Queensland University of Technology to introduce full smoking ban
Smoking will be banned from all three Queensland University of Technology campuses from the start of the next financial year.
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Tennessee colleges show 4-year drop in need for remedial classes
Fewer students at Tennessee's public colleges need remedial classes to prepare for higher education, a new report shows, and officials are citing it as an early example that a program embedding extra support in high schools is succeeding.
Educators behaving badly
Chancellor's smartphone action during recent graduation ceremony sparks conversation about academics' etiquette and netiquette (and lack thereof).
How we unravelled Mayan secrets from the air
Some of the most magnificent Mayan murals ever found – dating to 100BC – were discovered deep in the jungle of San Bartolo, Guatemala back in 2001.
This self-driving car company is on fire
One of the hottest tech stocks of the past year and a half is helping to make driverless cars a reality
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Microsoft back EU hate speech rules
Facebook (FB.O), Twitter (TWTR.N), Google's (GOOGL.O) YouTube and Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Tuesday agreed to an EU code of conduct to tackle online hate speech within 24 hours in Europe.
UI’s entrepreneurship degree may be first in country
Engineering students with the next great idea for a "Guitar Hero" spinoff or a portable solar lamp can soon get a first-ever degree in entrepreneurship at the University of Illinois.
Hard-pressed rust belt cities go green to aid urban revival
Gary, Indiana is joining Detroit and other fading U.S. industrial centers in an effort to turn abandoned neighborhoods and factory sites into gardens, parks, and forests.
The Great Shadow Grade Debate
Faculty members at various institutions debate the pros and cons of shielding freshmen from themselves (or least their performance) in the form of "covered" or "shadow" grades on transcripts.
Could 3D printing replace plaster casts?
Mexican inventors have created a prototype medical cast using 3D printing, that they believe could potentially end the need for cumbersome plaster casts.
