Gaming time has no link with levels of wellbeing, study finds
A study of 39,000 video gamers has found "little to no evidence" time spent playing affects their wellbeing. Read more
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A Lehigh Valley college pairs students and inmates to help find ways to keep people out of prison. It’s getting a big boost.
When Rachel Liberty first entered a prison four years ago, her worldview was “fundamentally changed.” Read more
Ohio University expands degree options at regional campuses
Ohio University is working to change regional campus degree offerings and financial aid options to make the campuses more accessible. Read more
Anti-police foundation gives $1.5 million to Illinois college for further research
A foundation supportive of defunding the police granted the University of Illinois-Chicago $1.5 million for a think tank focused on “abolition, economic democracy and climate justice.” Read more
Only VA’s most elite university defies Youngkin on tuition freeze
All but one public university in Virginia are taking steps to address students' tuition burden after a call to action from the governor. Read more
Climate change: UK cities warned of wildfire risk
Last week's wildfires across London show that lessons learned tackling rural blazes must urgently be applied to built-up areas, fire chiefs say. Read more
Virtual Reality boosts students’ empathy for nature
Your arms morph into flippers. Your back grows round and hardens. You swim through thick ocean waters, dodging fishing gear and ships that can maim along the way. You are a loggerhead sea turtle—or at least that is what your brain perceives when you wear a virtual reality headset and enter Project SHELL (Simulating Living Habitat Experiences of Living Loggerheads), a research project of the University of Oregon and the University of Florida. Read more
Liberal faculty at Harvard outnumber conservatives 82-1
A survey conducted by Harvard University student newspaper The Harvard Crimson revealed that the number of liberal-identifying faculty in the Arts and Sciences Department has increased, and only around 1% of faculty identify as conservative. Read more
Protecting Pregnant Students
A group of 60 Congressional Democrats asked the Education Department to clarify how Title IX protects students who are pregnant, parents or seeking an abortion. Read more
‘Male college crisis’: Male high school graduates going to college at much lower rates than women
Nationally, it’s being described as a “male college crisis,” and Indiana is not immune to the trend. Read more
