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Academic Minute: Lightning
Today on the Academic Minute: Joseph Dwyer, professor of physics at the University of New Hampshire, explains scientists are still...
2 Mississippi Universities Take Down State Flag
Mississippi State University and the Mississippi University for Women have stopped flying the state flag, which features a Confederate flag...
Mercury in California’s Fog
Why is there mercury in California’s fog? In today's Academic Minute, the University of California Santa Cruz's Peter Weiss explains...
Renewed Diversity Push
As first academic year since last fall's protests start, many colleges are adding diversity programs to orientation or requiring students to complete online multicultural training.
For Your Anti-Union Information
Crop of university 'anti-union' university websites sparks criticism from proponents of graduate assistant unions.
Washing of Feet to Send Message to Students
An Easter Week tradition sees popes and others washing the feet of powerful people, as a sign of quality and...
Professor's Response to Twitter Slur Goes Viral
The fall semester has just started but Eric Mendenhall, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Alabama...
Cedar Crest to Send All Sophomores to Rio
A women’s college in Pennsylvania will send its sophomore class on an 8-day trip to Brazil at no extra cost...