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Princeton Fires Professor for Violating Consensual Relationship Policy
Princeton University terminated Sergio Verdu, former Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering, for violating a policy prohibiting sexual relationships between...
Women Ask Fewer Questions Than Men
Women are 2.5 times less likely than men to ask questions in departmental academic seminars, based on a new study...
2 Cancer Researchers Share Nobel in Medicine
James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo were this morning named co-winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine "for their...
U.S. Recommends Renewed Recognition for Troubled Accreditor
Education Department officials have recommended new life for an accrediting agency whose federal authority to operate was withdrawn by the...
Consumer Confusion
Do you always understand exactly what you're signing? Today on The Academic Minute: Jeff Sovern, professor of law at St...
Consumer Confusion
Do you always understand exactly what you're signing? In today's Academic Minute, part of St. John's University Week, Jeff Sovern...
Academic Minute: Contracts
In today's Academic Minute, part of St. John's University, Jeff Sovern, a professor of law, analyzes the complicated contracts we...
Bias Against Female HBCU Players, Study Reveals
A professor analyzed fouls against women's basketball teams from historically black institutions. The results, he said, show a pattern of prejudice.