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'Freshman 15' Is Myth, but Weight Gain Is Real
Numerous studies have questioned the conventional wisdom that first-year college students gain an average of 15 pounds. But research just...
Continuous Light Causes Premature Aging
Could continuous light make you age faster? In today’s Academic Minute, Leiden University’s Elaine Lucassen discusses the importance of the...
Who's Intolerant?
Reed College engages in soul-searching over students’ shouting during lecture by director of Boys Don't Cry, arguing that the acclaimed film should have featured transgender actors.
Don't Smile (You're on Camera)
Student secretly records professor’s anti-Trump comments, after which a student group wants the professor punished and the faculty union wants the student disciplined. Are more such incidents to come?
Think Tank Trouble?
University-affiliated research centers face a fight for funding and an assault on experts, but few think institutions will be able to resist future ventures.
Med School Group Urges Caution on Health Law
The Association of American Medical Colleges announced Friday that it has written to President-elect Donald J. Trump and congressional leaders...
Georgia Southwestern Police Officer Killed
Jody Smith (at right), a police officer at Georgia Southwestern University, was killed last week while providing requested backup to...
Deal Ends Protest in Georgetown President's Office
Students occupied the president's office at Georgetown University Thursday night and stayed until Friday night, when they reached an agreement...