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In 1978, Italy was in chaos following the kidnapping and brutal murder of Prime Minister, Aldo Moro, by Red Brigade terrorists. Riots, violence and school closures led Valerio Valeri, a consultant for the pharmaceutical industry in Milan, to seek a new life for his family.  Landing a job as an international consultant for Pfizer in...

Planetizen's annual list of the top urban planning books of the year is here—maintaining a tradition that dates back to 2002.

ROCHESTER — An Ogdensburg Free Academy graduate and a leader of a local band, the Bandroom Band, will be premiering an original composition at Nazareth College this fall.

Christopher Basgier has been named the director of University Writing, effective Aug. 1, after serving the unit as acting director.

Winning Hearts and Minds in War on Plagiarism To many writing instructors, going nuclear (expulsion threats) or high tech (detection software) have failed to stop cheating. So they aim for small victories, through new approaches to teaching about academic integrity. By   Its come to this: Writing professors are so desperate for new ways to teach undergraduates about academic integrity that they are assigning them to plagiarize. Thats what Kate Hagopian, an instructor in the first-year writin...

Scholar discusses his book on “old South rhetoric at Southern universities.”

At Pasadena City College, college algebra for STEM majors is labeled Math 003. At Cypress College, it’s Math 141 C and at Napa Valley, it’s Math  106. For anyone hoping to enroll in the same course at Oxnard College, look for Math R115. At Cuyamaca College, try Math 175. And at College of the Sequoias, it’s Math 035. On and on across California’s public community colleges, courses that basically cover the same material and are recognized as being interchangeable in fulfilling requirem...

Print At Pasadena City College, college algebra for STEM majors is labeled Math 003. At Cypress College, it’s Math 141-C and at Napa Valley, it’s Math 106. For anyone hoping to enroll in the same course at Oxnard College, look for Math R115. Across California’s public community colleges, courses that basically cover the same material and are recognized as being interchangeable in fulfilling requirements for majors and transfers are assigned different course numbers. That process confuses ...

Free summer college courses to eligible Maine high school students Fri, 04/23/2021 - 1:15pm Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) is offering free college courses to eligible Maine high school students this summer as part of the Maine Community College System’s (MCCS) Early College and Momentum from the Start Programs. The Early College program allows Maine high school juniors and seniors to enroll in one free summer course at KVCC to earn credits while still in high school. All ...

Tue, 04/06/2021 LAWRENCE — A winner of the Rhetoric Society of America Book Award will bring further insight to ongoing conversations at the University of Kansas and beyond about how to respond to state-sanctioned racial violences in the era of #BlackLivesMatter. Ersula Ore, the 2021 John F. Eberhardt Memorial Lecturer in KU’s Department of English, will present a virtual talk titled “Sandy’s ‘Black Looks’: Countertemporal Postures and the Reclamation of Time” at 4 p.m. April 13. ...