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Academic Minute: Economics and the Blood Supply
In today’s Academic Minute, Mario Macis of Johns Hopkins University examines how compensating blood donors could increase the blood supply...
Villanova Cancels Workshop by Gay Performance Artist
Villanova University has canceled a week-long workshop by Tim Miller, a gay performance artist whose planned visit had been set...
Logging Off to Play Board Games
Some students are discovering that it is possible to play games in person, offline. The Boston Globe reported on a...
Santorum: Democrats Are 'Anti-Science'
Rick Santorum, enjoying a surge in support in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, on Monday said in a...
On Strike and Paid for the Day at Cal State East Bay
Many faculty members at California State University East Bay held a one-day strike in November to protest the stalled state...
A President Who Can't Retire
Barbara Woodlee announced in the summer of 2010 that she planned to retire as president of Maine's Kennebec Valley Community...
Junior Faculty in Israel Announce Strike
Junior faculty members at Israeli universities have announced an open-ended strike, saying that their negotiations with the Committee of University...
Academic Minute: Language and Numbers
In today’s Academic Minute, Caleb Everett of the University of Miami explains the complicated relationship between numbers and words. Learn...