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Photo: Maria Symchych (Shutterstock)Parents are shouldering extra responsibilities again this fall, with many school-aged students on a partial or fully remote schedule. Whether you’re relearning eighth-grade history to help your child or need some extra help with your college-level calculous, there are lots of apps and websites that will give you an assist, as ed-tech…

lengthy delays, sometimes spanning more than two weeks, in receiving their virus test results. But for others in New York City, the turnaround can take less than 24 hours.As large laboratories across the country scramble to meet demand, some wealthier residents are turning to doctors’ offices and smaller labs that have their own testing equipment.…

Pro Basketball|John Thompson, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 78a family statement released by Georgetown. No further information was provided.Coaching the Hoyas from 1972 to 1999, Thompson built teams around the star centers Patrick Ewing, Dikembe Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning and the guard Allen Iverson, all of whom went on to Hall of Fame…

Mumbai-based Eruditus, which works with top universities globally to offer more than 100 executive-level courses to students in over 80 nations, said on Monday it has raised $113 million in a new financing round as it looks to further scale its business to reach more learners. The Series D financing round for the 10-year-old startup…

(Reuters) – The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of…

Mini-VowsAug. 28, 2020, 6:00 a.m. ETIsaac Webb could not have imagined, back in high school in Maine, that his desire to avoid physics and calculus would eventually lead him to a career, love and marriage. But, it could be argued, that is exactly how it happened.Mr. Webb still wanted to be attractive to competitive colleges,…

Apple is teaming up with Gallaudet University for a multifaceted collaboration that will provide students with accessible technology, learning opportunities, and career options, according to Gallaudet University President Roberta Cordano. Starting this fall, Gallaudet plans to provide all of its students and faculty with an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and Smart Folio for the ‌iPad…

Photo: Sergey Nivens (Shutterstock)With fall comes football. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of most college sports seasons, the NFL appears committed to proceeding undeterred, meaning the all-digital version of America’s most-watched sport is already ahead of the curve. Yep, it’s that time of year, when your inbox is met with email invitations and…

nearly one-third of Stanford’s 36 varsity programs. The last seasons of those sports would be in 2020-21, if the pandemic allowed, and Stanford said there would be no chance of saving the teams through fund-raising.The cuts were a last resort, officials said, adding that the university would still honor students’ scholarships and coaches’ contracts. They…

Aug. 25, 2020, 6:24 p.m. ETAs with all things related to college football at the moment, The Associated Press preseason All-America team, which was revealed on Tuesday, might look good only on paper. It included Oregon tackle Penei Sewell, Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons and Pittsburgh defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman — along with eight others…