City Lit, a college located in London, England, is now offering a course titled “The Art of Self Portraiture,” in which students explore the act of taking selfies and “practice introduction to photographic self-portraiture,” according to the online course description provided by City Lit on its website. Read more »
President Barack Obama highlighted economic recovery and willingness to push further reforms in his sixth State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Read more »
Chipotle Mexican Grill announced the change after discovering that a pork supplier was not in compliance with its animal welfare standards. Read more »
President Barack Obama took to YouTube on Jan. 8 to announce a plan for two free years of community college. Obama introduced his plan for… Read more »
Rumors amongst the custodial staff at Tufts University of potential job cuts prompted many student activists at the university to take action. Read more »
Following 13 years of combat and thousands of casualties for the U.S. military, the war in Afghanistan, known as Operation Enduring Freedom, is finally drawing… Read more »
Some hourly workers in New York state received a pay raise at the start of the year as part of a three-part increase in state… Read more »
A game aimed at helping low-income students prepare for college applications has received some additional help. The University of Southern California’s Pullias Center for Higher… Read more »
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Smartphones have become a consistent part of daily life, but texting and looking down at all hours of the day may be causing an epidemic… Read more »
About 120 members of the Syracuse University community marched around the SU campus on Monday as part of a national call for action in honor of Michael Brown and in solidarity with the city of Ferguson, Missouri. Read more »
Researchers at Cornell University have developed two new varieties of apple to be grown exclusively in New York state. SnapDragon is already available in local… Read more »
The long time relevance of ACT and SAT scores in the college admissions process may be declining, as the trend of test-optional and test-flexible schools… Read more »
Two juniors at New York University are creating a website and app to tackle hunger with a simple idea: connect corporate events with leftover foods… Read more »
Blackboard and Chegg, two companies that offer separate academic resources, are partnering to offer tutoring services starting in 2015. About half of all college students… Read more »
As New York state begins to implement stricter texting while driving laws, some students at Syracuse University think the laws are needed to deter drivers… Read more »
While Starbucks has announced plans to start offering delivery, it is unclear whether the Marshall Street Starbucks will implement the service. Marshall Street Starbucks manager… Read more »
Tuesday night’s elections saw a nationwide victory for the Republican Party, which edged out Democratic candidates to pick up crucial Senate seats in competitive states… Read more »
Nearly half of the top-ranked college campuses in the United States have indoor tanning facilities, a new study shows. In order to assess the availability… Read more »
Students, faculty and volunteers from Point Loma Nazarene University are creating a scholarship that will allow survivors of human trafficking to get a college education.… Read more »
With 99 percent of polls reporting, Hawkins received a total of 173,510 votes — more support than he received in two previous campaigns for governor. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the incumbent, won the election with about 54 percent of the vote. Read more »
By the end of the night, with 99 percent of polls reporting, Maffei had garnered 40 percent, or 75,286 total votes, compared to Katko’s 60 percent, or 112,469 total votes. Read more »
As the night progressed and more poll results came in, the voting margin increased, ending with Katko winning 60 percent of the votes to Maffei’s 40 percent. Read more »
Andrew Cuomo won re-election in the race for New York governor. Cuomo defeated Republican challenger Rob Astorino, earning more than 50 percent of the vote. Read more »
