Simoni spent more than four decades at Stanford University as a teacher, researcher, and administrator in the university’s biology department.

Thousands of acres have burned across the northern part of the state, forcing the evacuation of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and posing a serious threat to Lick Observatory.

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.

Kennedy, who succumbed to COVID-19, served as commissioner of the FDA and editor-in-chief of Science, and is credited with helping to transform Stanford into a top research university.

Here are the lessons we’ve learned so far about the keys to virtual science education—including what to do about lab classes.

Diversity programs are shifting their focus from just providing academic support to creating a learning environment that is more inclusive of people of different backgrounds.

The young faculty member was active in outreach and teaching.

Technology and family constraints are making the “ghostdoc” more popular, but the setup is not without costs, researchers say.

Critics of the proposed curriculum say it leaves out important information relating to climate change and evolution.

Overseeing assistant professors tasked with teaching freshmen how to conduct research revealed crucial gaps in STEM doctoral education. 

Career options and research opportunities at two-year colleges are often underappreciated.

As many as 1,000 different non-native organisms used in the classroom are being released into the wild by school teachers.

A biochemist who mapped the ways in which molecular pathways interact passed away at age 96.

Medical schools in the UK are teaching physiology courses primarily focused on clinical applications with much curtailed practical laboratory training to the detriment of medical education