St. Olaf College Associate Professor of Physics Prabal Adhikari has been awarded a Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) grant by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a quantum computing research program aimed at solving open problems in theoretical nuclear physics while simultaneously diversifying the physics student pipeline. Read more

A news release stated the Stillman College Cybersecurity Center received $500,000 in grant funding and additional support from Google’s Cybersecurity Clinics Fund. Read more

Test run on more than 300,000 US student applications suggests technology can identify specific personal qualities with little bias Read more

'You can't be for Abolish ICE, anti-border violence, or anti-carceral without supporting freedom for Palestinians,' Martinez posted the same week she celebrated Hams glider attacks on Israeli families. Read more

Curriculum resources also to include more diverse English literature texts and history topics such as ‘imperial decline’ Read more

A wall that will shut off “unfettered access” to outsides and encircle 90 percent of the campus will go up soon at a Baltimore historically black college. Read more

The EU has warned TikTok about "disinformation" spreading on the platform after Hamas' attack on Israel. Read more

Civil rights complaints against initiatives for women in male-dominated STEM fields are piling up. But it’s not clear that such programs are actually illegal. Read more

The graduating class of 2023 has continued a six-year decline in ACT scores, and all 50 states’ average composite score makes it a thirty-year low, according to new data released by the testing giant. Read more

Amid concerns about value for money and the supposed liberal bias of certain humanities and social science subjects, conservative politicians are increasingly intervening in curricular decisions. Read more