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Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Yale Peabody Museum celebrates 1 year since reopening
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — It was one year ago New Haven's Yale Peabody Museum opened its doors again after a massive four-year renovation. It was a complete overhaul of the 159-year-old museum. 'The museum's gallery space is about 50% larger than it was before,' Chris Norris, the Peabody's director of public programs, said. 'We have a whole new building.' Connecticut Families: New exhibit at Yale Peabody Museum shows the wonders of our brains Exhibits have been reimagined, the stories re-told. You can get right up close to hair from a wooly mammoth, or … something from a prehistoric giant sloth. 'So, these things that look a little like horse apples, that's basically giant ground sloth poop,' Norris said. Whatever the reason, people are flocking to the Peabody. In the year since reopening, a staggering number of visitors have roamed the halls. 'We've had 415,000 people through the museum,' Norris said. 'That's about three times more than a good year before we closed.' Revived Yale Peabody Museum attracts visitors with fascinating new pieces Some of the new things since the renovation are items you actually have to look for. In some of the displays, there are drawers you can pull out for a little extra information. One in particular is about how some scientists at Yale are using turtles as an inspiration for robots that can walk on land and swim in the ocean. Temporary exhibits like 'Mind Over Matter' showcase cutting edge research, but with a hands-on approach for kids. 'Wherever possible, we try to get people up close with our collections and with our exhibitions,' Norris said. Despite the increased attendance, museum officials said it never feels crowded, and it is never done changing and innovating. A new exhibit will open in December. 'I can't say very much about it, but I can say that it's a collaboration with a major national museum and it's on a subject that will resonate with a lot of residents of New Haven and Connecticut,' Norris said. The museum is always holding events, talks, and performances. For more information, go to: Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
YANI Collective brings students to ‘civic engagement'
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Three buses of eager students pulled up outside the Peoria County Election Commission as they learned about the voting process and civic engagement. The YANI Collective's 'Mind Over Matter 3: Every Single Student' was held at 10 a.m. on March 18 at the election commission and according to the collective, the event is a way to uplift and empower Peoria's youth. One senior who attended the event from Knoxville Center for Student Success, Tonnaya McAfee, said she is most excited to just see what the voting process is like. 'I want to know what [voting] is like, because everybody they should vote,' she said. 'I just want to get the experience, you know?' Deasyia Barney, a Knoxville junior, said they have learned a lot about the importance of voting in school. 'We really learn the importance of voting and how can it affect us. Some people they don't really care about voting because they think, 'Oh, it doesn't really affect me,' or 'Oh, I don't really care,' but in reality, it kind of does in a way,' she said. The event was their third Mind Over Matter event, which was aimed to help juniors and seniors learn the logistics of voting and empower them to 'exercise their civic rights.' In 2022, Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation which allowed students to miss two hours of school in order to vote on any Illinois election whether it is on election day or if they were to vote early. In all, 150 students showed up to learn about the voting process. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Connecticut Families: New exhibit at Yale Peabody Museum shows the wonders of our brains
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — An outing for all ages! A new exhibit at the Yale Peabody Museum explores the wonders of our brains. 'Mind Over Matter (Mind/Matter) is an exhibit to introduce visitors to how wonderful our brains are and the intricacies of our brains,' April Pruitt, assistant curator of the display at the Yale Peabody Museum, said. The exhibit includes visual tricks; visitors can look at an illusion mask of Albert Einstein. It also shows off visual differences. AllWorkCT provides guidance and support for employing those of all abilities 'Damsel flies, wasps, dragon flies all have different types of eyes than we do,' Pruitt explained. All of this teaches visitors about the brain, which we sometimes take for granted. 'The brain is this three-pound organ that encompasses all of who we are and we're still learning more about the brain every single day,' Pruitt said. This is the newest exhibit at the recently renovated museum, which has welcomed 350,000 visitors since it re-opened last April. The new look coincides with a new mission: to involve the public, making the museum experience relatable and accessible. 'In the memory section, there's a place where we ask people, 'What is your first memory and can you draw it? And, what age did this memory occur?'' Pruitt said. Learn the beginnings of neuroscience and end with a fascinating look at artificial intelligence (AI). 'AI can do certain things and human brains can do certain things,' Pruitt said. 'Sometimes they overlap, but a lot of times they're very different.' Human brains are good at integrating complicated information, while AI shines when completing specific tasks. 'I just don't want it to take over the whole entire world because we still need human brains. We don't always need to get answers and stuff from AI because we have our own brains we can use,' says 11-year-old Logan Pelosi of Berlin, who enjoyed seeing the exhibit. 'We did this section over here with a bunch of illusions you can do,' 11-year-old Lucca Pickman of Middletown added. The exhibit encourages thinking and discussion amongst folks of all ages. 'I want people to take away a sense of wonder about the brain,' Pruitt said. 'And we want visitors to go home and ask more questions about the brain.' Mind/Matter : The Neuroscience of Perception, Attention, and Memory will be on display at the Yale Peabody Museum through the end of 2025. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Hillsborough County mother teams up with nonprofit to feed students in need. Here's how you can help
The Brief The nonprofit Mind Over Matter recently launched its 'Food Packs for Kids' program,' accepting donations to feed students in need. 'Food Packs for Kids' provides meals and snacks for any students who need something to eat when they go home for the weekend. The organization currently serves eight schools and one shelter in Hillsborough County. TAMPA, Fla. - Like clockwork every Friday morning, Folsom Elementary School Counselor Gerard Anthony and Behavior Specialist Tonya Brinkley Wright accept donations of more than 100 "food packs," filled with meals and snacks for any students who need something to eat when they go home for the weekend. "The kids love it," Anthony told FOX 13. "They try to take extra because the food that we do get delivered is pretty good stuff." It's a weekly, welcome delivery from Hillsborough County-based nonprofit Mind Over Matter. The backstory The organization's 'Food Packs for Kids' program' launched just last year with the help of Executive Director of Programming Megan Mclemore. Before partnering with the organization, providing food bags to kids in need was something Mclemore did on her own time to give back. "I have three kids and I've been there; I've been where a lot of these parents are right now and didn't know how I was going to feed my kids," Mclemore recalled. "When I decided to volunteer, I was set. I was good. Life was good and I actually had an abundance. So, my thought has always been, how dare I not give it to people who don't have anything?" CLICK HERE:>>>Follow FOX 13 on YouTube But when helping Mind Over Matter launch the food pack program in August 2024, she couldn't even anticipate the need that was to come just weeks later, after back-to-back hurricanes ravaged the area. "The devastation was just incredible, and out of that, our numbers just skyrocketed," Mclemore stressed. "We went to all of our partner schools and asked them if they needed anything extra, and they were like, 'Yeah, we have so many kids right now that are homeless, you know, living in their cars." Now serving eight schools and one shelter in Hillsborough County, Megan hosts Mind Over Matter families and volunteers every Thursday night at a local church, to divvy up non-perishable food items into about 500 bags that go out every Friday morning – a big 'packing party,' as they like to call it. "I would say we have like four or five, just, you know, moms. But, then what's really cool is it's become a family thing. So not only do we have the moms, but we have the grandmas and the grandpas and we have the kids," Mclemore said. Working with Megan on a regular basis, Gerard and Tonya tell us even the students who receive the bags have enjoyed being a part of the efforts to serve more. "Not only do they receive food packs, but we actually have kids that help put together the food packs," Anthony added. "So they also get the understanding of giving back to someone as well." Megan tells FOX 13 that Mind Over Matter just received their first grant to get more food items for the bags, but aside from that, the operation is entirely donation, and volunteer-based. She stressed they can always use more snacks and breakfast items, or even volunteer drivers, because they never want to limit how many schools they can help in Hillsborough County. They avoid accepting donations with peanuts, though, due to allergies. They encourage folks to check out their Amazon storefront by clicking here. The Source FOX 13's Regina Gonzalez gathered information and interviews for this story. STAY CONNECTED WITH FOX 13 TAMPA: Download the FOX Local app for your smart TV Download FOX Local mobile app: Apple | Android Download the FOX 13 News app for breaking news alerts, latest headlines Download the SkyTower Radar app Sign up for FOX 13's daily newsletter Follow FOX 13 on YouTube
