Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

The original Academy

Before Akademia was a school, and even before Cimon enclosed its precincts with a wall, it contained a sacred grove of olive trees dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, outside the city walls of ancient Athens. The archaic name for the site was Hekademia, which by classical times evolved into Akademia and was explained, at least as early as the beginning of the 6th century BC, by linking it to an Athenian hero, a legendary "Akademos". The site of Akademia was sacred to Athena and other immortals.

Plato's immediate successors as "scholarch" of Akademia were Speusippus (347–339 BC), Xenocrates (339–314 BC), Polemon (314–269 BC), Crates (ca. 269–266 BC), and Arcesilaus (ca. 266–240 BC). Later scholarchs include Lacydes of Cyrene, Carneades, Clitomachus, and Philo of Larissa ("the last undisputed head of the Academy"). Other notable members of Akademia include Aristotle, Heraclides Ponticus, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Philip of Opus, Crantor, and Antiochus of Ascalon.

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High school girls volleyball: Mount Academy’s Sandy Mancuso-Lopez named to state hall of fame

Daily Freeman 25 Jan 2025
Mount Academy girls volleyball coach Sandy Mancuso-Lopez has ... Mancuso-Lopez compiled a 380-104 mark in two stints at Kingston High, making her the winningest girls volleyball coach in Tigershistory before starting the girls volleyball program at Mount Academy in 2018....
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32 Movies Actresses Did Immediately After Winning An Oscar (And How They Went)

Cinema Blend 25 Jan 2025
Meryl Streep's history with the Academy Awards is long and legendary ... Along with kicking major butt, Michelle Yeoh made history with her starring role as Evelyn Quan Wang in the 2022 action-dramedy Everything Everywhere All at Once, for she became the first Asian performer to win the Academy Award for Best Actress....
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'Emilia P�rez' tops Oscar nominations with 13, 'Wicked' and 'The Brutalist' land 10 apiece

Chatanooga Times Free Press 25 Jan 2025
Only three films — "All About Eve," "Titanic" and "La La Land" — have scored more nominations in Academy Awards history ... 7 began burning through the Pacific Palisades, Altadena and other areas around Los Angeles, leaving behind historic levels of destruction, the academy extended its voting window and twice postponed the nominations announcement....
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Charli XCX and Raye to perform at Grammy Awards

RTE 25 Jan 2025
Last year’s Brit Awards ceremony saw R&B singer Raye, full name Rachel Keen, make history when she took home six gongs - the most awarded to an artist in a single year. The Recording Academy has also announced that chart-topping pop stars Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish and Chappell Roan are billed to perform ... Source. Press Association....
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43 unbelievable Oscars records, from the youngest winner to the man with 59 nominations

Business Insider 24 Jan 2025
She's the only woman in Oscar history to have been nominated in the category twice.Jane Campion, winner of the directing award for "The Power of the Dog," posed in the press room at the 94th Academy Awards ... With four nominations, Viola Davis is the most Oscar-nominated Black actress in history.Viola Davis with her Academy Award....
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Wicked's Cynthia Erivo Is One Of 3 Actors Who Could Make LGBTQ+ History With Oscar Wins, And Her Reaction To The Nod Is Especially Emotional

Cinema Blend 24 Jan 2025
While there is certainly controversy around Emilia Pérez and how it depicted both its trans lead and predominantly Latina cast, the movie itself made history by earning the most nominations of any other being recognized by The Academy at this year’s Oscars....
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Takeaways from the 97th Academy Awards nominations

The Citizens' Voice 24 Jan 2025
“The Substance” is just the seventh horror film in Academy Awards history to be nominated for the night’s top honor, joining “The Exorcist,” “Jaws,” “The Silence of the Lambs,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Black Swan” and “Get Out.” Of those films, “The Silence of the Lambs” remains the ......
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British music stars Charli XCX and Raye to perform at Grammy Awards

AOL 24 Jan 2025
Last year’s Brit Awards ceremony saw R&B singer Raye, full name Rachel Keen, make history when she took home six gongs – the most awarded to an artist in a single year. The Recording Academy has also announced that chart-topping pop stars Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish and Chappell Roan are billed to perform....
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Karla Sofia Gascon of 'Emilia Perez' rebuts Donald Trump's anti-trans remark

The Times of India 24 Jan 2025
Be careful with giving power to the intolerant, because it will end the little tolerance we have,' she said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Meanwhile, for this year's Oscars, 'Emilia Perez' garnered an impressive 13 nominations, making it the most nominated non-English language film in the history of the Academy Awards....
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Franklin Regional High School graduate joins Pittsburgh Riveters

WPXI 24 Jan 2025
PITTSBURGH — A Franklin Regional High School graduate is coming home to play for Pittsburgh’s newest team ... She has a history with the Riverhounds, playing for their Development Academy on their Elite Clubs National League, the organization said ... “Sydney is a player that we know well and have worked with for years in the Academy ... Watch WPXI NOW....
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Karla Sofia Gascon of Emilia Perez lashes out at Donald Trump for his anti-trans stand: ...

Hindustan Times 24 Jan 2025
Karla Sofia Gascon, the Spanish-born star of Emilia Perez, has made history with her nomination for Best Actress at the 2025 Academy Awards, becoming the first openly transgender performer to receive such an honour ... non-English language film in the history of the Academy Awards....
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B.C. chief wants Oscar-nominated residential school film to be part of curriculum

North Shore News 24 Jan 2025
Interior, and Toronto journalist Emily Kassie, received an Academy Award nomination this week for best documentary feature ... Sellars, who has seen the documentary, said it puts the issue of Canada's residential school history and experience on the world stage ... "We continue to investigate the history and legacy of that school....

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