Why Nike and MIT see textiles as material to climate change
Nike has just come out of the starting gate with some new initiatives aimed at taming its corporate and supply-chain footprint, and as usual it has hit the ground running.
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Measuring Motivation
Like most colleges, the University of New Mexico is trying to help more of its at-risk students get to graduation.
College boasts success after dropping SAT/ACT from admissions process
Last year, Hampton College in Virginia dropped standardized tests like the SAT and ACT from their admissions process.
For U.S. tribes, a movement to revive native foods and lands
On ancestral lands, the Fond du Lac band in Minnesota is planting wild rice and restoring wetlands damaged by dams, industry, and logging.
Why teachers are ditching report cards
Lane Merrifield vividly recalls the stress his young son felt when he got his first "C" on a report card.
All children having access to education is my Chinese dream: First Lady Peng
Beyond her title as China's first lady, Peng Liyuan is known for the worthy causes she participates to help others and benefit the society.
Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella’ protest: One year on, what has changed?
It was an unexpected outburst of violence that shocked Hong Kong and the world.
‘Supermoon’ set to coincide with lunar eclipse
Astronomers are gearing up to spot a rare phenomenon, as a lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called "supermoon".
The weaponization of everything: Globalization’s dark side
The element of surprise in international relations appears more frequent and more ferocious.
Scheme opens up PhD training opportunities at post-92s
A new multi-university doctoral training scheme is set to create one of the UK’s largest cohorts of PhD students.
