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Friday, October 12, 2007 |
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After Accidents, Laboratory Safety Is Questioned
A recent spate of accidents and security lapses is raising questions about the safety of laboratories — many of them at universities — that study dangerous microbes and toxins. More NewsSallie Mae Backs Away From Trying to Compel Colleges to Release Student Data Nobel Peace Prize for Climate-Change Scientists and Al Gore Reflects Work Across Academe Fresno State U. Settles Sex-Discrimination Lawsuit for $3.5-Million Former Duke Lacrosse Coach Sues University Over His Departure Abu Dhabi Will Get Its Own NYU Campus This Year's Fulbright Scholars Are Announced Magazine & Journal Reader Criticism vs. Threats to Academic Freedom The Chronicle Review
The Tough Response to 'Soft Power'
The United States has limited ability to spur liberalization within Iran. Its efforts to do so only aid the calculating and paranoid forces of repression, write Haleh Esfandiari and Robert S. Litwak.
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A federal incident-response team demonstrates cleanup techniques in Washington, D.C. Recent accidents have spurred questions about the safety of biodefense research at universities. (Photo by Kenneth Lambert, AP Images)Read story Chronicle Blogs(All times Eastern)
Grandfather Takes to the Field for Sul Ross State U. Football Team Jury Deadlock in Trial of Texas Southern U. President Came Despite Prayers, Anguish Professor Pleads Guilty in Case Related to Bacteria Art Project Roy Rosenzweig, Digital Historian, Dies of Lung Cancer U. of California Drops Plan to Alter Use of Berkeley's Bowles Hall Taking the Measure of Pork as a Campaign Issue Discussion Forums
Forum: Professional wrestling? Trolling for Krispy Kremes? What are your guilty pleasures? Share them online. 
The Brown Bag: S. Michael Evans, an architect who has designed campuses across North America for 20 years, will answer your questions about what the sustainability movement has to say to campus planners, on Thursday, October 18, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time.
The Brown Bag: Desdemona Cardoza, provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University at Los Angeles, will answer your questions about the best way for colleges to diversify their faculties, on Thursday, October 25, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time. Also of InterestAlmanac of Higher EducationThe Chronicle's 2007-8 "Almanac of Higher Education" includes national and state-by-state data on colleges and universities, and their students, faculty and staff members, and finances. Print and digital copies can be ordered online. The Chronicle of PhilanthropySparking Innovation A guide to some of the best writing on the Web. |
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After spending 25 years working with graduate students, a professor concludes it's not all it's cracked up to be.
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On HiringLong-distance marriages are increasingly common -- and not just among academics The faculty union at the U. of Cincinnati has endorsed a new three-year contract that would give 2,300 employees a 2-percent pay hike |
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