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Studying Lung and Gut Microbiomes
The human microbiome is important for our health. In today's Academic Minute, part of Worcester State University Week, Maura Pavao...
Ep. 49: The Future of the Physical Campus
The COVID-19 pandemic forced almost every college or university to make do without a physical campus at some point in...
Listening to Outer Space
What are people saying about space? In today's Academic Minute, SUNY Polytechnic Institute's Robert Edgell listens in to the discussion...
Facebook Disables NYU Research Accounts
Facebook claims the researchers’ data collection methods violate its terms of service. The recent action highlights the increasingly fraught relationship between colleges and universities and the big tech companies they research.
Student Performance in Remote Learning, Explored (Imperfectly)
Study finds that students in online courses fail to complete them and get lower grades than peers learning in person. Several experts question the paper’s design and findings, especially related to the pandemic.
Joint Faculty Hire Spotlights Disability
Florida State’s creative writing program wanted one professor but hired two. The fact that they were both disabled was something of an afterthought, but the professors say the move matters -- and follows years of activism on the part of disabled scholars.
Ruling Puts Pause on Mills College Acquisition Talks
The Alameda County Superior Court issued a temporary restraining order against Mills College Thursday, prohibiting college officials from voting on...
Davidson President to Depart
Davidson College president Carol Quillen will leave the North Carolina liberal arts college after the next academic year, the institution...