A university is an institution of higher education and research which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects and provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word "university" is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars."
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Funding Black scientists could help dismantle structural racism in research
The cumulative effects of structural racism were the major contributing factor in the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 ...
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Study: Only 18% of data science students are learning about AI ethics
A study by data science firm Anaconda found a "concerning" absence of AI ethics initiatives in both academia and industry. ...
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In the AI era, universities need to strengthen students' creativity
Advances in artificial intelligence in the early 2010s, particularly in deep learning, triggered a new wave of panic and ...
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This AI needs your help to identify child abusers by their hands
Scientists are developing an AI hand recognition system that can help police and juries identify child abusers just by analyzing ...
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Dutch university pays $220K in Bitcoin to alleged Russian hackers
The University of Maastricht has resorted to paying a Bitcoin ransom to hackers who'd taken its computer systems offline ...
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Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing material — they do the opposite
Imagine you’re a lecturer teaching a celebrated novel that features violent scenes – say, F Scott Fitzgerald’s The ...
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French kids will now learn about Bitcoin at school — c’est woke
French high school children will soon learn about Bitcoin, after the cryptocurrency was added to the syllabus for Economics ...
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Ubisoft's new college course is a game about making games
Ubisoft recently announced it'd be collaborating on a game design course with Concordia University -- and now we know the ...
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This site turns Wikipedia pages into 'legit' academic papers
M-Journal is a website that turns any Wikipedia entry into legitimate looking academic paper — and it even puts it behind ...
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German telecom giant hires blockchain professor – hopefully, it’s a good thing
Deutsche Telekom, the German telecom company, has created a specialized blockchain professorship in collaboration with a ...
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Canadian university launches online cannabis cultivation courses
The University of Guelph in Canada now offers an online cannabis cultivation course as part of its horticulture program. ...
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Louisiana State University Twitter warns of armed intruder, tells students to “Run, Hide, or Fight” UPDATE: Normal operations have resumed on campus
The official Twitter account for the Louisiana State University (LSU) today tweeted a warning to students, faculty and staff ...
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Google and Apple are courting the education sector with new tools for students
With the new semester weeks away, Google and Apple are wasting no time to target the education sector with a swathe of new ...
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Meet the computer scientist who saved Bletchley Park
Tucked away in an estate in Buckinghamshire, England, is a 19th-century mansion. You wouldn’t be able to tell from the ...
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How 3D spintronics will take hard drive performance to the next level
Spintronics might not be the sort of word that comes up in everyday discussions, but it has been revolutionising computer ...
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Two more universities get into blockchain education with specialized online courses
This week sees two more universities get into the blockchain game by offering courses in cryptocurrency, fintech, and distributed ...
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IBM launches blockchain skills academy with University of Louisville
One of top 200 universities in the US, along with a helping hand from IBM, is getting its students into blockchain with dedicated ...
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How women in health, science, and innovation can collaborate globally
Marie Curie, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Brenda Milner, Martha Salcudean, Julie Payette, Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson. What do ...
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US academics say their shardy blockchain will be 10X faster than Visa
US academics are working together to create a new and improved cryptocurrency in a bid to rival Bitcoin.
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Why using human ‘super recognizers’ to identify criminals can be bad
People often say that they never forget a face, but for some people, this claim might actually be true. So-called super recognizers ...
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Why Silicon Valley is no longer the place to be for your startup
By this point, everyone knows the legends and stories surrounding Silicon Valley. The origins of the biggest and most famous ...
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Online dating study shows everyone seeks partners 'out of their league'
A recently published study sought answers to a seemingly unquantifiable question: What does dating "out of your league" really ...
