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A Canceled Talk, and Questions About Just Who Is Politicizing Science
A professor of climate science who opposed diversity initiatives cries foul over a canceled lecture. His supporters say this threatens science communication, but he’s been invited to speak at MIT in another capacity.
Collins Stepping Down as NIH Director
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, will be stepping down from his position by the end of...
Academic Minute: Decoding Me Too Defenses
Today on the Academic Minute: Charlotte S. Alexander, associate professor of legal analytics at Georgia State University, explores some of...
2 Share Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Benjamin List and David W. C. MacMillan will share the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of asymmetric...
A National Consortium for Digital Ethnic Studies
Salem State University will create a national consortium of regional public universities to help institutions that serve traditionally underrepresented students...
Biden Nominates Shelly Lowe as NEH Chair
President Biden announced his intent Tuesday to nominate Shelly Lowe, a current member of the National Council on the Humanities...
Libertarian Students Fight Montana State Mask Mandate
Young Americans for Liberty students are protesting Montana State University’s indoor mask mandate, which President Waded Cruzado recently expanded to...
Students Get Vaccinated, President Gets… Tattooed?
William Behre, president of Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, said he will get permanently inked if at least 75 percent...