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Academic Minute: Big Data and Treating Autism
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week, Juergen Hahn, professor of biomedical engineering, looks to the...
In Greece, Controversial Degree Shake-Up
Merger of technical institutes into universities could upgrade hundreds of thousands of graduates' degrees. Many educators see a political ploy.
Protest at Princeton on Handling of Sex Assaults
Dozens of students have been protesting for several days on the lawn outside the president's office at Princeton University, calling...
Constitutional History of Haiti
The history of Haiti may surprise you. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Virginia's Marlene L. Daut fills in...
Expanding Wind Energy
Should wind turbines breathe like our lungs do? In today's Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week, Miki Amitay...
Full Shutdown
Johns Hopkins students are refusing to leave administration building until officials cancel plans to form an armed police force. Activists are worried about the potential for racial profiling.
Online Education, Beyond ‘Deans Gone Wild’
Leaders of companies colleges hire to take academic programs online discuss their role, the scrutiny they're facing and why we should call them something other than OPMs.
Fight for Neuroscience at Montana State
Professors on campus say the university plans to turn a research-rich department into a more general biology-focused premed feeder school.