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Several Ex-Athletes Sue NCAA Over Head Injuries
Several former college football players from six institutions filed class action lawsuits on Tuesday alleging that their universities, athletic conferences...
Altercation at U of Iowa Not a Hate Crime, Police Say
Local police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have ruled that an altercation involving a black University of Iowa student...
Analysis of 'Identity Threat' Some Students Face
A new report from the Century Foundation considers the issue of "identity threat" and the way many low-income and minority...
Study: Many Female Medical Faculty Members Experience Harassment
Some 30 percent of female medical academics have experienced sexual harassment on the job, compared to 4 percent of their...
Mizzou Expects to Block Future Campout Protests
In the fall, a student protest movement at the University of Missouri at Columbia attracted national attention when it camped...
Nominee for Best Commencement Speaker Introduction
There isn't a Tony Award for the best introduction of a commencement speaker. But after Vincent Price, provost of the...
Academic Minute: Volcanic Flows
Today on the Academic Minute, Greg Valentine, professor in the department of geology at the University at Buffalo, examines whether...
Elsevier Acquires Social Science Repository SSRN
The publishing giant Elsevier has acquired the Social Science Research Network, an online open-access repository for research. Elsevier said in...