Ted was born March 2, 1904 to the son of German immigrants. He had a love for all art forms such as sculpting, oil painting and illustration. During high school, he worked as an editor for his school’s newspaper, the Central Recorder. Ted frequently wrote “articles, verse, humorous squibs, and occasional cartoons.” When the time…

Last week (2/24 – 2/28) saw one of the largest stock market point drops in history as over $6 trillion in investments were wiped out amid fears of the Coronavirus. This drop has put the US market into correction territory as stocks are down over 10% from their all-time high. Time will tell if this…

Antarctica What do you know about it? Aside from knowing that it is frozen and cold (recent and horrifying news aside). You might not know that it’s actually a fairly popular tourist attraction. Or that there are several countries with territorial claims on the world’s seventh continent. Or that although no one can really claim…

On Monday the Milky Way galaxy lost one of its brightest stars in Katherine Johnson. She passed away at the age of 101. Johnson is most known for her pioneering work at NASA as the trailblazing mathematician played by Taraji P. Henson in the blockbuster film “Hidden Figures.” Her career at NASA spanned more than…

Michelle Obama is known for encouraging young people to vote since 2008. She has spoken on multiple occasions about the importance of voting, but she frequently uses social to increase awareness. One of her most recent social media posts started a hashtag trend. She used Twitter and Instagram to promote #PromChallenge, a campaign to persuade…

Last night, six Democrats took the stage to debate one another in Las Vegas. Five of the candidates were familiar sites to recent debate watchers. But there was a newcomer among them. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg got into the race in November and has spent more than $300 million dollars since announcing.…

Yes, you read the title of this post correctly. For a platform often associated with spreading divisive rhetoric (like, over a reclining seat on an airplane) and disinformation (for example, about the coronavirus), on Monday Twitter showed its softer side with #RandomActsOfKindnessDay. As of noon, more than 29,000 people have tweeted using the hashtag reminding…

Social Studio is a powerful tool for investigating big topics with lots of tweets, forum posts, website articles, etc. But it can also be helpful for looking at what this researcher calls “niche issues” in social media. One such topic might be aging for LGBT people. According to the US Census Bureau, people 65 years…