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The Middlebury College neuroscientist explores enzymes that affect brain cell development and neurodegeneration.

In a contract that still needs to be ratified by union members, the university has agreed to boost student pay and allow for independent arbitration in cases of alleged misconduct and discrimination.

Junior faculty in particular may lose ground as undergrad students remain barred from university labs.

Life sciences professors and other staff make contingency plans for more coronavirus-related disruptions in the coming school year.

The public university system in California joins a number of colleges planning a virtual semester to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19.

Those who plan to participate say communication is critical to researchers’ role.

Students, especially racial minorities, tend to perform worse when professors believe intelligence is fixed

In an email, biostatistics professor Megan Neely warned students of “unintended consequences” from speaking their native language on campus. She has since left a leadership post.

Some academic institutions are beginning to complement the work of student organizations in addressing mental health problems in graduate school.

Volvox barberi actively organize themselves into large colonies that optimize space.

A provision to tax tuition waivers was dropped during the reconciliation process.

Students launch a fundraising campaign to rescue the event, which was a casualty of budget cuts to the state’s education department. 

How retired scientists can enhance science education where they reside

A high-school student makes an unprecedented duck-billed dinosaur find in Utah.

An eight-year study finds freshman benefit more from adjunct-taught classes than those led by faculty in the tenure system.

A humorous Twitter hashtag helps paint a picture of what science initiation rituals might look like.

Proposed legislation that sought to offer green cards to foreign STEM students excluded those in biology.