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Harvard Receives $350M Gift for Public Health
Harvard University is today announcing a $350 million gift to support its public health school. The gift is the largest...
Guns vs. (Higher Ed) Butter in Israel
Leaders of Israel's universities are asking the government not to move ahead with across-the-board 2 percent cuts to their budgets...
Trustee Sorry for Saying Faculty Who Write Anonymously 'Can Go to Hell'
Garth Lovvorn, a trustee of Alabama's Athens State University, has apologized for saying that faculty members who send anonymous letters...
Hazing Death Leads Northridge to Shut Down Fraternity
California State University at Northridge has shut down the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity after completing a report on a student's...
American Studies Group Weighs in on Ferguson
The Executive Committee of the American Studies Association has issued a statement calling for a "full, transparent and timely" inquiry...
Coursera Instructor Finds Huge Security Problems
Jonathan Mayer, a lawyer and computer scientist at Stanford University, was getting ready to teach his first Coursera course last...
Classics Group Changes Name
The American Philological Association, founded in 1869 and the primary disciplinary association for classics scholars, on Friday announced a new...
American U. Professor, Facing Charges, Placed on Leave
American University has placed on leave a professor charged with breaking into stores beneath his apartment and setting fires, The...