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Light Sculpting: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: Robert F. Karlicek Jr., professor and director of the...
UC Irvine Restores Indoor Mask Mandate
The University of California, Irvine, is restoring an indoor mask mandate today. The university announced Friday that “all individuals on...
UC Irvine Restores Indoor Mask Mandate
The University of California, Irvine, is restoring an indoor mask mandate today. The university announced Friday that “all individuals on...
Emoji: Language or Communication?
What’s your favorite emoji? In today’s Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week, Benjamin Weissman surveys this common form...
Harvard Lobbies Congress to Cut Endowment Tax
Harvard is pushing Senate Democrats to consider reducing the controversial tax that draws an estimated $50 million annually from its $39 billion endowment. Many wealthy private universities want the tax eliminated.
A Merger Doesn’t Happen, and an Art Institute Ends
San Francisco Art Institute ceases operations after an effort to merge into University of San Francisco is rejected.
Direct Admissions Takes Off
At West Texas A&M, at Minnesota’s colleges and with the Common App, colleges are dropping applications as a requirement to be admitted.
Woman Extorts Penn State Athletes for Sexual Images
A woman extorted two unnamed Pennsylvania State University athletes after she convinced them—and other athletes across the country— to send...