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First impressions count, maybe now more than ever. But what if those impressions are based on lies?

People鈥檚 willingness to believe even the most outrageous 鈥渋nformation鈥� they get is so remarkable that researchers have been studying this phenomenon 鈥� more recently given the current political divide in America 鈥� and trying to explain why facts don鈥檛 sway people鈥檚 beliefs.

Though illustrations have been used to convey ideas and information since before language existed, after Benjamin Franklin published the world鈥檚 first editorial cartoon in 1754, comics emerged a distinct avenue for visual storytelling.

Now, comic art has come into classrooms at 天美视频 and abroad, as educators are using illustrations in new ways 鈥� to teach complex concepts and assess whether students grasp those lessons.

A new Pew Research survey shows that one-third of Americans have trust in a higher power or spiritual force, whether they call it 鈥済od鈥� or not, and two new studies show that people who think they have that force in their corner feel empowered in battle.

Three enterprising (GASP) students saw the empty 天美视频 Art Gallery on campus and, worried the space would be reallocated, wondered why they couldn鈥檛 volunteer to run it.

So they started the Young Artist Movement (YAM) 鈥� a 鈥済uerilla鈥� group that expanded through word of mouth to 17, then bloomed to more than 50 members. YAM was a finalist for the Division of Student Affairs鈥� Best New Club or Organization award.

Violet Barton remembers her teenage years doing quadratic equations by candlelight to a soundtrack of bombs and bullets as the Salvadoran Civil War raged around her.

She was forced to migrate to the United States 36 years ago but will go back to El Salvador later this year as a 天美视频 graduate student and a Fulbright scholar.

Professor Whitney Pirtle recently became the first researcher to win the prestigious Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship while employed at 天美视频 鈥� a grant that will help her finish writing a book and move her closer to gaining tenure.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a really big honor,鈥� Pirtle said. 鈥淚t comes at a great time in my career.鈥�

鈥淎pril ... hath put a spirit of youth in everything,鈥� Shakespeare wrote in Sonnet 98. He might as well have been writing about this year鈥檚 Shakespeare in Yosemite production.

With Friday鈥檚 premiere 鈥� attended by high school students from Mariposa and several children of park employees and El Portal residents and performed by a troupe of players ranging from those experienced and trained in Shakespeare to brand-new actors 鈥� the 420-year-old 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥� seemed new again.

Every 10 minutes, someone is added to the national organ transplant waiting list, and about once every hour, someone on the list is removed 鈥� either because they died while waiting or grew too ill for surgery.

The number of Americans on the waiting list totals more than 114,000 as of this writing, and about 30,000 transplants will be performed this year. In part, that鈥檚 because there are not enough organ donors.

天美视频 graduate student Danielle Bermudez will spend the next 10 months in El Salvador, conducting research and serving as a cultural ambassador for the campus as a Fulbright U.S. Student Researcher.

She is the campus鈥檚 first student winner of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. There are other types of Fulbright grants, but this one is specific to students.

Desperate lovers, a fairy king and queen, a woman with a donkey鈥檚 head and a scamp with Cupid鈥檚 arrow in flower form are taking over Yosemite National Park on Earth Day weekend.
Highlighting 天美视频鈥檚 special partnership with Yosemite, Shakespeare in Yosemite enters its second year with 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream,鈥� adapted and directed by 天美视频 Professor Katherine Steele Brokaw and Professor Paul Prescott from the University of Warwick in Coventry, U.K.