The EU still has work to do if it is to catch up with its global competitors, according to the latest European Commission report on the Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU.

Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside.

The use is growing: This year appearing in nearly one-third of Ph.D. dissertations in science, technology, engineering, and math filed between January and May, a new working paper found.

Demonstrations swept across France as teachers and parents took to the streets with high school pupils on the biggest day of what Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu described as the most ​violent studen...

University leaders split over how much of the sector has been hit by tighter immigration compliance rules, although financial fallout may force rethink on HE funding model, some predict

The University of Utah could cut up to 855 positions by next summer. Other institutions are also axing hundreds of jobs, citing enrollment and financial challenges and rising costs.

Some of the students furious over the handling of an alleged fraternity house gang rape at Cornell University are directing their ire at the school’s president.

The saga of Zhuo-Hua Pan, perhaps the rightful inventor of optogenetics, raises the question of what it means to invent something in science.

Our metrics for measuring faculty productivity are fueling a crisis in scientific integrity.

Changes will see job losses, axing modern languages and music degrees, and cutting support services.

For months, she received paychecks but little information. Meanwhile, her career was unraveling.

The Belgian-American scientist won for his work creating an Antarctic observatory of ice to detect high-energy neutrinos, elusive subatomic particles that can reveal otherwise inaccessible information...

A pilot program that will exclude first-semester grades for students in the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) next fall has been paused.

This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth (U.S.), Peter Hegemann (Germany), and Georg Nagel (Germany) for their development of optogenetics. The Karolinska Institute in S...

A University of Connecticut Professor also has filed an appeal of the human rights agency's decision.

A former EIU professor who pled guilty to one count of child solicitation and one count of possession of child sexual abuse images earlier this year had his sentencing delayed to Jan. 8, 2027, at 9 a....

Utahn Michael Kofoed contends tenured professors at U.S. service academies can play key roles in preparing mission-ready officers.

A pro-Palestine group at UC Berkeley is proudly hosting Hamas sympathizer and former Columbia professor Mohamed Abdou the day before the 3rd anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks.

SB 2972 requires public universities restrict several forms of protected speech on campus during certain times.

Three University of South Alabama students face federal charges for online threats against Donald Trump ahead of his Friday Mitchell Center rally.

The U.S. Justice Department claims federal law bars the university from allowing undocumented immigrants residing in the state to pay in-state tuition if the same offer isn't extended to U.S. citizens...

Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says he never saw a transcript of a conversation between an alleged rape victim and investigators showing what she told Cornell University campus p...

Cornell University has agreed to hire outside counsel to conduct an independent investigation into the 2024 alleged gang rape case, Gov. Kathy Hochul says.

Sentencing in a Northern Arizona University hazing death brings 60 days in jail and three years of probation for former fraternity leader Carter Eslick.

A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told campus police that she could “say with 100% confidence I was raped.”

Women say nothing has changed since Delhi’s infamous Nirbhaya bus rape case 14 years ago

Security service says academics should stop working with and taking grants from firm backed by Chinese intelligence

Terence Chong allegedly told a seminar it was ‘pointless’ for women to get high GPAs since they ‘need to marry rich in the end anyway’.

Pepperdine promises professors freedom to teach controversial ideas and vigorously debate colleagues. Christina Littlefield is testing that promise.

Mumbai Crime Branch has recorded statements of around 40 people in the IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode death case. The probe includes statements from family members, students and hostel staff, while P...

“Our detectives followed the evidence and built a strong case against this predator who took advantage of a vulnerable child.”

North Central Texas College said in a statement that, to its knowledge, the alleged offense doesn't involve other staff or any students.

Newly-launched Vita is part of a broader government plan to give China a bigger say in what counts as high quality science.

A Trump administration rule will compare college graduates' earnings with those of workers holding lower credentials, potentially ending federal loan access for programmes that repeatedly fail the tes...

Thank Trump: In 2027 "If Your Degree Doesn't Make Enough Money" You Won't Get Federal Student Loans

Positivity bias skews the scientific record by favoring positive results. Understanding the drivers and impact of such bias provides a foundation for creating solutions.

Homecoming weekend at the University of Guelph posed a “serious risk” to the safety of students, neighbours and the broader community, and put a strain on the city’s emergency department, according to...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Katz is calling for a televised debate with Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Coons after Katz's campaign said