cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.News RoundupPenn State Professors Get Grant for ‘Fake News’ DetectorUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Two Penn State professors have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will enable digital devices to weed out “fake news.” The university says Dongwon Lee, a professor of information sciences and technology, and S. Shyam Sundar, a communications professor, are working on the project. Lee says, […]August 31, 2017StudentsNew Hampshire University to Take in Students After HarveyCONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire university is offering a free semester to college students displaced by Hurricane Harvey, 12 years after it helped a similar group after Hurricane Katrina. Franklin Pierce University will provide free tuition, room and board to up to 20 students for the fall semester. The university made a similar offer […]August 31, 2017StudentsJudge Nearing Decision on Trial Over Penn State Frat DeathBELLEFONTE, Pa. — A district judge may decide by the weekend whether prosecutors have presented enough evidence to hold a trial for former members of a now-closed Penn State fraternity charged in connection with a pledge’s death. Before a preliminary hearing resumed for a seventh day on Thursday, District Judge Allen Sinclair told reporters he […]August 31, 2017SportsArizona State Unveils Tillman Statue at Sun Devil StadiumTEMPE, Ariz. — The walls around Sun Devil Stadium and the new football complex are lined with photos of Pat Tillman. Images of the former player and Army Ranger can be found across the campus and around town, too. Now there’s a bronze likeness of perhaps the greatest Sun Devil in school history. Arizona State […]August 31, 2017StudentsScholar: Graduate Research Internships a Resource to Fill STEM Workforce GapExpanding opportunities for more students to take advantage of graduate research internships might address future workforce needs in the U.S. and alleviate some of the pressure that faculty face to supplement their rigorous research training with the teaching of, and exposure to, technical and professional career skills and opportunities.August 30, 2017StudentsUndocumented Serrano Puts His Fear Out FrontMoises Serrano’s Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America depicts portions of his life, as he navigates society as a queer and undocumented man.August 30, 2017StudentsDeVos Hires Former DeVry Official to Lead Enforcement UnitU.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ decision to appoint a new chief enforcement officer who formerly worked at a troubled for-profit college drew swift and scathing criticism Wednesday.August 30, 2017StudentsCommunity College System Sets New Graduate RecordVERSAILLES, Ky. — The Kentucky Community and Technical College System says it has set a new high mark of graduates and credentials awarded. For the 2016-17 academic year, 16,146 students graduated from the college system. That’s a nine percent increase over the previous year. The previous high was 15,958 in 2013-14. The college system says […]August 30, 2017StudentsOhio Bill Would Protect Campus Speakers, Punish DisruptersCOLUMBUS, Ohio — A Republican proposal in Ohio seeks to protect speakers’ appearances at Ohio colleges and calls on campuses to punish students who disrupt them. State Reps. Wesley Goodman, of Cardington, and Andrew Brenner, of Powell, announced the Campus Free Speech Act Tuesday. It would restrict creation of campus “free speech zones” and require […]August 30, 2017StudentsJudge: Student Accused of Sex Assault Can Return to CollegeOXFORD, Ohio — A federal judge has ruled a student barred from a southwest Ohio college because of a sexual assault accusation can return to class. The student is suing Miami University in Oxford, claiming he was falsely accused and Miami denied him due process in its investigation that resulted in his two-year ban. The […]August 30, 2017Previous PagePage 457 of 3225Next Page
