After a lengthy exchange with an angry state senator on Saturday, University of Houston Chancellor and President Renu Khator killed a plan to require most freshmen to live on campus...

Foreign applications to U.S. graduate schools and initial admission offers to international students continue to increase, driven by a surge of interest from India and despite a slight drop in applications from China

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There's a large and growing list of renewable energy projects pumping out cleaner electricity these days.

The worst kept secret in Silicon Valley is that tech firms have a major gender diversity problem. At company after company, men dominate the top jobs.

When a snake climbs a tree, it squeezes the trunk up to five times harder than necessary, according to a new study.

Paying for college can take some planning, just ask the financial advisors.

An analysis of satisfaction surveys from 60,000 international students at 48 universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia reveals that students are, by and large, satisfied ...

As Dr. Bruce Banner in the 2012 action film "The Avengers" — and in the forthcoming sequel "Avengers: Age of Ultron" — actor Mark Ruffalo portrays a brilliant scientist ...

Africa's elephants have reached a tipping point: more are being killed each year than are being born, a study suggests.