Trump declares opioid crisis a public health emergency
US President Donald Trump has declared the nation's painkiller-addiction crisis a public health emergency.
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Christiana Figueres: ‘Energy for everyone and emissions from no one’
Christiana Figueres is the former executive secretary of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
UK considers offering student loan access in foreign trade deals
The UK government is exploring the idea of offering access to public student loans for overseas students studying at British universities, as part of potential post-Brexit trade deals with foreign governments.
Globalized Higher Ed
More than half of all research papers published by academics in France and Britain now have at least one international co-author. Share lags in U.S.
Ball State frats to go alcohol-free through January 2018
Ball State University staff and presidents of the 13 fraternities included in Ball State’s Interfraternity Council have agreed there will be no more social gatherings at fraternity houses or co-hosted events by fraternities that include alcohol, or otherwise, until after Jan. 31, 2018.
US university leaders who shut out speakers ‘inflaming problem’
US university presidents who bar “controversial” speakers from campus are “inflaming the problem”, according to the leader of an institution that hosted alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.
Offensive chat app responses highlight AI fails
Messaging assistants and smart replies are meant to make lives easier by anticipating responses when chatting with friends.
Ichthyosaur fossil discovered for first time in India
Scientists in India have discovered a 152 million-year-old fossil of an ichthyosaur - an extinct marine reptile - in the western state of Gujarat.
The art of kickstarting your heartbeat
Sunsets here in the San Francisco Bay Area have been remarkably stunning the past few weeks due to the fires, several of which are still smoldering in Napa and Sonoma counties, contributing to these dense crimson sunsets.
Iona launches incubator at new entrepreneurship institute
Iona College has officially launched GaelVentures, the startup incubator space at the New Rochelle college’s Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
