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Sally Kornbluth, Duke Provost, to Become MIT President
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday named Sally A. Kornbluth, a cell biologist and provost of Duke University, its...
Northwestern Gets $121 Million Gift
Northwestern University announced a $121 million gift to advance biomedical research at the Feinberg School of Medicine and expand executive...
A New Dimension for Fingerprint Technology
Fingerprints have been used for identification for quite a while, but do they need an update? In today’s Academic Minute...
Despite Hopes for a Rebound, Enrollment Falls Again
The decline was less steep than it has been during the pandemic, but an eagerly anticipated recovery did not materialize.
Ph.D.s Conferred Drop 5.4%
Preliminary data from the NSF indicate that COVID-19 hit Ph.D. production hard in 2021, but job-placement data are surprisingly rosy—just not in academe.
How COVID Spurred Digital Innovation and Empathy
In the early pandemic, educators rallied to provide academic continuity in unprecedented ways. That spurred online teaching innovations, many of which are worth preserving and enhancing, a Stanford self-study says.
A New Dimension for Fingerprint Technology: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of Dayton Week: Partha Banerjee, professor of electro-optics, explores how fingerprinting might...
Maricopa Community Colleges Board Candidate Arrested
A candidate running for the Maricopa County Community College District Governing Board paused his campaign on Tuesday after he was...