Google asks academia to help advance Cardboard VR research

Google announced its Cardboard VR headset basically as an afterthought at the end of its 2014 I/O conference, but since then the platform's grown into a viable means of experiencing virtual reality. Much like its peers have done in the past, Mounta...

Higher Ed Tenured Women Find Facetime Failing


Part one of the series discussed the pay wall and impact of degree choice over salary and promotion in higher education for women. In part two, women find flexibility of family life to be a deterrent...

Higher Ed Tenured Women Find Facetime Failing


Part one of the series discussed the pay wall and impact of degree choice over salary and promotion in higher education for women. In part two, women find flexibility of family life to be a deterrent...

Higher Ed Tenured Women Face Difficulties in Pay, Representation Gap


Being a professor seems like a fun gig, right? Imagine the chance to teach students without parents involved, cushy jobs, the chance to research while doing the minimal work, and suddenly turning...

Colleges Rewarded for Economic Diversity


There are a lot of reasons to admit high-income students to 4-year colleges and universities: fewer scholarship dollars, more alumni participation, and the fact that these groups will "fit in" better...

Wesleyan Drug Paradox: Molly Overdoses Happened Even With Stricter Campus Rules


Officials at Wesleyan University are struggling manage the growing crisis of drug overdoses on the college campus. Even with stricter policies in place, it didn’t curtail the “open secret” drug...

ESPN Suspends Keith Olbermann For Penn State Tweets


ESPN has suspended Keith Olbermann.According to a press release on ESPN's website, the network took Olbermann off the air for the rest of the week "because of tweets critical of Penn State and its...

Nobel Peace Prize 2014 Winner is Malala Yousafzai


The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 goes to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi. Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and education activist from the town of Mingora in the Swat District of...

Nobel Peace Prize 2014 Announcement Coming


Malala Yousafzai has won the Nobel Peace Prize 2014. The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize is likely the most controversial Nobel Prize each year. In 2012 the European Union won the Peace Prize, which many...