Beef environment cost 10 times that of other livestock
A new study suggests that the production of beef is around 10 times more damaging to the environment than any other form of livestock.
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How to make the most of your sustainability Master’s degree
I'm a recent graduate with a Bachelor’s in Environmental Management, and am now looking at whether I also need a Master's.
Driven Out for Speaking Up?
Lisa Guinn was one of the lucky ones. The historian was offered a tenure-track job at one institution in 2008 after a one-year stint there as a temporary professor.
St. Johns River State accepts Govenor’s $10K degree challenge
Two years ago, Governor Rick Scott offered Florida colleges the $10,000 Degree Challenge that challenges universities to offer degrees for just $10,000.
Now you feel it, now you don’t: Nanomaterial cloaks the sense of touch
A real invisibility cloak may still be the stuff of fantasy, but scientists have figured out a way to hide objects from touch.
Building toward sustainable, resilient cities in 2050
By 2050, seven out of every 10 people on Earth will be an urban dweller. What the cities of the future look like depends largely on decisions we make today.
My Course, Your Content
Another professor’s learning materials? In my course? It’s more likely than you think.
Texas university feud mirrors UVa crisis of 2012
A protracted feud at the University of Texas at Austin seems to have a refrain similar to the 2012 leadership crisis at the University of Virginia.
Jive bike is a folding ride for chic geeks
Despite recent strides worldwide, attempts to make cycling to work more attractive to commuters has been a Sisyphean task, much like convincing Americans to pay attention to football between World Cups.
Flood of applicants jams admissions at colleges
Admissions offices at many Minnesota colleges are awash in applications these days, and for some students it’s creating tougher competition for a spot at their first-choice school.
