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Investigators from underrepresented groups have borne the brunt of the disruption to science from the pandemic, according to an opinion piece that outlines ways in which institutions can lessen the damage.

As the hiring season gets underway, academic listings are still way down from last year, but there are signs of the job market picking back up.

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.

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.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is supplying local hospitals and the state with key ingredients needed for COVID-19 testing.

Graduate students and postdocs are left wondering about the implications for their academic careers.

China and Japan have also closed their schools, prompting universities worldwide to assess the threat this virus poses to their local and international communities.

Two new commentaries on a contested 2018 study about gender disparities in STEM fields clash over whether sex differences or social inequalities are to blame for the lack of women scientists and engineers.

Four University of Florida faculty members leave their jobs as a state committee that formed last month pledges to investigate individual researchers and institutions.

The nonprofit newsroom has collected more than 29,000 disclosures of faculty members’ outside income, but they represent just the tip of the iceberg.

The Henderson State University academics face charges of manufacturing methamphetamine and using drug paraphernalia.

Higher ed professionals from EU and non-EU countries are departing for jobs elsewhere, perhaps reflecting uncertainty over funding availability.

Federal grant support for technology transfer at universities will strengthen the national innovation system.

The National Labor Relations Board has gone back-and-forth on whether graduate students at private universities can form unions three times in the past 19 years.

Observers expect that the National Labor Relations Board will reverse an Obama-era determination that graduate students are employees entitled to form unions.

After negotiating for eight months, the University of California becomes one of the first research institutions in the US to stop paying for access to the publisher’s journals.

The UC system is pushing to change the subscription model and accelerate open access, but if there’s no contract agreement by December 31, faculty and students lose access altogether.

The plan would also allow non-EU countries to pay to participate in EU research programs, albeit without wielding “decisional power.”