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New Leader for Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Elizabeth Alexander has been named the next president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She will start in the position...
After Scandals, Southern Cal Fund-Raising Drops
The University of Southern California suffered through a significant fund-raising downturn in the second half of 2017, with donations dropping...
Publication by Design
Two major journals experiment with "registered reports," agreeing to publish articles based on their design and potential significance, not their results. Could this be a model for others, and one solution to the reproducibility crisis?
Checking on Vendors
Universities are turning to secret shoppers, not to spy on competitors, but to keep tabs on third-party vendors that run key functions like admissions.
PLOS Pushes Publication Before Peer Review
Research papers submitted to Public Library of Science (PLOS) journals will now be automatically uploaded to the preprint server bioRxiv...
Academic Minute: Diagnosing Dyslexia
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Lafayette College Week: Lisa Gabel, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Lafayette...
Cornell Fraternity on Probation for Secret Sex Game
A Cornell University fraternity has been put on probation for two years for setting up a lewd game called “the...
Finnish University Says It Won't Hire Harasser, After All
The University of Turku in Finland announced Wednesday that it had canceled its employment contract with theoretical astrophysicist Christian Ott...