22 min ago | The Campbell Reporter
San Jose State professors fire back at online class offer
Karin Brown, a philosophy professor at San Jose State University, on May 23, 2013.
1 hr ago | The Washington Post
But after saving an estimated $45 billion for consumers over four decades, the system is in danger of running aground.
5 hrs ago | Atlas Shrugs
Imagine in what is considered to be the apex of academia, Harvard University, anti-freedom subversives rule the day.
9 hrs ago | Alabama Live
Boston businessman with not ties to college donates $1 million to Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A Boston businessman with no previous connection to the school has donated $1 million to Birmingham-Southern College, the school announced this week.
13 hrs ago | Bloomberg
Harvard Faculty Wants Involvement in EdX Online Venture
Harvard University professors expressed concerned that HarvardX, the school's offering on the EdX online teaching platform founded by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , is operating without the involvement of its faculty.
YY Announces the Appointment of Two New Independent Directors
YY Inc. , a revolutionary rich communication social platform, today announced that it has enhanced the independence of its Board of Directors by appointing two additional independent directors, effective as of May 23, 2013.
Weinstein's theory of everything is probably nothing
There's a catch, however: I'm unable to tell you what that insight is. Neither I, nor any of my professional physicist friends, have the faintest clue.
Harvard's Faust Sets Principles for Major Fundraising Campaign
Generating "new knowledge" will be a driving principle in Harvard University 's fundraising drive that will formally start in September, President Drew Faust said.
Michael Pollak honoured by Canadian Cancer Society
Dr. Michael Pollak has been awarded the 2012 O. Harold Warwick Prize by the Canadian Cancer Society.
Clarification: Fossil Fuels-Divestment story
In a story May 22, The Associated Press reported 72 percent of Harvard University's student body voted in favor of the school's endowment divesting from fossil fuel companies.
Paula Broadwell Apologizes for Affair with David Petraeus
The woman at the center of the sex scandal that led to David Petraeus' resignation from the CIA has spoken publicly for the first time about the affair and apologized for the "harm" she caused to the families involved.
The time to fret about when China will acquire drones is over: it has them. The question now is when and how it will use them.
New screening approach uncovers potential alternative drug therapies for neuroblastoma
A study published by Cell Press in the May 23 issue of Chemistry & Biology reveals a new genomic approach to screen for compounds that could inhibit tumor growth by causing cancer cells to differentiate, or convert from immature cells to more specialized cell types.
Obscure University of New Hampshire math professor takes major step toward elusive proof
A soft-spoken, virtually unknown mathematician from the University of New Hampshire has found himself overnight a minor celebrity, flooded with requests to give talks at top universities as his work is debated and celebrated online by leaders in his field.
Harvard's Nye: On world stage, Obama no match for George H.W. Bush
President Obama has failed to live up to his "transformational" image crafted in the 2008 campaign, winning a lukewarm "meh" from influential scholar Joseph S. Nye Jr., former dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Cherokee's Top Graduating Seniors Honored for Academic Success
The Cherokee County School District and school board members on Tuesday honored the valedictorians and salutatorians of the class of 2013 during its 13th annual Scholar Recognition Banquet.
Microwaves Distinguish Mirror-Image Compounds
The electric dipole moments, shown as arrows, of these two enantiomers of 1,2-propanediol are alike in all but one respect: The dipole moments along the C -axis point in opposite directions.
Bodley's Librarian in fond farewell to Oxford
THE first woman to run Oxford's world-famous Bodleian Libraries in 400 years will leave her position this summer.
Kettering University researches show off electric scooter prototype to Harvard, MIT faculty
Work for the scooter prototype has been going on for months and this month the Kettering group showed it off to faculty and student at Harvard University and MIT.
Bergstresser, Nierenberg win business school teaching awards
An associate professor of finance, Bergstresser teaches classes in fixed income securities, corporate financial engineering and venture capital.