The core focus of this project at the moment is perfecting a sound-to-touch sensory substitution device, and they have the theoretical framework in place behind the conversions that go into such technology. Read more »
Duke University students and faculty arranged protests last week following an incident at the school in which a noose was hung from a tree overnight, which then caused an outrage on campus by the morning. Read more »
If passed, the bill would invalidate the current Nevada System of Higher Education policy in place, which makes it a requirement for any person that does have a concealed carry permit to first obtain approval by the institution before they carry a weapon at that institution. Read more »
The University of Toronto and striking teaching assistants reached a tentative agreement on issues surrounding teaching assistants on campus on March 18, but the deal was struck down by a small margin after being put to vote by the participants in the strike. Read more »
After nearly 40 years, students at the University of Alabama have not only elected its first African American Student Government Association president, but they have done so by a large margin. Read more »
In hopes of increasing awareness and improving the treatment of adjunct professors at colleges and universities around the nation, students, faculty and staff at various colleges participated in the first-ever National Adjunct Walkout Day last week. Read more »
An error in the Carnegie Mellon system that is responsible for generating acceptance letters caused the accidental release of acceptance letters to roughly 800 rejected students on Feb. 16. Read more »
As part of a new inclusive language program, the University of Michigan has adopted a campaign spreading awareness about language that could be deemed as harmful. Read more »
In a time when gender equality is at the forefront of many conversations in society and on college campuses around the country, the University of… Read more »
Dartmouth College recently released a statement that bans the presence of hard alcohol, along with other changes to school policy, in an effort to curb the party-school image that Dartmouth has held in the past. Read more »
Universities and colleges nationwide have been embracing campus safety in the digital age by joining forces with the app BlueLight. Read more »
City Lit, a college located in London, England, is now offering a course titled “The Art of Self Portraiture,” in which students explore the act of taking selfies and “practice introduction to photographic self-portraiture,” according to the online course description provided by City Lit on its website. Read more »
Rumors amongst the custodial staff at Tufts University of potential job cuts prompted many student activists at the university to take action. Read more »
A game aimed at helping low-income students prepare for college applications has received some additional help. The University of Southern California’s Pullias Center for Higher… Read more »
Researchers at Cornell University have developed two new varieties of apple to be grown exclusively in New York state. SnapDragon is already available in local… Read more »
Two juniors at New York University are creating a website and app to tackle hunger with a simple idea: connect corporate events with leftover foods… Read more »
Students, faculty and volunteers from Point Loma Nazarene University are creating a scholarship that will allow survivors of human trafficking to get a college education.… Read more »
Cornell University recently became the 15th U.S. college to drop its contract with JanSport after the manufacturer’s parent company refused to guarantee improved worker safety… Read more »
From their first day of biology classes at Emory University, freshmen Rostam Zafari and Brian Goldstone have defied expectations. During class, Professor Rachelle Spell jokingly… Read more »
Students at the Georgia Institute of Technology can now use the cryptocurrency bitcoin to pay for everything from tuition to concession-stand hot dogs. Bitcoin is… Read more »
Fliers seeking models for community figure drawing sessions set off a chain of events this fall that culminated in an international media storm and a… Read more »
College students across the country now have yet another way to meet each other: an app, created by Princeton University students, that allows people to… Read more »
Mount Holyoke College recently became the second women’s college in the United States to create a policy stating that the school will welcome transwomen, as… Read more »
A professor at Georgia Regents University is now putting Kendrick Lamar’s album “Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City” on a shelf with James Joyce’s “Dubliners” and the… Read more »
