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Mumps at Berkeley
The University of California at Berkeley has reported several cases of mumps among students. Outbreaks of mumps have been relatively...
Swedish Poet Wins Nobel in Literature
Tomas Tranströmer, a Swedish poet, was this morning named winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was honored...
Brown Program Seeks to Broaden Graduate Education
Brown University on Wednesday announced a new program in which doctoral students will receive an extra year of support to...
Academic Minute: Too Many Lawyers?
In today's Academic Minute, Stephen Magee of the University of Texas at Austin discusses his effortsto calculate the optimum number...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced this morning. This item will be updated as soon as the...
Youngstown Profs Approve Contract With Concessions
In a close vote, faculty members at Youngstown State University have approved a new contract that contains a number of...
U. of California Reaches Tentative Pact With Lecturers, Librarians
The University of California on Tuesday announced tentative deals with two of its academic unions -- for lecturers and librarians...
Israeli Scientist Wins Nobel in Chemistry
Daniel Shechtman was this morning named winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work discovering quasicrystals --...