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Academic Minute: Pope Joan?
In today’s Academic Minute, Craig Rustici of Hofstra University examines the myth of Pope Joan and explains how efforts to...
$265 Million Pledge to Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University is today announcing a pledge by William S. Dietrich II, a trustee, of a $265 million gift...
Med Schools Faulted for Not Teaching Gay Health Issues
The average medical student spends just five hours in medical school focused on health-care needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
Donations Linked to Contracts at Northwest Missouri
A state auditor has found that Northwest Missouri State University has violated state law by extending some contracts for food...
Southern U. Board Fails in Bid to Declare Exigency
The board of Southern University on Tuesday deadlocked and failed to adopt a resolution allowing the Baton Rouge campus to...
New Debate on Confederate Statue at Chapel Hill
Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are trying to promote discussion of a statue of a...
Battle for German Brains
Amid tight academic job market in the U.S., Germany pushes Ph.D. students to get postdocs in America -- then to come home and promote change.
Med Students' Own Mental Health Care
A study published Tuesday paints a grim picture of America’s increasingly stressed medical students, in what researchers say they hope...