Today's News

Unionized faculty members across the 23-campus California State University system have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a systemwide series of "rolling walkouts" that would send professors to picket lines for two days at a time, union leaders announced on Wednesday.

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The removal of an art exhibit by Palestinian youths and a visit by Jimmy Carter have roiled Brandeis University, which has strong ties to American Jews and to Israel.
Former President Jimmy Carter told Brandeis students that he felt justified in using the word "apartheid" to describe the effect of Israeli policy on Palestinians. (Photograph by Mike Lovett)

Notes

INVENTIONS: Two scientists at Michigan Technical University used nanotechnology to develop a new way to get oil-based preservatives into wood.

READY TO SIGN: Purdue University is set to become the first public university in the United States to sign a deal with a billionaire's foundation to kick-start commercialization of inventions.

MONEY BACK: Princeton University has announced that it has repaid $782,375 to the Robertson Foundation in a continuing legal battle.

TOWARD BETTER TREATMENTS: The Broad Institute has received a $100-million pledge to study mental illness.

IN BRIEF: A roundup of money-and-management news.

PEER REVIEW: Amid calls for an overhaul of Ohio's higher-education governance, its Board of Regents has appointed a new chancellor. ... Two former money managers for the University of Texas Investment Management Company have taken jobs in the private sector. ... Comings and goings in academe.