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JAMMU: SMVD University, in collaboration with IGNCA (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts) Regional Centre (J&K)jointly organized a webinar on "Women saints, scholars and philosophers of Kashmir" on Sunday. Among the keynote…

Pittsburgh, PA, Aug. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HealthCorps, a national nonprofit committed to eliminating health inequity in at-risk communities by educating and empowering students to improve their physical and mental health, is…

Efforts continue to rescue scholars, students and higher education personnel in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover and the collapse of the Afghan government eight days ago. President Joe Biden provided an update Friday on efforts to…

Ahmad Zahid Mujaddedi logged in for a Zoom call late Saturday night after a long day helping distribute clothing and blankets collected for internally displaced people who had gathered in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he is enrolled at the…

With the coming academic year, I am hopeful, looking forward to connecting with colleagues again through conferences. I enjoyed reading Kim’s essay on “Conference Travel Hesitancy,” which did give me some pause as I thought said travels. As…

Amid the chorus of happy promotion and tenure announcements circulating online, it is tempting to forget how tumultuous and unsettling this past year was for those of us going up for tenure. Moreover, those of us in this generation of newly…

SINGAPORE—Eyck Freymann, an Oxford University doctoral student, was surprised to get a notice from LinkedIn this month telling him his account had been blocked in China. The “Experience” section of his profile, which detailed his career…

Male academics are assessed more highly by journal editors if it is revealed they work at a top-ranked university, but the same bias does not materialize for female scholars, according to a new study. To explore the effect of institutional…

NEW DELHI: Facebook India on Friday announced a new initiative -- the Facebook India Tech Scholars (FITS) programme -- for law students in the country. The novel programme aims to provide students from select leading law schools in the…

A fellowship at an overseas institution can offer a lifeline, personally and professionally, for scholars who are under threat in their home countries. But what happens after the fellowship is over?A first-of-its-kind report from the…