Jul 24th, 2008 · The head of a cancer research center in Pittsburgh is urging his faculty and staff to limit their use of cell phones. Another scientist, Daniel Wartenberg, a professor at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, talks about the warning.
Jun 9th, 2008 · Is ballet something that girls should learn from the Internet? Professional dance teachers don't think so. One teacher, Kay Mazzo, co-chairman of faculty at the School of American Ballet, the training academy of the New York City Ballet, tells us why.
May 21st, 2008 · President Bush is scheduled to deliver the commencement address at Furman University on May 31. But faculty members at the South Carolina school are leading opposition to the visit, citing objections to his administration's policies on Iraq.
Apr 17th, 2008 · It has been one year since Virginia Tech student Seung-hui Cho shot and killed 32 students and faculty before turning the gun on himself. Since then, colleges nationwide have sought to bolster their health services in an attempt to identify troubled students before they do harm to themselves and others.
Apr 16th, 2008 · Richard Shryock, Virginia Tech's chairman of foreign languages and literatures, lost two faculty members and 15 students in his department in last April's shootings. A year later, he's planting trees in quiet reflection over their loss.
Apr 15th, 2008 · Animal rights activists throughout the University of California system have been aggressively targeting science faculty members who experiment on animals. Now the university system is asking for a court order to stop the escalating threats and protests.
Apr 6th, 2008 · The University of Maryland is hosting another kind of championship this weekend: the Final Four of chess. Rene Garcia, faculty adviser for the Miami Dade Community College Sharks, leads this year's Cinderella team. The Sharks have stomped powerhouses like Harvard, MIT and Stanford.
Mar 14th, 2008 · A small California college has worked out a deal with Saudi Arabia to set up an engineering program at a new Saudi university. But the deal by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo does not allow women in the Saudi classroom, and that angers the faculty and students at Cal Poly, a school known for courting female engineers.