Could a trade dispute with China bring an end to U.S. solar boom?
Low-cost solar cells produced in China have helped power the recent surge in the U.S. solar industry.
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Academic concern over plan to inspect airline passengers’ books
Academics have expressed concern about plans to expand a programme in the US which sees airline passengers asked to remove books from carry-on luggage.
Virginia Tech, community colleges create way for income challenged to become engineers
A number of lower income students will have easier access to Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering thanks to a $5 million grant that will link the university to two community colleges.
Supreme Court Partially Reinstates Travel Ban
Court agrees to hear case, reinstates ban except for foreign nationals -- including admitted students -- “who have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.
British vice-chancellor ‘forced out of Australia’ by visa reforms
A UK-born vice-chancellor has said that he will be forced out of his job in Australia by new visa restrictions in the country.
Student set sights on revolutionizing rice
Postdoctoral student Yang Jian wants to change the way people buy rice in China.
How lack of sleep affects the brain
Scientists in Canada have launched what is set to become the world's largest study of the effects of lack of sleep on the brain.
My clean-energy green dream
I was privileged to participate last week in the Corporate Eco Forum's annual confab — a remarkable event in which top sustainability professionals from our biggest and most forward-leaning corporations get together....
Old Criticisms, New Threats
Professors are often lightning rods, but many see a new menace to academic freedom in recent physical threats against faculty members who speak out on race and other issues.
Camelot provides the leadership model for new Hereford university
Could King Arthur’s legendary round table provide the secret to university leadership? The head of what will be the UK’s first “greenfield” university in 40 years thinks so.
