The Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed a claim that the Data Protection Commission (DPC) failed to fully investigate a complaint made to it several years ago about an alleged massive data breach by the internet giant Google. The complaint about Google’s processing of personal data was made by Dr Johnny Ryan, who is a […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum began naming her Cabinet Thursday, presenting an even gender distribution, as well as a heavy presence from academia and her prior administration as Mexico City’s mayor. Sheinbaum, herself a climate scientist and former academic, appointed former Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard as her administration’s economy secretary. […]
MIAMI (AP) — Two graduate students from China whose studies were put on hold, and a professor who says he is unable to recruit research assistants, sued Florida education officials on Monday, trying to stop enforcement of a new state law which limits research exchanges between state universities and academics from seven prohibited countries. The […]
The president of Lincoln University in Missouri will remain in his position, the institution decided after an investigation into the suicide of a Black administrator found no evidence that he had bullied her, according to university officials. President John Moseley was placed on paid leave after the death in January of Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, the […]
A new survey of over 150 scholars offered their take on the greatest U.S. president ever. Their choice? Abraham Lincoln. The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey, commissioned by a pair of political scientists from the University of Houston and Coastal Carolina University, asked 154 political scientists and other experts to rate each U.S. president […]
HOLLAND — A team of two Hope College professors have been selected to participate in a fellowship program to “engage the intersections of Christian thought and practice with the academic vocation.” Faculty members Chad Carlson and Deborah Van Duinen were named Lilly Faculty Fellows by the Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities. The fellowship […]
Fresno County voters will have a second iteration of Measure E on the ballot in March, with some significant changes to the proposed sales tax to upgrade academic programs and facilities at Fresno State. This new version of the measure would impose a quarter of a cent retail sales and use tax (0.25%) for 25 […]
Thirteen skulls stolen by academics that were returned to a Co Galway island this year are to spend “their first Christmas at home in 133 years”, a local historian has said. A reburial ceremony for the human skulls was held on Inishbofin this summer and involved locals and campaigners who had pushed for their return. […]