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Stephen Hawking’s Ph.D. Thesis Goes Online, Website Crashes
LONDON — Cambridge University has put Stephen Hawking’s doctoral thesis online, triggering such interest that it crashed the university’s website. Completed in 1966 when the renowned physicist and author was 24, “Properties of Expanding Universes” explores ideas about the origins of the universe that have resonated through the scientist’s career. The university says the thesis […]
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Community College STEM Students Getting ‘Nudged’ Toward Success
Are text-based “nudges” the answer to helping students succeed in school? Up to a point, many experts say.
Leadership & Policy
University of Maryland Receives $220 Million Donation
An alumnus broke records at the University of Maryland on Wednesday when his foundation gifted the institution with $220 million dollars.
STEM
2 Ohio Colleges Apply for Medical Marijuana Testing
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two colleges have applied to handle testing for Ohio’s nascent medical marijuana program. A spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Commerce tells The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Central State University in southwest Ohio and Hocking College in southeast Ohio both sent in applications by last Friday’s deadline. State law mandates only colleges […]
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Virginia Tech Professor Charged with Fraud in Grant Funding
ROANOKE, Va. — A Virginia Tech professor has been accused of defrauding the university and the federal government in a case that involves more than $1 million in grant funding. An affidavit filed in the U.S. Western District Court of Virginia says Yiheng Percival Zhang was charged last week with wire fraud, making criminal false […]
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Czech Appeals Court Upholds Hijab Ban at Nursing School
PRAGUE — A Czech appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that went against a Somali student who accused a nursing school of discrimination because she wears a hijab. Ayan Jamaal Ahmednuur demanded an apology and 60,000 koruna ($2,750) in compensation but the Prague 10 district court ruled in January there was no evidence […]
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West Virginia State Working to Add New Engineering Degrees
West Virginia State University is likely to be one step closer to starting its stand-alone engineering program.
Students
New Trial Ordered in Suit That Saw $1M Award for Ex-student
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a former nursing student’s lawsuit against Clarkson College in which a jury awarded her $1 million. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the award was issued last year after Kelly Armstrong sued the Omaha college, saying the school wrongly kicked her out of […]
Students
Scholar: Graduate Research Internships a Resource to Fill STEM Workforce Gap
Expanding 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.
Students
Researchers Seek Key to Success of STEM Students at HBCUs
Research being conducted by The Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL) may show that “leading with soul” is directly connected to the success of STEM students at historically Black colleges and universities.
Students
Faculty Chemistry Pays Off at Georgia Gwinnett College
Can you imagine a new state college having a junior faculty member chairing an open rank chemistry search committee?
STEM
Boeing Helps Diversify STEM Fields
A longstanding partnership between The Boeing Company and Washington University in St. Louis is being hailed as a potential model for how to diversify STEM fields in general and America’s aerospace industry in particular.
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