But that may soon change. In late August, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in northern California, working with artist Olga Alexopoulou and color researcher Maria Chatzidakis, made strides towards developing a new, high-tech pigment dubbed “Quantum Blue.”

Posted by David at 9/13/2018 11:49:00 AM

CMU's Tepper Quad opens as a hub for collaboration, study and socializing

www.nextpittsburgh.com: It’s been nearly three years since ground was broken for Tepper Quad. Today, the sprawling 315,000-square-foot building officially opened at Carnegie Mellon University.

Posted by David at 9/14/2018 12:20:00 PM

Hurricane Florence Leads to Theater Closures, TV Postponements

Variety: Major movie theater chains, including AMC, Regal, and Cinemark, began closures in the Carolinas as Hurricane Florence started battering the North Carolina coast with hurricane-force winds on Thursday, leaving thousands without power.

It’s expected to turn toward South Carolina and make landfall on Friday afternoon.

Posted by David at 9/14/2018 12:27:00 PM