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Antisemitism and Social Media Algorithms
Do social media algorithms hurt or help society? In today’s Academic Minute, Brandeis University’s Sabine von Mering discusses one reason...
Responding to Criticism, Publisher Reinstates Blocked Ebooks
After scrambling fall courses by withdrawing more than 1,380 ebooks, Wiley now says it will restore access to the course materials. Its short-term solution leaves many librarians unsatisfied.
On the Syllabus: Lana, Taylor, Tyler Perry
Professors are teaching their Gen Z students literary analysis and critical thinking through courses on celebrities like Harry Styles and Taylor Swift. The music’s good, too.
Professors’ Protest Prompts Return of Rutgers’ Mask Mandate
Indoor masking is once again mandatory at Rutgers University—at least for now. Just two days after the New Brunswick, N.J...
Illinois State VP Dies After Campus Bike Collision
Illinois State University announced last week that Adam Peck, the assistant vice president for student affairs, died after being struck...
3 Share Nobel in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in chemistry will be shared by three scholars “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.”...
New Presidents or Provosts: National U, Northeast College of Health Sciences, Northern Michigan U, State U System of Florida, U of Cambridge, U of Connecticut
Anne E. Killen, vice president of academic affairs at Northeast College of Health Sciences, in New York, has been promoted...
Antisemitism and Social Media Algorithms: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Sabine von Mering, professor of German and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Brandeis University...