Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

Education

Education|Science

This 12-year-old memorized the periodic table at age 2. He’s heading to NYU after finishing high school in just 2 years

This 12-year-old memorized the periodic table at age 2. He’s heading to NYU after finishing high school in just 2 years

This 12-year-old memorized the periodic table at age 2. He’s heading to NYU after finishing high school in just 2 years
Business|Education

Millions in Nigeria have little to no electricity. It's straining businesses and public services

The lack of reliable electricity severely affects education and businesses in Nigeria

Millions in Nigeria have little to no electricity. It's straining businesses and public services
Education

5 questions after the NCAA’s $2.75B settlement to pay college athletes

A landmark settlement for student-athletes is raising questions that will take big-time college sports into uncharted territory, 2 sports management experts say.

5 questions after the NCAA’s $2.75B settlement to pay college athletes
Education|Lifestyle|News|Opinion

What is Canada Day and how is it celebrated? The answer is more complicated than some might think

What is Canada Day and how is it celebrated? The answer is more complicated than some might think

What is Canada Day and how is it celebrated? The answer is more complicated than some might think
Economy|Education

Why student loan payments are paused for 3 million borrowers

Why student loan payments are paused for 3 million borrowers

Why student loan payments are paused for 3 million borrowers
Economy|Education|News

Appeals court allows part of Biden student loan repayment plan to go forward

A federal appeals court has allowed the U.S. Education Department to move ahead with a plan to lower monthly payments for millions of student loan borrowers, putting on hold a ruling last week by a lower court

Appeals court allows part of Biden student loan repayment plan to go forward
Education|News

Biden and Trump touted what they’ve done for HBCUs at CNN’s debate. Here’s what their records show

Biden and Trump touted what they’ve done for HBCUs at CNN’s debate. Here’s what their records show

Biden and Trump touted what they’ve done for HBCUs at CNN’s debate. Here’s what their records show
Business|Education|Food|Lifestyle

Inside the school that teaches big name brands how to make ice cream

Inside the school that teaches big name brands how to make ice cream

Inside the school that teaches big name brands how to make ice cream
Education|Sports

‘Trophies are a blip in time … how you make somebody feel is more important’: Jordan Spieth launches junior golf tournament

‘Trophies are a blip in time … how you make somebody feel is more important’: Jordan Spieth launches junior golf tournament

‘Trophies are a blip in time … how you make somebody feel is more important’: Jordan Spieth launches junior golf tournament
Education|News|Political

City of Atlanta approves $2 million settlement for students tased by police during George Floyd protest

City of Atlanta approves $2 million settlement for students tased by police during George Floyd protest

City of Atlanta approves $2 million settlement for students tased by police during George Floyd protest
Economy|Environment|News

Hawaii agrees to 'groundbreaking' settlement of youth climate change case

Hawaii on Thursday agreed to take action to decarbonize its transportation system by 2045 to settle a lawsuit by 13 young people alleging the U.S. state was violating their

Hawaii agrees to 'groundbreaking' settlement of youth climate change case
News|Opinion|Political

Israel court ends draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews

Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students into the military, a decree which creates new

Israel court ends draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews
Education|News

UNLV gunman had list of targets at the university and 150 rounds of ammunition, police say

Police say the suspect in a deadly shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, had a list of targets at the school and at East Carolina University in North Carolina, where he once worked

UNLV gunman had list of targets at the university and 150 rounds of ammunition, police say
Education|News

Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High School attack

A teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021

Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High School attack
Education|News

Recorded 911 calls underscore the real time terror of the deadly Las Vegas university shooting

Fire alarms blared in the background of recorded 911 calls that police released of terrified students and faculty this week at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Recorded 911 calls underscore the real time terror of the deadly Las Vegas university shooting
Education|News|Political|Sports

Critics pan planned $450M Nebraska football stadium renovation as academic programs face cuts

University of Nebraska officials have unveiled a plan for a $450 million renovation of its football stadium in Lincoln

Critics pan planned $450M Nebraska football stadium renovation as academic programs face cuts
Education|News

Police still investigating motive of UNLV shooting; school officials cancel classes, finals

Three University of Nevada, Las Vegas, faculty members died this week and another was critically injured when a lone gunman walked onto campus and opened fire in a building housing the business school

Police still investigating motive of UNLV shooting; school officials cancel classes, finals
Education|News

Liz Magill, U. Penn's president, and board chair resign as antisemitism testimony draws backlash

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy

Liz Magill, U. Penn's president, and board chair resign as antisemitism testimony draws backlash
Education|News|Political

Students and lawmakers gather at Philadelphia temple to denounce antisemitism

Students, lawmakers and religious leaders have joined forces at a temple in Philadelphia to strongly denounce antisemitism on college campuses and in their communities

Students and lawmakers gather at Philadelphia temple to denounce antisemitism
Education|News

Backlash to House testimony shines spotlight on new generation of Ivy League presidents

The university presidents called before last week’s congressional hearing on antisemitism had more in common than strife on their campuses: The leaders of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT were all women who were relatively new in their positions

Backlash to House testimony shines spotlight on new generation of Ivy League presidents
Education|News

Harvard board keeps president as leader of Ivy League school following antisemitism backlash

Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism

Harvard board keeps president as leader of Ivy League school following antisemitism backlash
Education|News

Israel-Hamas war tensions roil campuses; Brown protesters are arrested, Haverford building occupied

A weeklong sit-in at Haverford College has ended under threat of disciplinary action as U.S. college campuses continue to be roiled by tensions over the Israel-Hamas war

Israel-Hamas war tensions roil campuses; Brown protesters are arrested, Haverford building occupied
Education|News

Newly released video shows how police moved through UNLV campus in response to reports of shooting

Video released Wednesday by Las Vegas police shows officers shouting over blaring alarms and knocking down reports of additional gunfire while responding to a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Newly released video shows how police moved through UNLV campus in response to reports of shooting
Education|News|Political

Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony

Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy

Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony
Education|News|Political

Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage

Accusations of plagiarism have ruined the careers of academics and undergraduates alike

Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage

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