Seattle University program hopes to foster a more civil society
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Trump ‘used as taunt in US colleges’
Trump. It’s a name that’s evolved, in only the last few months, from referring only to a billionaire real estate magnate and reality TV star to the name of the leading Republican presidential candidate.
Why there might be many more universes besides our own
Is our Universe one of many?
For Freshmen, Only Full-Time Faculty
There are a lot of reasons to place freshmen in courses taught by tenure-line and otherwise full-time faculty members.
5 reasons community solar is a multi-gigawatt market
The U.S. solar industry has enjoyed impressive growth of late, with strong forecasts for 2016, but it’s been an at-times bumpy ride as the industry has faced unfavorable rulings and stock-market troubles.
Apple announces four-inch iPhone SE and smaller iPad Pro
The big announcement of the day was the smaller iPhone SE -- a 4-inch iPhone with updated internals
2 Events Unsettle Jewish Students at Brown
Anti-Semitic graffiti appears on house of Jewish fraternity, and lecture canceled after some object to co-sponsorship by Hillel.
The global economy is growing, but carbon emissions aren’t
Carbon emissions stayed flat for the second year in a row in 2015, despite continued growth in the global economy, according to preliminary data recently released by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
KU investigation clears professor who used N-word in class
After a four-month investigation into whether she racially harassed and discriminated against students, a Kansas University professor who used the N-word in class has been cleared.
Food insecurity: Arctic heat is threatening indigenous life
Subsistence hunters in the Arctic have long taken to the sea ice to hunt seals, whales, and polar bears.
