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STEM

Purdue Scientists Again Partnering with Japanese Company

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University officials say the school is expanding an existing partnership with a Japanese chemical company to include an advanced agriculture project. Purdue scientists will work with Tokyo-based Sumitomo Chemical Co. to look at plants’ roots and leaves and analyze what chemicals or fertilizers it needs. Purdue officials say the technology […]

November 29, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Female Faculty Putting Productivity in Writing

Writing groups for female faculty aim to provide more opportunities for research, opening up pathways to promotion.

November 2, 2016

Students

Anthropology Professor Uncovers Birthplace of Inspiration for Uncle Tom’s Cabin

An anthropology professor has discovered a small Maryland town as the likely birthplace of Josiah Henson, the alleged inspiration behind the classic novel.

October 30, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Black Doctoral Network Helping Scholars Feel at Home

More than 400 participants from various academic disciplines, spent the weekend networking and sharing their research at the 4th Annual Black Doctoral Network Conference (BDN).

October 30, 2016

Students

Study Finds Black Youth Interest in Technology Growing

The majority of African Americans between the ages of 11-17 are self-reportedly confident about their computer skills, about half say that they want to learn how build their own website, and a third want to learn how to code.

October 27, 2016

Asian American Pacific Islander

UCLA Celebrates Public Access to Key Japanese-American Incarceration Collection

Now, educators and the general public can view documents and legal memoranda retrieved during Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga’s years of research and gathering evidence proving that the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans was unnecessary.

October 25, 2016

STEM

University of Washington Gets $210M from Gates Foundation

SEATTLE ― The University of Washington is getting $210 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help build a new facility to advance efforts to improve the health and well-being of people around the world, officials said Tuesday. The donation from the largest private foundation in the world, located just miles from the […]

October 25, 2016

African-American

Scholars: Snopes Clears Up Race-based Rumors

Much like the nation itself, the fact-checking website snopes.com increasingly has been dealing with rumors that revolve around issues of race.

October 20, 2016

Students

Harvard Graduate Students Reach Deal to Vote on Unionization

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Graduate students at Harvard University are organizing an election to decide whether to unionize. A group of graduate students reached an agreement with Harvard’s administration on Tuesday to hold an election on Nov. 16 and 17. The vote will allow Harvard’s 3,500 teaching and research assistants to decide whether they will be […]

October 19, 2016

Students

University of Michigan to Get $27M for Robotics Research

DETROIT ― The University of Michigan is set to receive $27 million from a Chinese investment firm to aid in the institution’s driverless vehicle and robotics research. U-M President Mark Schlissel and Vice President for Research S. Jack Hu signed a memorandum of understanding on Saturday in Shenzhen, China, with Frontt Capital Management Ltd. Schlissel […]

October 19, 2016

Students

Washington University Stops Intubation Training Using Cats

ST. LOUIS ― Washington University in St. Louis said Monday that it has stopped using sedated cats to train medical students how to insert breathing tubes down babies’ throats, effectively ending the practice in the U.S., according to a medical ethics group. The university’s School of Medicine said in a statement that after a “significant […]

October 18, 2016

Students

Nike Co-founder Phil Knight Pledges $500M to University of Oregon

EUGENE, Ore. ― Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife have pledged $500 million to the University of Oregon toward a new scientific research facility. The Register-Guard reports that the donation is the largest ever awarded to UO and is meant to launch a $1 billion, 10-year effort to build a three-building complex and add […]

October 18, 2016