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Academic Minute: Discovering Anti-Viral Treatments for COVID
Today on the Academic Minute: Dana Ferraris, associate professor of chemistry at McDaniel College, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic is...
Harvard Moves to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Harvard Management Company, which controls the largest university endowment in the country, will let its fossil fuel investments expire, Harvard...
Ep. 55: Resetting, Not “Fixing,” Student Transfer
The set of programs, policies and pathways by which learners move between colleges and universities is complex and often incoherent...
Warping Effects of Social Media
The ills of social media are becoming more apparent by the day. In today's Academic Minute, Hokkaido University's Mark Miller...
An ‘Extremely Solvable’ Problem
Millions of college students face food insecurity, and while institutions have been doing what they can to help, it’s time for the federal government to step in, advocates say.
‘You Can Come From the Working Class and Become the Very Best’
Freeman Hrabowski, the longtime president of UMBC, built a legacy challenging the assumption that only prestigious, wealthy colleges foster educational excellence.
Oxford’s Vice Chancellor Seeks More ‘Ideological Diversity’
Universities are at risk of losing the argument over whether they are out of touch with society, she says.
Researcher Accused of Concealing China Ties Acquitted
A former University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professor accused of spying for the Chinese military and twice prosecuted by the U.S...