Why do some companies ban certain words?
Apply for a job at Davio’s, a small chain of Italian-style steakhouses in the US, and you’ll never hear one extremely common workplace term: employee.
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Utilities Grapple with Rooftop Solar and the New Energy Landscape
In the prevailing narrative of the rooftop solar industry, the dominant theme is combat.
Economics Faculty War
New Koch-backed institute at the University of Utah is raising questions about academic freedom and whether the center is designed to compete with Utah’s existing economics department.
How scientists use Google and crowdsourcing to map uncharted forests
No single person could hope to count the world’s trees.
Boston University, Wheelock College enter into merger talks
Boston University and Wheelock College, which is located on Boston's Riverway, have entered into formal talks about merging Wheelock with BU.
What blockchain technology could mean for universities
Blockchain is the technology that some think will shake up banking, currency and the very nature of commercial contracts.
Trump fumes at staff over Phoenix rally crowd size
President Donald Trump was fuming as he sat in his Phoenix hotel watching news coverage ahead of his rally.
Student pedals bike 4,300 km to start university
A freshman was so excited to be admitted to a university this year that he rode a bike more than 4,300 kilometers across the country to his university in 22 days.
Reviewer criticises ‘no publication after preprint’ rule
An academic is boycotting peer review for a scholarly journal after it turned down a manuscript that had previously been published on the website of an education centre.
The White Face of Library Leadership
An Ithaka S+R survey of research libraries reveals a lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the profession, particularly at the upper levels.
