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Elsevier Launches Encyclopedic Tool
Publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of ScienceDirect Topics, an information platform that has been compared to Wikipedia. The tool...
Faculty Departures Quadruple at U of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming has lost four times as many faculty members in the past year than it has in...
MIT, Caltech Professors Share Nobel in Physics
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded this morning to three researchers "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector...
Evergreen State Punishes About 80 Students
Evergreen State College has punished about 80 students for their roles in spring protests that attracted national attention, The Olympian...
Why Climate Change Is a Hard Sell in the U.S.
Climate change is no easy sell to many Americans. In today's Academic Minute, part of Climate Change Week, Firmin DeBrabander...
Nyet to Russian
Hopkins eliminates major. Faculty members say Russia’s growing role in the world makes this a terrible time to do so.
‘Death’ for Louisville Basketball?
Former NCAA investigators and other experts aren’t sure whether the association might shut down the men’s basketball program, currently caught up in a federal probe, which could “destroy” it.
College With Liberal Reputation Wants to Recruit Conservative Students
A new president worries about data showing relatively small share of students report talking regularly with those who hold different political views.