Word of the Day: bode
bode ˈbōd verb: indicate by signs_________The word bode has appeared in 84 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on July 26 in the Opinion essay “This ‘Shazam’ for Birds Could Help Save Them” by Margaret Renkl:Naturally, I had to try out the new technology. I am far from an expert birder,…
Word of the Day: deft
deft ˈdeft adjective: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands_________The word deft has appeared in 138 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Aug. 3 in “A Cat on the Field. A Mantis on a Hat. Monday Baseball Had It All.” by Daniel Victor:An animal unexpectedly gets loose on a…
It’s Just Hair
This essay, by Shivali Vora, age 17, from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Edison, N.J., is one of the Top 10 winners of The Learning Network’s Eighth Annual Student Editorial Contest, for which we received 11,202 entries. You can find the work of all the winners and runners-up here.It’s Just HairI’ve always been a…
6 highly-rated programming movies from the Codecademy community
After a long day of coding, sometimes you just want to kick back and relax — and what better way than with a movie? We reached out to our community in a forum post and asked our learners about their favorite coding-related films. Here's what they shared.WarGamesWarGames was the most highly recommended film among our…
What does a web developer do?
Web developers play a crucial role in our society. Responsible for developing and maintaining web pages, they're behind all of our favorite websites, from Wikipedia to YouTube.Today, practically every organization needs web developers to keep up with competitors. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, web developers have a rapidly expanding job market, expected…
Are C.E.O.s Paid Too Much?
What do you notice about this graph? What do you wonder?In “C.E.O. Pay Remains Stratospheric, Even at Companies Battered by Pandemic,” David Gelles writes that some of the same companies that laid off thousands of workers during the pandemic still paid their C.E.O.s handsomely:Boeing had a historically bad 2020. Its 737 Max was grounded for…
Word of the Day: wily
wily ˈwī-lē adjective: marked by skill in deception_________The word wily has appeared in 59 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 1 in “The Lockdown Gave My Parents a Honeymoon Do-Over” by Keema Waterfield:C.A. had never shared space with young people before us and had a cat’s distaste for any…
Value Added
A recent trip to the local supermarket had me picking up anarticle and reading VAT (Value Added Tax). Whilst I could not but dwell on thefact that it offered no value added to my life, I was wont to reflect onwhether I could be said to be adding value to the lives of others. Am…
AIU Academic Advisor to present at Engineering and Physical Sciences Research conference.
Congratulations to our Academic Advisor Dr. Mohammad Shahidul Islam for being selected as a presenter at this year’s digital staging of the International Conference on Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (ICEECE) digital meeting on Ecosystems, Environment and Sustainable Development in Stockholm, Sweden. The 2 day digital conference will take place on July 15-16, 2021. Dr.…
Word of the Day: wend
wend ˈwend verb: direct one’s course or way_________The word wend has appeared in 11 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Oct. 22 in “‘Ham on Rye’ Review: Coming of Age, With Existential Unease” by Glenn Kenny:With his first feature, the director and co-writer Tyler Taormina delivers something at first familiar…
