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The rewards for getting a good degree Does an individual's educational achievement at university affect their pay later in life?

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report recommending that women of childbearing age who aren't taking birth control abstain from drinking alcohol.

Carv is the first wearable technology dedicated to skiing that speaks to you as you ski, tracking and monitoring your performance.

The UK online alternative finance sector grew 84% in 2015, facilitating £3.2 billion in investments, loans and donations, according to a new report published today.

UCLA Dr. Linda Demer, executive director of the UCLA Specialty Training and Advanced Research Program, works with a student.

The University of Nottingham is taking a leading role in coordinating the UKs first national tissue directory.

Carol Frieze (left) and Jeria Quesenberry have written a new book, "Kicking Butt in Computer Science: Women in Computing at Carnegie Mellon University.

The rising tide of people with long-term conditions threatens to overwhelm Britain's economy and the NHS, according to a new report published by Lancaster University's Work Foundation. The Work Foundation is calling on the government to consider the use of tax rebates and financial incentives to employers who help support people with long term conditions to remain in work.

ANN ARBOR-In the sharing economy, it's best not to do it yourself. Jun Li, a University of Michigan business technology and operations professor, and colleagues analyzed listings on Airbnb and found striking differences between rentals managed by professional hosts and those managed by nonprofessional hosts.

These days so many of our devices are smart. Our phones are smart. Our cars are smart. Our TVs are smart.

Archive of Doris Lessing's private letters opens after 23 years An archive of letters written by Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing to an "erstwhile lover" has been opened by the University of Sussex - 23 years after it was first acquired.

The Lunar Gala (LG), Carnegie Mellon University's student-produced fashion show has become a stylish showcase of talent.

Cornell Woodson, associate director for diversity and inclusion in the ILR School's student services office, speaks at Soup and Hope Feb.

Camille Z. Charles believes that where you live influences everything that happens to you and sets you up for the rest of your life.

Since its 2000 founding, the MIT Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) has made quite an impact on campus.

The first ever nationally representative study has looked at how housework is organised by couples across different ethnic groups in Britain. It finds that Black Caribbean men have the least traditional attitudes to gender roles and get stuck into the household chores. Meanwhile, Indian men report taking on a fairer share of routine housework than white British men - even though Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi women report spending significantly more time on housework than white British women.

Generous research funding is allocated to Empa from the EU's budget.

Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO visited King's this week and spoke on 'Culture Under Attack - Preventing Violent Extremism' at an event hosted by the department of War Studies in the Weston Room at the Maughan Library during which she suggested that culture is in itself a victim of war.

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On 3 February, the Chair of the European Polar Board (EPB), Maaike Vancauwenberghe, and the ESA Director General, Jan Woerner, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at ESA's headquarters in Paris.

Rodney Moll (left), owner and master of the yacht Niyama (background), with Kevin Hardy, Scripps retired engineer, Natalya Gallo, a Scripps graduate student, and a "nanolander" developed to deploy deep-sea instruments.

A study from University of California, Berkeley, shows that for the vast majority of teachers, the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) defined benefit pension provides a higher, more secure retirement income compared to a 401(k)­-style plan.

Okay, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, here are two words that can help your investment in a startup business succeed: direct flights. A new study co-authored by an MIT professor shows that venture capitalists do help startup firms by closely monitoring their development, and that the availability of direct airplane flights between the two parties helps improve that oversight.

Historian Paul Nolte Is the New Director A new board consisting of four humanities scholars was appointed at the Dahlem Humanities Center (DHC), Freie Universität Berlin.

Seven Berlin Research Institutions Start Program for Postdoctoral Researchers with Support from Leibniz Association What's next, after your doctorate is finished? This is not an unusual question for postdoctoral researchers at universities and other research institutions.

On Jan. 29, the Cornell University Board of Trustees approved a standard that will guide its decisions on divesting university funds for socially responsible reasons.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Underrepresented students' first-semester GPA may be a better predictor of whether they'll graduate college than their ACT score or their family's socioeconomic status, a new study found.

Austin, TEXAS - As social entrepreneurs and impact investors descend on Austin for South by Southwest's SXGood programming, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's RGK Center for Philanthr

The University of Chicago has issued its first license through the UCGo! Startup License program to spinout RiMO Theraputics, a nanopharmaceutical company.

People bereaved by the sudden death of a friend or family member are 65% more likely to attempt suicide if the deceased died by suicide than if they died by natural causes. This brings the absolute risk up to 1 in 10, reveals new UCL research funded by the Medical Research Council. The researchers studied 3,432 UK university staff and students aged 18-40 who had been bereaved, to examine the specific impacts associated with bereavement by suicide.

Riaz Moola is a Gates Cambridge Scholar doing a master's in Technology Policy, but he also runs a company which aims to revolutionise the study of Computer Science in South Africa.

Anonymous survey explored how early years workers felt about 'loving' the children in their care While the majority of practitioners believe showing affection to the children in their care is importa

Word-of-mouth recruitment is the most common way to fill jobs, and management scholars have long thought that this practice contributes to job segregation by gender: women tend to reach out to other women in their networks, and men do likewise.

Justice often would be better served if we consciously confront stereotypes. Talking about racial and gender prejudice and in turn discrimination, intended or not, dismantles the status quo-which is women earn less than men.

Top 20 ranking in Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index The University's commitment to equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual employees has been recognised with a top 20 ranking in a national survey.

The University of Sheffield has been named as a top employer for workplace equality for a third year in a row by the leading LGBT charity Stonewall.