University News
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Shanghai -
A top Chinese university has removed references to "freedom of thought" from its charter, triggering a rare act of student defiance, while two other institutions added language stressing fealty to President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party.
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Veteran Olympic and university swimming coach Jon Urbanchek is a living legend in the pool deck. He chatted with Digital Journal about his new role as the national team technical advisor for USA Swimming.
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Olympic swimming and university coach Jack Bauerle chatted with Digital Journal. A 2019 Golden Goggle nominee, Bauerle coaches nine athletes on the 2019 to 2020 U.S. national team, which include Andrew Wilson, Olivia Smoliga, Nic Fink, and Chase Kalisz.
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By AFP
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Staff at one of Hong Kong's top universities picked through the chaotic aftermath of a violent occupation by protesters for a second day Wednesday as the school searches for elusive holdouts -- and a way forward for a devastated institution.
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By AFP
Sydney -
Australia announced measures to combat foreign interference at its universities Thursday, setting new guidelines around the key areas of research collaboration, cybersecurity, and international partnerships.
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By AFP
Bejing -
Beijing on Wednesday decried a US decision to restrict visas for Chinese officials linked to the repression of Xinjiang Muslims, and called on Washington to withdraw the measure.
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By AFP
Bejing -
Beijing on Wednesday decried a US decision to restrict visas for Chinese officials linked to the repression of Xinjiang Muslims, and called on Washington to withdraw the measure.
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Cyberattacks against colleges and universities are increasing dramatically, and school officials are often completely unprepared to deal with these attacks. A security expert at Jenzabar, provides some insight.
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By AFP
Wellington -
A teenager lay dead in his campus dorm room for up to two months, a New Zealand university said Thursday, with the young man's body only discovered after fellow residents complained of the smell.
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A new Cobalt Dickens phishing campaign has been targeting universities. To understand the implications behind this, security expert Peter Goldstein, CTO and co-founder of Valimail provides some analysis.
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Many education institutions have suffered from major data breaches. Such breaches affect the personal identifiable information of students. This places a responsibility on academia to do more to protect students' data, explains a leading expert.
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By AFP
New York -
The head of a research center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has said he will quit in protest after the revelation of financial ties between the institution and disgraced hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein.
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By AFP
Kabul -
At least six people were killed and 16 more wounded in a suicide blast outside a military academy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, an official said.
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By AFP
Apo -
A Japanese university has stopped hiring professors and teachers who light up, officials said Tuesday, as the nation steps up an anti-smoking campaign ahead of the 2020 Olympics.
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By AFP
New York -
"Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman and fellow Hollywood actress Lori Loughlin were among dozens indicted Tuesday in a multi-million dollar scam to help children of the American elite cheat their way into top universities.
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By AFP
New York -
"Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman and fellow Hollywood actress Lori Loughlin were among 50 people indicted Tuesday in a multi-million dollar scam to help children of the American elite cheat their way into top universities.
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By AFP
New York -
"Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman and fellow Hollywood actress Lori Loughlin were among 50 people indicted Tuesday in a multi-million dollar scam to help children of the American elite cheat their way into top universities.
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Waterloo -
Attending university can be a stressful experience for many and lowering anxiety helps with the student experience. A new Canadian study finds that variety is important to nudge large groups of students to engage in anxiety-relieving behaviour.
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Many universities still are not embracing data analytics, and are instead making huge decisions based not on data, but on their gut or historical trends. Yet data analytics can assist with an array of higher-ed services.
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By AFP
Khartoum -
Sudan's army said Wednesday it will not allow the state to collapse amid nationwide protests, as the defence minister warned of a "plot" to trigger insecurity in the African nation.
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By AFP
Apo -
An Egyptian university has overturned its decision to expel a male student over hugging his female friend on campus, in an incident that sparked controversy in the conservative country.
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By AFP
Apo -
Egypt's Al-Azhar university on Monday overturned a decision to expel a female student who was filmed hugging a male colleague, after the country's top Muslim cleric intervened in her favour.
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By AFP
Apo -
Egypt's Al-Azhar university on Sunday said it had expelled a female student after she appeared in a video hugging a male colleague, accusing her of undermining the school's reputation.
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By AFP
London -
British university leaders warned on Friday that leaving the European Union without an official deal would be "one of the biggest threats our universities have ever faced.
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By AFP
New York -
New York police were Thursday investigating swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs spray painted outside the office of a professor who researches the Holocaust at Columbia University.
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By AFP
Bejing -
One of China's top universities has warned students they face arrest if they associate with a labour-rights organisation that has drawn support in a recent surge of Chinese campus activism.
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By AFP
Bras -
Brazil's Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that military police should not intervene on public university campuses, after they launched campus operations against students who oppose far-right president elect Jair Bolsonaro.
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By AFP
Apo -
A US student banned from entering Israel for allegedly having supported a pro-Palestinian boycott of the country appeared in court on Thursday to challenge the decision.
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By AFP
Salzburg -
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday acknowledged an "error" in a book of his which reportedly reproduces parts of a diplomat's speech without referencing him, just a week after being accused of plagiarising his thesis.
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By AFP
Madrid -
Spain's conservative Popular Party (PP), freshly ousted from power over a series of corruption cases, has been hit by another scandal as new leader Pablo Casado stands accused of getting a Masters degree as a "gift.
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Handout from a now-defunct university course in homoeopathy. David Colquhoun
University of Toronto, St. George campus as seen from the Robarts Library. Inmouchar
Strike by teachers and students in Spain, May 22, 2012 República Española
Handout from a now-defunct university course in homoeopathy. David Colquhoun
Tent City lines Stadium Drive for nearly a half mile. University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark. September 24, 2010.
Building and sign promoting the University of Manchester, one of the U.K.'s leading institutions.
Handout from a now-defunct university course in homoeopathy. David Colquhoun
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus during the fall uwgb admission
The Minister of State for Science and Technology, Canada, Gary Goodyear meeting the Indian Minister for Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal, in New Delhi on November 09, 2010. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
Baylor University. Aboxorocks
LOCKDOWN: Photo shows Peterson Hall, the former administration building, on the Seattle Pacific University campus in Seattle. Joe Mabel/Wikimedia Commons
University of Colorado 2009 - 420 Celebration- Clouds of Pot Smoke rising above the crowd of almost 15,000 well-behaved, stoned and smiling partiers. flickr stonerboy420
Charlotte Tindle bought a house boat to avoid the costs of university accomodation in Fulham, London The Evening Standard
Graduation caps worn by students Jmaz Photo
Handout from a now-defunct university course in homoeopathy. David Colquhoun
File photo: Napping helped to pass the time for Tent City residents. University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark. September 24, 2010.
A view of Oikos University in Oakland, using Google Street View Street View photo
Robert A. Millikan Memorial Library — at Caltech, Pasadena. Canon.vs.nikon
MIT Building 10 and the Great Dome, Cambridge Massachusetts. John Phelan
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