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The University of Colorado is seeking to recover funds it spent fighting a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a professor who was fired on plagiarism charges after he likened some Sept. 11 terrorist attack victims to a Nazi leader.
A longtime Ivy League professor preyed on vulnerable teenage boys at home and abroad as he pursued them for sexual encounters and pornographic videos, prosecutors argued at his sentencing Tuesday.
A University of Northern Colorado theater professor accused of secretly videotaping guests at his home with a hidden bathroom camera has resigned.
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is teaching a political science course at a New York City college.
Anti-war activists protested Monday at the University of California, Berkeley to call for the firing of a law professor who co-wrote legal memos that critics say were used to justify the torture of suspected terrorists.
They weren't invited to the Rose Garden to hoist beers with President Barack Obama, yet their lives have been turned upside-down by the encounter between a black Harvard scholar and a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer.
Late-night comics found a few things to laugh about in the racially charged arrest of a Harvard professor — once beer was added to the equation.
A community theater group is taking the stage at an Athens, Ga., theater for the first time since a University of Georgia professor gunned down three of its members outside the building.
A judge refused Tuesday to reinstate a University of Colorado professor who was fired on plagiarism charges after he likened some Sept. 11 terrorist attack victims to a Nazi leader.
A federal judge sentenced a retired University of Tennessee professor to four years in prison Wednesday for passing sensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two research assistants from China and Iran.
A committee at a California university has cleared a professor who sent an e-mail comparing Israel's policies in Gaza to the Holocaust.
Last year, Kit Parker was a Harvard professor. Today, he is a U.S. Army major in Afghanistan.
Rajeev Motwani, a well-known Stanford University computer science professor who advised one of Google's creators, was found dead in his swimming pool.
A former University of Georgia professor had secretly recorded a conversation with his wife about her apparent affair with an economist before he shot both of them and another man to death outside a community theater, according to police documents.
Oxford University's first female Professor of Poetry resigned Monday after acknowledging she had helped publicize charges that her rival for the post had sexually harassed a former student.
Ruth Padel, the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin, became Oxford University's first female professor of poetry on Saturday.
Nobel literature laureate Derek Walcott has withdrawn from the contest for a prestigious position at Oxford University after anonymous letters criticizing him were sent to professors.
A Georgia professor who shot three people outside a community theater targeted his wife's male friend first, then turned the gun on her and a third person, authorities said Tuesday as they released new details of the killings.
The shooting deaths of three members of a theater group during a quiet picnic shattered an idyllic spring day at the sunny University of Georgia campus. Just as shocking was the suspect: A distinguished college professor.
A Jewish university professor accused of anti-Semitism for comparing Israel's treatment of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to the Holocaust says he's received hundreds of messages of support and a bombardment of hate mail.
Two people who knew college professor George Zinkhan early in his career described him as an ambitious and gifted academic with a promising future, but recent students at the University of Georgia said Zinkhan seemed disorganized and distant.
Officers in pickup trucks bounced down dirt roads and search helicopters whirred overhead after authorities found the Jeep of a former professor suspected of killing his wife and two others. The academic, however, was proving a much more elusive target than the wrecked vehicle found in a ravine.
The University of Colorado plans to challenge reinstatement efforts by a fired professor who later sued the school over his dismissal.
A jury ruled Thursday that the University of Colorado wrongly fired the professor who compared some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi, a verdict that gives the professor $1 and a chance to get his job back. "What was asked for and what was delivered was justice," Ward Churchill said outside the courtroom.
A former University of Colorado professor, assailed for likening Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi leader and fired for alleged plagiarism, testified in court Tuesday that pressure from the news media helped lead to his ouster.
Alan Johnson accused of misleading MPs over sacking of Professor David NuttEvan Harris, the party's science spokesman, has demanded an apology for Prof Nutt, who was fired after ministers complained that he had "crossed the line" by briefing against ministers.
Penn archaeologist recreates ancient brews from China, Turkey, PeruA local Chinese scientist presented him with what he calls "the real treasure." It was a sealed bronze drinking vessel that resembled a teapot from 1200 B.C. With liquid still inside.
Harvard Mourns Professor Killed In Fiery CrashBOSTON, Mass. -- The Harvard community is mourning a long-time professor of public health at the university who was killed in a fiery head-on crash in New Hampshire Monday along with his wife and mother.
Swimming Upstream: The Life of a Conservative Professor in AcademiaI have been a faculty member at a major State University for 40 years. Several years after my arrival, I voted for George McGovern. Eight years later, I voted for Ronald Reagan.
Local Girl Makes News, it's a good thing!!!...."Amid chores, the call: You won a Nobel"A scientist who grew up in Davis and graduated from Davis Senior High School in 1979 was among three researchers who on Monday shared the Nobel Prize in medicine.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | The 'first true scientist'By Professor Jim Al-Khalili University of Surrey Isaac Newton is, as most will agree, the greatest physicist of all time.
Stonehenge's Little Sister?: "Bluehenge" Has Been Discovered by Archaelogists "Archaeologists have discovered Stonehenge's little sister - just a mile from the famous monument."
One professor's fight for due process Think it's hard to defend yourself in a he said, she said situation? Try he said, who said.
Human Brain Could Be Replicated In 10 Years, Researcher PredictsA neuroscientist believes that "a model that replicates the functions of the human brain is feasible in 10 years."
Georgia Tech professor faces 15 counts of sexual exploitation of childrenA Georgia Tech associate professor has been arrested and charged with 15 counts of sexual exploitation of children.
I see at least two potential problems: (1) the focus on beer (2) the focus on the Cambridge incident at the expense of many other issues that could be considered more important.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Wireless power system shown offImagine a world where you wouldn't need to plug in your electronics to get their power or charged and totally replacing the need of batteries. Well that world might be here...
The Economist-in-Chief: The President's Sound Business Arguments For Healthcare ReformSome wags have labeled President Obama's performance last night as the "professor-in-chief." "If I really like a politician's speech," wondered Paul Krugman, "isn't that an indication that he lacks the popular touch?"
I'm going to keep this simple. No one knows what transpired between the professor and the officer. Unless there's a recording, people can speculate all they want.
This Harvard professor is nothing more than...a typical racist calling OUT DA MAN. maybe such an intelligent, "prominent" black man should have "shown his ID"... perhaps he was above the law.
On Scholar Gates Arrest: "Ain't nothing post-racial about the United States of America."It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore. When one of America's most prominent black intellectuals winds up in handcuffs, it's not just another episode of profiling — it's a signpost on the nation's bumpy road to equality.
Not even a Teen already in CollegeShe is young, 11 years old, but smart. She had to write an essay against several other students.. who were around 10 years older and high school grads... She wants to me a Kindergarten Teacher and College Professor.. or the President
New language technology clears up 100-year-old mysteryA new way to classify sounds in some human languages may solve a problem that has plagued linguists for nearly 100 years--how to accurately describe click sounds distinct to certain African languages.
Loyola Professor learns, if you exploit game community it can turn against you.Myers' 'straying from the mainstream' involves using a seldom-used power called "Teleport Foe" in PvP by warping enemy players within range of insta-kill guards near his own side's base.
Pirates "Smuggling Al-Qaeda Fighters" Into SomaliaThe Telegraph cites a Somalian minister, Professor Abdulrahman Adan Ibrahim as stating " 'the Shabab are getting the pirates to bring in fighters.' "
my problem with randy david (updated)[Manila, Philippines--] i was on the verge of blogging about the tenure case of tibak (activist) u.p. professor sarah raymundo of the department of sociology now chaired by prof. randy david, when the news broke that prof.
UCF professor may have found superbug fighter A University of Central Florida microbiologist has found a new way to fight a potentially deadly bacterium that is spreading through hospitals.
Professor Says Same-Sex Benefits Solidified Her RelationshipA Drury University professor says her employer's addition of benefits for same-sex partners has made Springfield a more welcoming place to live and work.
US professor wanted for murder found dead A US university professor wanted for killing his wife and two other people at a community theatre two weeks ago was found dead in the north Georgia woods, his body covered in brush and dirt.
Body May Be That of a Missing Professor Authorities looking for a University of Georgia professor, George M. Zinkhan, who was accused of killing three people find body.
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