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(Photo via Facebook) Facebook is launching a college-only space where students can connect with classmates over shared interests.Sound familiar? The social network is going back to its roots with Facebook Campus, a dedicated section of the mobile app that lets undergrads create a unique profile showcasing their major, minor, classes, hometown, and larks. You’ll need…

DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates’ Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have agreed to work together, UAE state news agency WAM said on Sunday.The memorandum of understanding follows the UAE’s decision a month ago to normalize relations with Israel. Both countries have said they hope normalised…

Image caption Even by 2020 standards, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss have been on quite the journey From humble beginnings in a uni bedroom to the bright lights of Broadway, the story of Six is every writer’s dream.But Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow’s musical, which turns Henry VIII’s wives into Beyonce and Ariana-style divas, was…

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FILE PHOTO: Cyclists are seen in front of Cambridge University, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Cambridge, Britain, May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew CouldridgeLONDON (Reuters) – The University of Glasgow has offered a rent rebate to residents and support with securing food and medical supplies for self-isolating students in a sign of the huge…

FILE PHOTO: Cyclists are seen in front of Cambridge University, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Cambridge, Britain, May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew CouldridgeLONDON (Reuters) – The University of Glasgow has offered a rent rebate to residents and support with securing food and medical supplies for self-isolating students in a sign of the huge…

bit.ly/334iHdH)COVID-19 burden on U.S. minorities extends to childrenMinority groups in the United States are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, and the disparities extend to children, doctors in Washington reported Thursday in the journal Pediatrics. In March and April, they tested 1,000 children for the novel coronavirus. Overall, roughly one in five children tested positive. But while…

Sept. 25, 2020, 8:51 a.m. ETImageJoseph Castro during commencement ceremonies at Fresno State in 2018.Credit…Cary Edmondson/California State University, via Associated PressGood morning.Earlier this week, the California State University announced its next leader: Joseph Castro, who has served as president of Cal State Fresno since 2013.He’ll be the eighth person to become chancellor of the nation’s…

KABUL (Reuters) – The daughter of an Afghan coal miner has come top in the country’s university entrance exam and set her sights on becoming a doctor.Shamsia Alizada, 18, came first out of more than 170,000 students, the education ministry said, prompting congratulations from former President Hamid Karzai and foreign envoys including the U.S Charge…

Face-to-face teaching at universities should be halted until the government fixes test-and-trace failures and curbs the spread of Covid-19, the union representing academics and staff has said. The w…