Science, Medicine, & Education

Following the identification of Ohio State University attacker Abdul Razak Ali Artan, social media sites flooded Monday with questions regarding the religion and ethnicity of the 18-year-old who was shot dead by authorities after injuring nine in a car-and-knife attack on campus. Police are investigating whether the attack was related to terrorism. Artan was reportedly […]

At least nine people were injured Monday when a man drove into a crowd of students at Ohio State University and then emerged from his vehicle to attack bystanders with a butcher knife, officials said. The unidentified attacker was shot and killed by a university police officer who was on the scene within a minute,

The president of Vassar College in New York commemorated the Thanksgiving holiday by sending a special campus-wide message condemning president-elect Donald Trump and his strategic adviser Steve Bannon. “Dear members of the extended Vassar community,” opened the message from president Jon Chenette. “With the approach of Thanksgiving break, I wanted to take a moment to

WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump chose a Michigan charter school advocate and prominent Republican donor to serve as his secretary of Education, he said Wednesday, a decision that may hearten supporters of school choice but worry teacher unions — and even some of Trump’s core supporters. Trump’s pick, Betsy DeVos, is a champion of charter schools and

Donald Trump has hosted a lot of dignitaries in the past week. Only one is worth more than the president-elect. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a biotech billionaire with a penchant for bluster, dined with Trump at a New Jersey country club over the weekend to discuss the future of medicine. It’s unclear how he might serve

Students at Loyola University Maryland were recently pressured to abort plans for an “America”-themed party over concerns they might “oppress” others. An annual “Senior 200s” celebration organized by Loyola’s student government became a cause for concern after Republican Donald Trump’s Election Day victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. “I encourage you to reconsider this plan in

The Rhodes Trust on Saturday released a list of 32 students chosen to represent the United States as Rhodes Scholars for 2017. The Rhodes Scholarships, referred to as “the oldest and best known award for international study, and arguably the most famous academic award available to American college graduates,” by the American Secretary of the