process. at the university level, so for instance, the solidarity for palestinian human rights at mcgill university has a resolution that that their students are voting on right now, an anti-genocide and palestine resolution, and the the israel supporters on campus don't even, they won't even engage in the referendum, all they're doing is calling on the university administration to just ban the referendum and the university administration to put uh pressure on the student union that if they uh accept this this this referendum that they will you know lose their funding so they know that they know that among 20-year-olds uh they just can't they can't win the you know any kind of like voting uh process and i think that's somewhat we're seeing reflected on on the social media platforms that are particularly uh used by by younger people is that they they um they don't they they don't like seeing uh palestinian babies being killed by israel and ghaza and they don't have this bad baggage of of uh, i don't, we call it the legacy of the nazi holocaust, they they they are more multi-racial, they're not as in

the annual award administered by mcgill university in montreal, recognizes the best in history writing and comes with a $75,000 prize. this year. the finalists are tonya brannigan for red memory living. remember and forgetting china's cultural revolution. james morton turner for charged a history of batteries and lessons for a clean energy future. and kate cooper for queens of a fallen world. the lost women of augusta confessions and finally, penguin random house revealed that the next book from bestselling author erik larson will be released in april of next year. the book is titled the demon of unrest. it will focus on the election of abraham lincoln in 1860. the. april 1861 bombardment of fort sumter and the outbreak of the civil war. quote, drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers and plantation records, larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led america to the brink. that's according to penguin. now, erik larson has written eight books, six of which have become new york times bestsellers. his devil in the white city was a finalist for t

process at the university level, so for instance, the solidarity for palestinian human rights at mcgill university has a resolution that that their students are voting on right now, an anti-genocide and palestine resolution, and the the israel supporters on campus don't even, they won't even engage in the referendum, all they doing is calling on the university administration. to just ban the referendum and the university administration to put uh pressure on the student union that if they uh accept this this this referendum that they will you know lose their funding so they know that they know that among 20-year olds uh they just can't they can't win the you know any kind of like voting uh process and i think that's somewhat what we're seeing reflected on on the social media platforms that are particularly uh used by by younger people is that they they um they don't they they don't like seeing uh palestinian babies being killed by israel and gaza and they don't have this baggage of of uh i don't know we call it the legacy of the nazi holocaust uh they they they are more multiracial they're not as i

last year, a report from mcgill university and the international disability alliance found governmentsored people with disabilities in their climate mitigation and adaptation work. it said less than a third of countries who signed the landmark 2015 paris climate agreement even mentioned people with disabilities in their long-term plans. >> it would be really awesome if people would start to see a little bit of the struggle. judy: for her part, lynne bitzinger has considered leaving florida and its devastating storms behind. >> i've thought of moving, but where am i going to move to? judy: she says she can't help but wonder, is there anywhere she'd be truly safe from the effects of climate change? for the pbs newshour, i'm judy woodruff in fort myers, florida. geoff: and there is more coverage online, including a story about the struggles to keep child care facilities open now that pandemic funding is dwindling. that's at pbs.org/newshour. amna: and join us again here tomorrow night, where we will have a look at the little known story of the nation's first two black generals. that's the

scientists from canadian mcgill university.vely small, 5 and 10% respectively. but if we are talking about the population of entire regions, the number of human lives is no longer small. new to many modern mechanisms from thermal power plants to nuclear power plants, the steam turbine may become a thing of the past as unnecessary. engineers from the massachusetts institute of technology believe that the same job of converting heat into electricity can be done much more simply and efficiently by so -called thermophotovoltaic converters. these are small devices, a new generation, of which there were just created by scientists from the usa, capable of emitting photons under action. thermal energy, the new product has no moving parts, is easy to maintain, can operate at extremely high temperatures, is highly efficient, but so far exists only in the form of a small prototype, the tenth international festival of russian names continues to open its doors to young people. the philosophy of the event itself, the casting in general, the

. >> so if you want to know why scott bach, the board of trustee e of the university of pennsylvania, liz mcgillsylvania, weren't immediately condemning the students that were cheering beheading of babies at the university of pennsylvania, remember hose the protests? neil: sure, sure. >> they were pro-hamas protests, congress would say check the funding source, and middle eastern money is flowing to the university of pennsylvania. and testing having an impact. -- and it's having an impact. listen, i'm not saying it's a direct ima pact, but, you know, you never bite the hand that feeds you. neil: yeah, be careful of that, sure. >> i think we have congress wanting to get better input. thousand, they're supposed to disclose everything above $250,000 of donations, but somehow they don't do it or they're late to it or they play around with the numbers. neil: yeah. >> so look for congress to step up to the plate to the try to get some of this, because i think this is maybe one of the keys to figuring out why it's okay on a college campus to say kill the jew is -- neil: and worse, by the way. and worse