Author: Matt Weeks
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Natural history museum to offer master’s for earth science teachers
The American Museum of Natural History, the first U.S. science museum with its own doctoral…
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Support system
Bill McDonald has been the dean of students for a year now, but you wouldn’t…
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‘Dream’ builders: Students help with community improvement projects during King Day
For a few hours on Jan. 16, UGA student Olufeyisayo Bab-Oke took a pickaxe…
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Former Willson Center director to deliver Founders Day Lecture
In observance of the university’s 227th anniversary, Betty Jean Craige, retired University Professor of Comparative…
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UGA to celebrate African-American women during Black History Month
Black women and their contributions to American history and culture will be highlighted on the…
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Former Willson Center director to deliver Founders Day Lecture
In observance of the University of Georgia’s 227th anniversary, Betty Jean Craige, retired university professor…
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U.S. Coast Guard aids stricken University of Hawaii research ship
The Kilo Moana, a University of Hawaii research vessel,was rescued at sea by the U.S.…
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Duke U. approves first degree for its business school campus in China
A master of management studies will be the first degree offered by Duke University’s Fuqua…
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New York’s Bard College acquires liberal arts institution in Berlin
Bard College, a liberal arts college in Annadale-on-Hudson, N.Y., acquired a higher education institution in…
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Oh, the places they’ll go
Speakers at the university’s Commencement exercises Dec. 16 used their personal experiences to inspire and…
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Faculty, students honored at this year’s DRC reception
It’s understood that the Disability Resource Center’s annual Student and Faculty Recognition Reception allows students…
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Unemployed veterans gain additional year of benefits from Congress
Congress has passed a bill that will provide an additional year of benefits from the…
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First-Year Odyssey courses help faculty, students grow
It’s 10:45 on a Monday morning and Ashley Calabria, an assistant professor in the College…
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UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering to open graduate center in Shanghai
The College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, announced plans to open a…
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Staffer builds bridges between students, AIDS Athens
For Mumbi Okundaye, public health isn’t just her department; it’s a moral imperative. That’s why…
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Teaching the teachers
The metaphor wasn’t lost on Paige Carmichael. When she joined about two dozen other faculty…
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Speaker: Culture of creativity, innovation needed in higher ed
Higher education institutions have a vital leadership role to play if the U.S. hopes to…
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Cooper Union mulls charging tuition for first time in its 152-year history
The president of Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a privately funded…
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Seven higher education groups bid to build technology campus in NYC
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that seven university groups have placed bids to…
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Yale begins active recruitment of LGBTQ applicants for its med school
To increase diversity and increase a demographic group underrepresented as physicians, officials from the Yale…
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Marine Corps cancels plans to reduce tuition assistance to veterans
The U.S. Marine Corps has reversed a recent policy that reduced its maximum tuition-assistance benefits…
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James Madison U. to give course credit for Rosetta Stone completion
James Madison University has agreed to offer course credit to online-only students who complete a…
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U.S., two Koreas meet at UGA for informal peace talks
Delegates from North Korea, South Korea and the U.S. reaffirmed a commitment to peace building…
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Fulbright program to resume in Libya
As part of its $11 million aid package to Libya, the U.S. State Department plans…
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