How hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco
A leading medical-research institution working on a cure for Covid-19 has admitted it paid hackers a $1.14m (£910,000) ransom after a covert negotiation witnessed by BBC News.
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MIT seeks to speed up pandemic research with AI-aided journal
Berkeley-directed outlet plans open peer reviews and cross-discipline focus
Princeton Will Remove Woodrow Wilson’s Name From School
University trustees concluded that Wilson’s “racist thinking and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school or college,” Princeton’s president said on Saturday.
Brown University reinstates track and feld to ‘sustain diverse and inclusive communities’
The elimination of men’s varsity track, field, and cross country have been reinstated for the stated purpose of maintaining diversity on campus.
Conservative students harassed after administrators give out their contact info
Union College in New York recently released the contact information of leaders of the campus Young Americans for Freedom chapter, a conservative club, prompting student members to be doxxed and harassed by peers and activists.
A Discounted ‘Gap Year’ Online
Park University is encouraging students from other institutions to transfer and study online for a year at a discounted tuition rate. Are special offers like this a good idea?
Boston University gives PhD students an ultimatum
Doctoral students at Boston University could be forced to take a leave of absence and lose their health insurance if they do not comply with new guidelines requiring them to return to campus in the fall.
Online education: how Hong Kong got ahead of the game
Even before coronavirus hit, Hong Kong was investing in new types of online education that challenge teaching conventions
College athletes and graduate students are like prisoners
Erin Hatton draws on an ‘odious comparison’ to illuminate the extraordinary powers coaches and supervisors can wield over their students
Conservative group’s post about blacks owning slaves in America sparks uproar
The Black Student Union at Benedictine College wants to see the school’s Turning Point USA chapter “dismantled” after the group posted a controversial graphic about slavery in America that argued that the first man to win in court the right to own a slave in America was black.
