JD.com, China’s largest retailer online or offline, has launched a joint research lab for blockchain technologies with the Ying Wu College of Computing at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the Institute of Software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS). More...
College of Western Idaho seeks levy for $39M health science building
The college, pointing to the rising demand for health care workers, aims to build a $49 million health science building on its Nampa campus by 2022. More...
Construction on new UVM arena could begin this winter
The University of Vermont's long-awaited arena upgrade is closer to reality than ever. More...
Baylor fined $2M after investigation of scandal
The Big 12 board announced Tuesday that it was fining Baylor University $2 million for "reputational damage to the conference and its members" stemming from a sexual assault scandal two years ago. More...
Elizabeth City State University sustains momentum
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) recently announced fresh results from a highly successful, two-year effort to increase new student enrollment through a partnership with InsideTrack, the leader in student enrollment, career and success coaching. More...
Purdue limits streaming in large lecture halls
The goal of the pilot project, which is suspending access to Netflix, Hulu, Apple updates, iTunes and Steam, is to ensure students have unimpeded access to the academic resources they need. More...
$7M grant will help ASU, partners offer college prep to students and families
Thanks to a $7 million grant recently awarded to Arizona State University, students and their families will have greater access to a college education and a foundation for a bright future. More...
New details on Education Department overhaul
The plans, some details of which haven’t been previously reported, include elevating the Office of Non-Public Education to report directly to DeVos in the Office of the Secretary to help meet the agency’s goal of improving “parent choice,” according to documents obtained by POLITICO from the American Federation of Government Employees, which has clashed repeatedly with the Trump administration. More...
University president: When I heard the Pittsburgh news
College and university leaders in Pennsylvania and beyond reacted with expressions of sorrow to the killing of 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday by a man who said he wanted to kill all Jews. Vigils were held on campuses, including at Harvard University, the University of Delaware and the University of Michigan. More...
New center at university to fight algal blooms
A national research effort aimed at protecting freshwater lakes from toxic algal blooms will be led by a new center in Ohio. More...