Scottish fossil revealed to be pterodactyl ancestor
The evolutionary secrets of a 230-million-year-old fossil reptile have been revealed, after a century of it being "locked inside a block of stone". Read more
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Northeastern mistakenly sends acceptance letters to hundreds of applicants
A single mom of four from Northboro, Massachusetts, got the news she had dreamed of since she was a child: an acceptance letter to law school at Northeastern University. But a glitch caused that dream to come crashing down. Read more
77% of Asian Penn students experienced or saw ‘hate,’ study claims
Seventy-seven percent of Asian students at the University of Pennsylvania reported they experienced harassment or discrimination since the outbreak of COVID, according to a new study from two students and a professor at the Ivy League school. Read more
Mississippi University for Women considers taking ‘women’ out of name
Forty years after Mississippi University for Women started enrolling men, its president says the school should consider choosing a more inclusive name. Read more
Click chemistry pioneers win Nobel prize
Trailblazers of a molecule linking technique honoured, including one who becomes a laureate for the second time Read more
Ex-Google ad boss builds tracker-free search engine
An advert- and tracker-free search engine launches in the UK, France and Germany on Thursday. Read more
GRE now accepted at more than half of Law Schools
The Graduate Record Examination is now accepted at 100 law schools, more than half of the 199 American law schools accredited by the American Bar Association. Read more
Blurred Lines
Patty Limerick speaks out on her abrupt firing from the Center of the American West, which she co-founded in 1986. CU Boulder found she mixed the personal and professional; she says what was once her strength suddenly became a liability. Read more
Change these ‘unconstitutional’ policies, legal organization tells 12 universities
On Monday night, Southeastern Legal Foundation sent letters to 12 universities across the country demanding that they change “unconstitutional” policies that impede students’ freedom of speech. Read more
Aid-setting exemption ends for top US universities
As legal challenge gains, Congress avoids renewing provision seen letting elite campuses tie financial offers to student ability to pay Read more
