University News
|
Kano -
Gunmen attacked church services on the campus of Bayero University in the city of Kano, Nigeria, on Sunday. The attackers used explosives to draw the worshipers out and then opened fire on them as the fled, killing about 20 people and wounding several.
|
|
Saudi Arabia is enforcing a law to ban gays and "tom boys" (lesbians) from attending schools and universities in the country.
|
|
Last year there was a record amount of students who quit university courses, just as the dropout rate rose above thirty thousand.
|
|
A university professor in Italy is under investigation for teaching and directing studies which deny any link between the HIV virus and AIDS. This has caused public outcry and has triggered an inquiry by the University of Florence.
|
|
Teheran -
Professor Abdolreza Ghanbari, a lecturer at Payame Nour University in Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran, was charged with Moharebeh (enmity towards God) and he is waiting to be executed.
|
|
Chicago -
It is not uncommon for alumni of colleges to give back to their school once they've graduated and become successful. However, investment manager Richard Driehaus took it to a new level, giving $30 million to his alma mater.
|
|
Ibadan -
I recently visited the campus of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria's first university. Being on the campus after many years was a nostalgic experience. The campus was where I spent my childhood. My earliest memories are closely tied to the environment.
|
|
Controlling university admissions since 1993, the UCAS system guides and determines the future of all aspiring students nationwide every year. But just how fairly does it influence the future of today's youth?
|
|
Coventry -
Instead of wasting billions bailing out the banks and trillions invading other countries, Western governments should be investing in the technologies of the future - like the hydrogen car.
|
|
Student loan defaults in the U.S. are increasing with rates particularly high for those who attended for-profit colleges. As these colleges receive a disproportionate amount of federal student aid the government needs to take some responsibility.
|
apis-175831 apis-174909 apis-173681 apis-173047 apis-172434 apis-170967 apis-168260 apis-163067 apis-162401 apis-161588
University Headlines
A top Italian university switches to English
A new type of privately-funded science and technology university has been announced by the universities minister.
The University of Manchester are University Challenge champions for the third time in seven years.
 Researchers at the University of Ottawa, Simon Fraser University and the University of Montreal are collecting SMS messages to look at how texting affects the way Canadians write.
Seven people die as a gunman opens fire at Oikos University, a Christian college in Oakland, California, police say.
|
 |
Top News
topnews-right-177722 topnews-right-177740 topnews-right-177739 topnews-right-177745 topnews-right-177616 topnews-right-177738 topnews-right-177734 topnews-right-177719
University Image
David Colquhoun
Handout from a now-defunct university course in homoeopathy.
image:66140:0::0
University Blogs
|
While many point to “range anxiety” as the reason that the adoption of all-electric vehicles is not proceeding at...
|
|
A smile is one of the most powerful gestures on planet earth! A smile is free, and can be given as well as received...
|
|
ABOUT J. THOMAS SHAW J. Thomas Shaw was born in Quincy, Illinois, and attended the University of Oklahoma and...
|
|
While in Journalism school, not that long ago, I was assigned to do a term paper on actor and entertainer Mario Moreno,...
|
|
The researchers from the University of Beira Interior in Portugal tested coriander oil against 12 bacterial strains,...
|
bpimgset-177498 bpimgset-177444
|
Email this
Share on Facebook
