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Academic Minute: Night Owls and Morning People
In today’s Academic Minute, Andrew Lim of the University of Toronto explains the genetics behind the human sleep cycle. Learn...
Carnegie Mellon Taps NSF Director as New President
Subra Suresh, director of the National Science Foundation and a former engineering dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is...
Obama Calls for Delaying Sequester
Mandatory cuts to domestic and defense spending are scheduled to take place March 1, but President Obama called on Congress...
Canadian Student Group Tries to Block Greek Groups
A group of female students at Memorial University want to organize a sorority there, and a group of male students...
German Education Minister Stripped of Doctorate
A panel at Heinrich Heine University has decided to strip Germany's education minister, Annette Schavan, of her doctorate because the...
Sudden Resignation at Hastings College
Dennis Trotter resigned as president of Hastings College Monday over what board leaders called "philosophical differences," The Grand Island Independent...
Common Application's New Essay Prompts
The Common Application has released its new essay prompts -- which have been the subject of some concern because of...
Academic Minute: Who Controls the Internet?
In today’s Academic Minute, Robert Heverly of Albany Law School explores the legal implications surrounding differing definitions of the Internet...