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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech during the opening session of the World Climate Change Conference

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Climate change: UNESCO to partner Nigeria on Lake Chad

The Eagle Online - ‎4 hours ago‎
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation say it will partner with Nigeria to organise an international conference in 2017 toward increasing Lake Chad water level.

Data Glitch Caused Mars Lander to Crash into Red Planet

Product Design & Development - ‎18 hours ago‎
The Schiaparelli lander crash-landed on Mars because of a sensor malfunction, the European Space Agency found after a preliminary investigation.

Great Barrier Reef sees record coral deaths this year

Boston Herald - ‎57 minutes ago‎
In this Friday Nov. 25, 2016, photo Australian senator Pauline Hanson listens to marine scientist Alison Jones, left, as she displays a piece of coral on the Great Barrier Reef off Great Keppel Island, Queensland, Australia.

Astronaut vision may be impaired by spinal fluid changes: study

Guardian - ‎6 hours ago‎
This handout picture released on November 22, 2016 by the ESA/NASA shows French astronaut Thomas Pesquet in the International Space Station 's Cupola observatory, one of ESA's contributions to the orbital outpost.

Scientists challenge Einstein's theory on speed of light

AOL News - ‎17 hours ago‎
It's no secret, Albert Einstein was a bonafide genius, but even geniuses get it wrong sometimes. A new proposed experiment to test Einstein's concept of the speed of light traveling at a constant rate could turn the theory of relativity on its head.

Huge Cracks In The West Antarctic Ice Sheet May Signal Its Collapse

Gizmodo Australia - ‎4 hours ago‎
Last year, a 580 square km chunk of West Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier broke off and tumbled into the sea. Now, Earth scientists at Ohio State University have pinpointed the root cause of the iceberg calving event: A crack that started deep below ...

5000 fish in ice at Japan skating rink sparks uproar

The Boston Globe - ‎11 hours ago‎
TOKYO - The Japanese are known around the world for turning fish into centerpieces of culinary art. But an amusement park's recent effort to pair frozen fish and ice skating proved less enduring.

Pooping in deep space has NASA stumped. The 'Space Poop Challenge' is your way to help.

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants to boldly go beyond the adult diaper. The agency is seeking a system to manage fecal, menstrual and urine waste for six days - “a continuous duration of up to 144 hours,” as NASA wrote on its ...

Scientists rate Canadian climate policies

The Guardian - ‎Nov 28, 2016‎
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech during the opening session of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015.

Climate Refugees At The Gates: Rich Countries Say Halt

Forbes - ‎2 hours ago‎
Natural disasters displaced 36 million people in 2009, the year of the last full study. Of those, 20 million moved because of climate-change related factors.

Return of the PHOENIX LIGHTS? Blinking 'alien crafts' in sky shocks city

Express.co.uk - ‎17 hours ago‎
A CITY has been rocked by inexplicable bright lights seen “blinking” in the sky - that have been compared to one of the world's most famous mass UFO sightings.

Four myths about the supposed oil and gas bonanza in the Arctic

The Conversation UK - ‎19 hours ago‎
Michael John Laiho does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond the academic appointment above.

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University Friends

Butler's 'Trumpism' course description draws backlash

Indianapolis Star - ‎9 hours ago‎
Butler University said it is reviewing its course description practices after it received backlash for a fall 2017 course offering that focused on the election of President Donald Trump.

Guidelines and Policy - Social Media at Your University

Inside Higher Ed (blog) - ‎9 hours ago‎
When you do an advanced Google search for social media policy and/or social media guidelines on either .edu or .ac.uk domains, a lot of results* appear.

Ex-UM health CEO named Oakland University president

The Detroit News - ‎15 hours ago‎
Rochester Hills - Oakland University has named Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz as its seventh president, choosing a pharmaceutical company executive and former University of Michigan hospital leader who is a physician, researcher, administrator and fundraiser.

Congresswomen in Black Sorority Decry Racist Acts at American University

NBC4 Washington - ‎9 hours ago‎
The international president of the historically black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha spoke with News4 about the recent racist displays at American University. Jackie Bensen reports the unversity's security has been called into question due to poor ...

University Presses

New York Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
One of the lessons of NUMBERS AND THE MAKING OF US: Counting and the Course of Human Cultures (Harvard University, $27.95), a fascinating book by the anthropologist Caleb Everett, is that to exoticize the Pirahã (say, by likening them to Borges ...

Florida university to award degree to Trayvon Martin

CNN - ‎16 hours ago‎
The slain Florida teenager -- killed by George Zimmerman five years ago -- will be awarded a posthumous bachelor's degree in aeronautical science from Florida Memorial University. Martin's parents, Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will accept the ...

University of Akron bans all smoking including e-cigarettes

fox8.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
AKRON, Ohio-- Students at the University of Akron are being reminded that as of July 1, smoking of any kind will not be permitted on campus or at any off-campus university activity. The school will begin enforcing a ban that not only includes ...

Tuition hike proposed for some University of Montana students

The Missoulian - ‎7 hours ago‎
Tuition and fees for students at the University of Montana would jump 13 percent for resident freshmen and sophomores, but those costs at UM also would be equal to Montana State University, unlike the current setup. And, the total annual cost of ...

Baylor University Frat Suspended For “Mexican-Themed” Party

PEOPLE.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
The members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Baylor University faced repercussions for throwing a “Mexican-themed” party for Cinco de Mayo.

University of Iowa must pay $1.4 million to Jane Meyer

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines - ‎11 hours ago‎
Finding the University of Iowa discriminated against a former athletics administrator based on her gender and sexual orientation, a Polk County jury Thursday awarded Jane Meyer $1.43 million, according to her legal team.

University of Texas stabbing victim asked student to call his mom

New York Daily News - ‎13 hours ago‎
The victim of a stabbing spree at the University of Texas asked a student he didn't know to call his mom before he died Monday.

University of Arizona seniors behind viral red swimsuit giveaway

AZCentral.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
The company's founders, University of Arizona seniors Alan Alchalel and Brady Silverwood, now seem to be scrambling to figure out how to make the deal happen.

A Public University Acquires A Big For-Profit, And Raises Big Questions

NPR - ‎22 hours ago‎
In a move that's being called "bold" and "out of the blue," Indiana's Purdue University is acquiring the for-profit Kaplan University. In announcing the deal last week, Purdue President Mitch Daniels said it was designed to open the university up to a ...

Carlow University students mourn freshman who died in fall from balcony

Tribune-Review - ‎8 hours ago‎
A somber mood permeated Carlow University's Oakland campus Thursday, a day after the death of freshman Dalton Bacco. On the sidewalk outside the student center, bouquets of yellow, pink and blue flowers propped up alongside a few candles served as ...

Noose Found Inside University of Maryland Fraternity House

U.S. News & World Report - ‎18 hours ago‎
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Authorities at the University of Maryland are investigating a noose discovered in a fraternity house.

Potemkin Universities

National Review - ‎May 3, 2017‎
The university faces crises almost everywhere of student debt, university finances, free expression, and the very quality and value of a university education. Take free speech. Without freedom of expression, there can be no university. But if the ...

Student comes up with 'ingenious' way to cheat in university exams

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎12 hours ago‎
It may sound like something used by one of Harry Potter's wayward classmates at Hogwarts, but “invisible ink” has now been revealed by the university ombudsman as the latest university exam scam. According to the latest annual report by the Office of ...

Student Arrested After Crawling Into a Duct to Steal an Exam

New York Times - ‎12 hours ago‎
The Multidisciplinary Science Building at the University of Kentucky, where officials said two students tried to steal an exam from an instructor's office.

Salaries of 245 senior university staff are leaked

Devon Live - ‎1 hour ago‎
"The Information Commissioner was satisfied with the steps taken by the university to address the unauthorised disclosure and took no further action.

Arizona House OKs university bonding, Senate up next

ABC15 Arizona - ‎4 hours ago‎
The focus immediately returned to the Senate, where deal-cutting to gain support from conservative Republicans for the $1 billion university bonding program is yet to be tested with a vote. But it was clear the Legislature was moving closer to passing