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Churning Out Companies
Annual survey of licensing and patents finds that universities created 542 start-ups and generated $2.4 billion in licensing revenue in 2008.
Kenneth Starr Named President of Baylor
Baylor University on Monday named Kenneth Starr as its next president. Starr is best known for the investigation that led...
Republicans Who Love/Hate Federal Budget
While Republicans have been denouncing and voting against most of the budget measures offered by the Obama administration to deal...
Muslim Group Defends Interruptions of Campus Speaker
The Muslim Public Affairs Council has come out in defense of the students at the University of California at Irvine...
RPI President Is No. 8 in Pay for Corporate Board Work
Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was the eighth most well compensated corporate director in 2008, according to...
Assessing the Threat
Experts on campus security and workplace violence say Huntsville tragedy reveals possibility of faculty members as perpetrators, but warn against "tenure denial made her do it" assumptions.
Lindenwood Sets Conditions for Gay Student Group
Lindenwood University, in Missouri, has agreed to recognize a gay-straight student alliance, but only on the condition that the group...
Utah Lawmakers Move Against Affirmative Action
A committee in the Utah House of Representatives on Friday approved a measure that would give voters in the state...