After researching and writing for years during my undergrad, I am starting to take a shot at blogging.
The Architecture of Fantasy Worlds: Designing Immersive Environments in Video Games
Video games have drawn inspiration from real-life architectural principles since the advent of joysticks and open worlds. Even classic titles like the 1986 Legend of Zelda utilized ideas like scale, light, and balance to create 2D villages and forests that felt immersive and engaging. However, unlike real-world architects, video game designers get to bend the rules of reality.
Leveraging Analytics to Personalize Employee Development
Data analytics is an increasingly prevalent part of the business landscape. It’s used to predict market changes, develop risk profiles, and even influence investments. But do data analytics have a place in employee learning and development?
How to Optimize Your Sleep While Living in a Dorm
Dorm life isn't always conducive to rest. With academic stress and loud roommates, you may be in for a long semester. Improve your sleep with this advice!
How To Turn Speaking Engagements Into an Online Following
As a public speaker, you know the value of engaging an audience. The more listeners you have, the better. Your message has the potential to spread to a higher number of people and inspire them to take action or educate them on something new.
Rosie the Riveter and The Role of Women in World War II
World War II was a time of great conflict and sacrifice for many people, including women. From joining the workforce to serving in the Red Cross, women showed they could step up and support the country in many crucial ways.
Filtering Out Wildfire Smoke: How to Sustainably Manage Indoor Air Quality in a Climate Crisis
Each year, the climate crisis is having an increasingly significant impact on both the planet and people’s daily lives. Mainly, this impact manifests through a variety of environmental occurrences such as hurricanes, rising sea levels and temperatures, and wildfires. Warmer weather combined with drier conditions creates an environment in which fires can easily catch and rapidly spread. It’s not just the fire itself that can put lives and property in peril. Wildfire smoke is also a problem.
The Art of Sustainable Set Building
Whatever you dream up has to become reality. It has to translate on screen for your film to reach its highest potential. Often, this takes a lot of time, resources, and energy. You also have a responsibility to make your film sustainably. Independent filmmakers and Hollywood are working to combat climate change.
With Future Mars Missions on the Horizon, Participants in NASA’s CHAPEA Simulation Face Real World Challenges
Over the last decade, advancements driven by the new 21st-century space race have brought the reality of humans finally setting foot on Mars closer than ever before. The success of missions that include NASA’s Curiosity (2012) and Perseverance (2020) rovers have ignited the public imagination about the exploration of the Red Planet, and NASA has outlined how missions to Mars may also help us understand Earth’s climate, in addition to any discoveries that could await us there.
10 Type-A Tips to Plan the Perfect College Tour Road Trip
How often have you made plans and one obstacle derails everything? That won't happen on your college visits if you follow these precise planning tips.
Disposing of Green Energy Tech in the Circular Economy
Green energy technologies like solar panels, electric vehicles (EVs), and wind turbines have become increasingly popular over the past several years as the fight against climate change continues. These renewable energy technologies are often touted as providing clean power that has little to no impact on the environment. However, most companies that create these technologies have paid little attention to what happens when they reach the end of their life cycle.
North Dakota plans to sue Minnesota over its clean energy goals. What comes next?
Contributed by Amanda Winstead
Minnesota has been at the forefront of the clean energy movement, setting lofty goals and working to realize them against all odds.
Lean and green: Three ways to make your supply chain more sustainable
Industrial manufacturing gets a bad rap for contributing negatively to the environment. After all, industrial activities account for 23% of greenhouse gas emissions — not including the electricity and transportation required in supply chain activities. The pressure of corporate responsibility can be daunting in an industry such as construction manufacturing. However, it’s within reach to make your supply chain more sustainable than ever.
How COVID Has Changed the Way Businesses Ensure Security
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the business world. And in many ways, the pandemic has forced businesses to take their security to new heights, with there being an immediate need to make sure remote work could be done securely. Here, we outline why security is so important right now and how you can make your business more secure.
Why Hiring With Diversity in Mind Is Essential For Tech Companies
Big tech companies used to be renowned for their employee-centric approach to business. Googlers enjoyed benefits like access to free fitness centers and Apple gave all their employees free, confidential counseling to improve their mental health.
However, at other tech firms like Twitter, DEI efforts have been waylaid during job cuts.
This is a major issue, as hiring with diversity in mind should be a priority for tech companies.
Examining the rise of the Tiny Home movement
Tiny homes have seen an impressive increase in popularity over the last few years, largely due to a growing interest in minimalism and sustainability. Tiny homes are easy to maintain, cost-effective, and allow people to live in more rural areas without having to worry about building or buying a cabin or farmhouse.
But, there are some drawbacks to the tiny home movement. In many areas of the U.S., for example, tiny homes are illegal to own or reside in full-time. In other areas, they’re subjec...