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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...
Yale Increases Its Voluntary Payments to New Haven
Yale University will voluntarily pay $135 million to the city of New Haven, Conn., over the next six years, per...
U of Tennessee in Apparent Flip-Flop on Masks
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville will continue its mask mandate—despite a lifting of the mandate by the system, The...
A College Scholarship Awarded to High School Juniors
The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans awards $25,000 and $10,000 in college scholarships each year, for a total of...
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.
Oversight of Higher Ed COVID-19 Funds
Colleges and universities have spent over half of the funds designated by Congress to provide COVID-19 relief, according to Under Secretary James Kvaal.
Wake Forest Makes Tailgates More Inclusive
The university adds music, seating, food trucks and tent rentals to pre–football game tailgates, hoping to draw students who have never felt welcome at the fraternity-dominated events.