The market for safer chemistry is huge, and Congress should help
You don’t have to go far these days to find examples of safer chemistry at work.
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Professors and Their Grant Targets
Grant income targets for individual academics, which have been blamed for the suicide of Stefan Grimm ...
Lawsuit claims public colleges discriminate against Dreamers
When 19-year-old Antonio Rojas Rodriguez received his acceptance letter from the College of Charleston this spring, he was elated.
Despite hurdles, solar power in Australia is too robust to kill
No nation has as high a penetration of residential solar as Australia ...
Sweet Briar College’s closing temporarily blocked
A plan to close Sweet Briar College, a 114-year-old women’s college in Virginia, ran into an obstacle Tuesday at the State Supreme Court...
Facebook offers businesses free Place Tips beacon devices
Facebook has begun a roll-out of Place Tips - a system allowing businesses to send updates to a person's smartphone when they are nearby.
The 10 hardest Oxbridge degrees to get accepted on
Oxford and Cambridge are two of the hardest universities in the world to gain entry to, well known for their tough academic standards and rigorous interviews.
BASF summit ponders survival plans for coastal cities
I recently attended the BASF Creator Space Summit in NYC. The summit, one of several taking place worldwide, is in commemoration of BASF’s 150th anniversary.
Changes Planned for Foreign Student Work Program
As part of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration announced last fall, the White House said that the Department of Homeland Security would propose changes to “expand and extend the use” of the optional practical training (OPT) program ...
Behind Harvard case over Asian admissions, a broader agenda
In recent months, Harvard University has come under attack in court for allegedly limiting the number of Asian-American students it admits.
