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Harvard Receives $350M Gift for Public Health
Harvard University is today announcing a $350 million gift to support its public health school. The gift is the largest...
Academic Minute: 'Precrastination'
In today's Academic Minute, David Rosenbaum, a psychologist at Pennsylvania State University, discusses "precrastination," a term he coined to describe...
American U. Professor, Facing Charges, Placed on Leave
American University has placed on leave a professor charged with breaking into stores beneath his apartment and setting fires, The...
Classics Group Changes Name
The American Philological Association, founded in 1869 and the primary disciplinary association for classics scholars, on Friday announced a new...
Coursera Instructor Finds Huge Security Problems
Jonathan Mayer, a lawyer and computer scientist at Stanford University, was getting ready to teach his first Coursera course last...
American Studies Group Weighs in on Ferguson
The Executive Committee of the American Studies Association has issued a statement calling for a "full, transparent and timely" inquiry...
Hazing Death Leads Northridge to Shut Down Fraternity
California State University at Northridge has shut down the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity after completing a report on a student's...
Trustee Sorry for Saying Faculty Who Write Anonymously 'Can Go to Hell'
Garth Lovvorn, a trustee of Alabama's Athens State University, has apologized for saying that faculty members who send anonymous letters...