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2012 Ig Nobel Prizes: Green Hair and Spilled Coffee
The Ig Nobel Prizes, an annual spoof of the real Nobels, for 2012 were awarded Thursday night. Among the research...
U. of Vermont Clerical Workers Vote to Unionize
Clerical workers at the University of Vermont have voted, 339 to 278, to unionize, The Burlington Free Press reported. The...
Duquesne Adjuncts Vote to Unionize
Adjuncts at Duquesne University’s McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts have voted 50 to 9 to form a...
Quebec's New Government Kills Tuition Increases
The Parti Québécois government that assumed power in Quebec on Thursday promptly killed the tuition increases that sparked months of...
STEM Jobs Act Fails in House
A Republican-backed bill to increase the number of visas for foreign graduates of U.S. universities with advanced degrees in science...
Academic Minute: Number Sense and Age
In today’s Academic Minute, Justin Halberda of Johns Hopkins University examines how our ability to work with numbers changes over...
Prayer and College Football
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has announced that it will continue to have clergy members offer a prayer before...
No Criminal Charges in Pepper Spray Incident at Davis
The district attorney's office in Yolo County, California announced Wednesday that no criminal charges will be filed against the police...