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Nobel in Chemistry
The 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly this morning to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki...
Anger Over Klan Cartoon at Eastern Michigan
Editors of The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper at Eastern Michigan University, are apologizing for and explaining a cartoon that...
Virginia Attorney General Tries Again
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has sent the University of Virginia another demand for documents about the research of Michael...
Nobel in Physics Goes to U. of Manchester Researchers
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, both of the University of Manchester, in Britain, were named Tuesday morning as winners of...
U. of Johannesburg Seeks to Limit Ties to Israeli University
The Faculty Senate at the University of Johannesburg last week voted to suspend joint research and education programs with Ben-Gurion...
Harvard and Brown Announce Gifts for Humanities Scholarship
Both Harvard and Brown Universities have announced gifts for humanities research that, while not enormous in terms of the largest...
Gay Students End Sit-In at U. of Rhode Island
Gay students at the University of Rhode Island have ended an eight-day library sit-in following an agreement with the university...
Documenting the Need for Minority Students in Science
A new report from the National Academies outlines the reasons why efforts to improve the science and technology work force...