The BASIC source code was fundamental to the early era of home computing as the foundation of many of Commodore's computers.

There are 350 graduate programs for creative writing in the U.S., but the University of Iowa is the only program to host an international literary community with the help of the U.S. State Department.

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

The University of Iowa will discontinue the Iowa Youth Writing Project (IYWP) and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival at the end of 2025 due to funding changes. The Iowa Youth Writing Project serves K-12 ...

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and First Lady Anna Stein announced the launch of Unshame NC, a public campaign to reduce the stigma around substance use disorders.The ...

Joe Eszterhas, the legendary screenwriter of “Basic Instinct,” the 1992 thriller that defined femme serial killers in film and made an icon of Sharon Stone, has closed a $4 million deal to write a ...

A local student writing program is being honored. The Shaker Writing Center is being recognized as a New York State English Council 2025 Program of Excellence. Additionally, Siobhan Matrose is being ...

Health programming for members of the LGBTQ community was all but destroyed when Vanderbilt University Medical Center laid off more than 600 employees in June. Now-former employee Quinn Bacon is a ...

San Francisco’s popular traffic calming program, geared toward slowing vehicles and saving lives, has run into a major financial roadblock. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) ...

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