Google is expanding its empire into universities - with entire campus e-mail networks switching over to using Google's e-mail service. picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

What is it about animals and dogs in particular that they lend themselves so readily to mascots? I think one reason is the attributes that they possess and those we wish to associate with. Given below are five dog mascots of universities in the U.S. picked by neilharvey 2 years ago

The Turkish parliament is expected to amend the country's constitution to ease the ban on women wearing Islamic headscarves in universities.

this is not good news, right? picked by keroberos32 2 years ago

You can of course get a "free" education by joining the military, but if that isn't the route you wish to take here are 8 colleges where you can earn a degree for free. Some even give free room & board! You may have to work a few hours a week, but that is a small price to pay. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Where is this college? Saudi Arabia? Alabama? Amish Country? No, Brazil. Brazil, a country famous for his scantly clad citizens seems to be more prudish when it comes to universities. Sadly, they didn't suspend the students who heckled the young lady, although the school reversed its suspension. picked by bernardblack 2 weeks ago

A mystery is unfolding in the world of college fundraising: During the past few weeks, at least eight universities have received gifts totaling nearly $45 million, and the schools had to promise not to try to find out the giver's identity. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Canadian artist Tony Scherman, born in Toronto in 1950, received an M.A. from the Royal College of Art in London, England, in 1974. Since then he has exhibited his works in solo and group exhibitions in North America and Europe. He has also been a visiting critic and lecturer at universities, art colleges and art galleries in North America and Europe. picked by Chez 2 years ago

Fathers who have daughters will shift their political views left while those who have sons will become more right-wing, a British study has found.

Researchers from the Warwick and York Universities found that the more daughters there were in a household, the more likely their father was to vote Labour or the centre-left Liberal Democrat. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Fans of Penn State can smell like the school for just $60. A fragrance developer says it has made a perfume and a cologne inspired by Pennsylvania State University's blue and white colors and its campus vegetation. Other universities available too. picked by suebe 12 months ago

An evolutionary biologist and geneticist at the University of California, Irvine, he speaks often at universities, in churches, for social groups and elsewhere, usually in defense of the theory of evolution and against the arguments of creationism and its ideological cousin, intelligent design. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

Lecturers and university staff across Britain are to be asked to spy on "Asian-looking" and Muslim students they suspect of involvement in Islamic extremism. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

Baha'i is a faith that promotes unity of religion, people, and so on. Apparently in Iran, students who follow that faith are being punished by not being allowed to further their educations at the Universities in their own country! picked by forgottenshorelines 2 years ago

In an effort to refocus the attention of parishioners and possibly attract newcomers and the disaffected, many churches borrow a page from universities and designate a Sunday in September as a "homecoming."

Back to Church Sunday picked by Doggylives 2 months ago

International Muslim students have asked universities to change class times so they can attend prayers. They also want a female-only area for Muslim students to eat and relax.

In a rare moment of sanity and backbone, at least one institution has rejected their demands, arguing that the university is secular and it does not want to set any sort of precedent or special treatment. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Sixty-one students from 14 colleges and universities around the globe have imagined what the next generation of airliners and cargo planes may look like. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

Experts from high-ranking UK universities and research institutes expect that the first evidence of primitive alien life, such as microbes and vegetation, will emerge within 10 years, with more substantial finds following future space missions. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Leave it to the brick and mortar universities to find ever more effective ways to waste your time and money. Here are some of the strangest classes that you can take, along with their real life applications picked by KingGolathE 10 months ago

Far from being a model of social co-operation, the ant world is riddled with cheating and corruption and it goes all the way to the top, according to scientists from the Universities of Leeds and Copenhagen. Professor Jacobus Boomsma discovered that certain ants are able to cheat the system, ensuring their offspring become reproductive queens rather than sterile workers. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The hacked websites, which include primary schools, universities, the Driving Standards Association and various local government websites, such the Historic Scotland heritage site, have fallen victim to hackers exploiting loopholes in badly designed software. The websites were affected in different ways. picked by iamamaniac 5 months ago

Bans on headcoverings were imposed in the early 1980s by Turkey's universities because they were seen as political symbols and conflicted with Turkey's secular governing system. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago