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Oklahoma Settles Case on Painting Stolen by Nazis
The University of Oklahoma has agreed to transfer ownership of the Camille Pissarro painting “La Bergère,” or “Shepherdess Bringing in...
Vassar Accused of Tolerating Anti-Semitism
An essay in The Wall Street Journal and similar essays elsewhere have set off a debate over whether Vassar College...
Riding the Wave
On Sept. 9, 2015, scientists decided where they would publish evidence for gravitational waves. Five days later, they made the discovery.
Faculty Votes No Confidence in Board Chair of N.Y.'s Mount Saint Mary College
Citing longstanding concerns about academic freedom and shared governance under its current administration, the faculty at Mount Saint Mary College...
Fairfield U Responds to 'Ghetto' Party
Fairfield University officials are condemning an off-campus "ghetto" party at which attendees wore brown makeup and mocked black people, The...
TIAA-CREF Is Now TIAA
TIAA-CREF, which provides financial services and retirement planning to employees of colleges and universities, will shorten its name to TIAA...
Drones Improving Medical Access
How do you get medical samples from one place to another in places without roads? In today's Academic Minute, Johns...
Computer Science as Liberal Arts 'Enabler'
Liberal arts colleges are increasingly exploring interdisciplinary connections to find a place for computer science on their campuses.