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‘A Hero and a Role Model’
A professor of advanced manufacturing volunteered seven days a week to produce face shields for health-care workers. He died Tuesday of complications with COVID-19.
MIT Professor Arrested on Charges of Grant Fraud
An engineering professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was arrested Thursday on charges of failing to disclose contracts, appointments and...
Professor Fired for Classroom Conduct Following Racist Posts
The University of Central Florida plans to fire Charles Negy, an associate professor of psychology, not for his past social...
Wheaton College Faculty, Staff Condemn Capitol Attack
Hundreds of faculty and staff at Wheaton College, a Christian college in Illinois, signed a statement condemning the Jan. 6...
Academic Minute: Microplastics
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Bentley University Week, Betsy Stoner, assistant professor of natural and applied sciences, details...
Multinational Corporations and Women’s Economic Empowerment
When big corporations try to do good, some question their motives. In today's Academic Minute, part of Bentley University Week...
Great Recession Graduates: Where Are They Now?
One in five of those receiving bachelor's degrees in 2007-08 had negative net worth in 2018, and 14 percent couldn't pay essential expenses.
Out-of-Classroom Comments, Classroom Trouble
At Texas A&M, complaints about professors' protected speech turned into investigations into their classroom conduct, with career-altering results.