Can coal miners become solar technicians?
Nothing on Earth moves without energy, and most of the energy that people use is of the fossil variety: coal; oil; and natural gas.
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Student press under pressure
A new report finds that university administrators aim to intimidate and censor content of student news organizations, violating basic principles of press freedom.
Stop investing in arms trade, university pension fund is told
Academics are calling on the UK university sector’s main pension provider to sell its stake in a controversial arms manufacturer that has profited from selling cluster bombs ...
Unified Lyndon, Johnson State colleges renamed Northern Vermont University
Today the VSCS Board of Trustees voted to name the unified Johnson State College and Lyndon State College “Northern Vermont University” with campuses at both Johnson and Lyndon.
Trump tweets about Ohio State University stabbing attack
President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on the Ohio State University attack in a tweet early Wednesday morning, claiming that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was “taking credit” for the attack.
Here’s how to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed
Just because it's on the internet doesn't make it true.
The end of ownership: Personal property in the digital economy
From the black stuff to books, who gets the goods in a sharing and streaming era?
‘Slow road’ to diversity for medical faculty
The diversity of professors in the basic science departments of US medical schools is unlikely to change in the next 60 years, according to research.
‘Keep Your Nuts Away From Us’
Can a women’s college house undergraduate men on campus and still be a women’s college? Many Mary Baldwin alumnae answer no.
Presidential election sparks a rise in campus unrest
The day after Donald Trump was elected president, students at UC Irvine organized a “cry-in.” “This is an actual event,” posted an Asian student group at the school.
