Sister Dorothy Stang’s Legacy Lives on in Newly Discovered Owl
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur have announced that a newly discovered screech owl in the Amazon rainforest has been named after the martyred Sr. Dorothy Stang.
Buzzard Point residents have spent years fighting for a cleaner neighborhood. With newcomers, there’s hope there may be action.
“Does this mean that the air at Buzzard Point has been safe?” Shizuka Hsieh, associate professor of chemistry at Trinity Washington University and one of the authors of the paper, wrote in an email. “Or does it mean the current US EPA limits are inadequate for protecting human health?”
Teaching: Will the Pandemic Change Classroom Culture for the Better?
Last week The Chronicle hosted a virtual conference, “Higher Ed’s Reset,” to talk about what pandemic-driven practices to keep, what to let go, and how colleges could better serve their students and communities.
Former ‘Pregnant Girl’ Builds Support To Help Other Teen Moms
When Nicole Lynn Lewis got pregnant in high school, she thought it might end her dream of going to college and having a career. She felt ashamed, in part because of how people regarded her as a pregnant Black teenager.
‘Yes, You Belong Here’: An Expert Explains the Importance of Supporting Student Parents
Nicole Lynn Lewis was living on stale Pop-Tarts in a Motel 6 when she learned that she had been accepted by the College of William & Mary. “It was as if someone had just opened a door to a high-powered rocket ship,” she recalls, “and asked me to step inside.” But Lewis wouldn’t make the journey alone: At the time she was eight months pregnant with her first child, Nerissa.
Biden’s plans to expand free education may be new for the US, but in other countries, they’re the norm
When President Joe Biden set out some of the ambitious targets for education included in his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan as he spoke to Congress on Wednesday, he invoked concerns of foreign competition to justify them.
’We Are Still Here And You Can’t Get Rid Of Us’: After Chauvin Verdict, Local Activists Say Their Work Isn’t Done
Kanika Savoy attended her first protest on Friday. The 22-year-old Trinity Washington University student said she came out to join a group of dozens that had gathered in Freedom Plaza that evening because she “saw everything that was happening and I just couldn’t stand by.”
Higher education leaders praise Biden’s tuition-free college plan: ‘A revolutionary proposal’
President Biden’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan could deliver a monumental shift in the financing of higher education to the benefit of institutions and students with the fewest financial resources.
