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Academic Minute: Using AI to Detect COVID-19 Deterioration
Today on the Academic Minute: Farah Shamout, assistant professor and emerging scholar in computer engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, examines...
With $100M Gift, Pitt Plans Huge Bioresearch Facility
With a $100 million gift from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the University of Pittsburgh will establish a massive bioresearch...
Dangerous Ideas?
Old Dominion University removed a controversial scholar from campus, in part for safety reasons. Some say the scholar is really being punished for bringing taboo topics out into the open.
U of Tennessee in Apparent Flip-Flop Over Masks
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville will continue its mask mandate—despite a lifting of the mandate by the system, The...
From College to Career: Mentorship Model for Student Success
Mentors are key for the postcollegiate transition. In today's Academic Minute, Harvard University's Alexis Redding suggests the types of mentors...
Campuses Battle Severe Flu Outbreaks
The University of Michigan is among the many college campuses experiencing early outbreaks of influenza, with nearly 530 students diagnosed since the beginning of October.
Alleged Abuses of Power at Yale Law
Yale Law School’s tiger mother drama lives on. It might even have nine lives, depending on how far a new lawsuit alleging that Yale law ensnared two students in a vendetta against Amy Chua goes.
2U Completes Purchase of edX
The online learning platform absorbs the nonprofit started by Harvard and MIT to expand its reach. Philosophical concerns linger, but edX partners will benefit from new investment.