The Arkansas Traveler: UA data science students launch sports analytics application Hog Charts. “Brady Brown and Wyatt Thompson, two University of Arkansas sophomore data science majors, created Hog Charts, a sports data analytics application they have developed over several months while sharing predictions on their Instagram, @hogcharts.”

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$70m student accommodation plan 'takes pressure off' Darwin rental market
By Gemma Ferguson

A towering 14-storey addition to Darwin's skyline is expected to ease housing stress for university students, with $70 million invested to tackle the city's competitive rental market.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-22/cdu-new-rental-darwin-casuarina-university-student-accommodation/106593324

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$70m student accommodation plan 'takes pressure off' Darwin rental market

A towering 14-storey addition to Darwin's skyline is expected to ease housing stress for university students, with $70 million invested to tackle the city's competitive rental market.

Blindsided staff at Hampshire College launch relief fund as liberal school prepares to close

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Hype for the Future 172P: City of Athens, Georgia

Overview Within the State of Georgia, the City of Athens is associated with the University of Georgia and is renowned as a college town within the Deep South of the United States of America. Today, the University of Georgia hosts the Georgia Museum of Art and the Georgia Museum of Natural History, while the downtown area to the north is home to the Lyndon House Arts Center, the Church-Waddel-Brumby House Museum, and the Hotel Indigo Athens Downtown by IHG, as well as the quirky “Tree That […]

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Hype for the Future 172P: City of Athens, Georgia

Overview Within the State of Georgia, the City of Athens is associated with the University of Georgia and is renowned as a college town within the Deep South of the United States of America. Today,…

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Free speech is being demanded of universities. I think there’s a misunderstanding of education at the heart of these concerns, and focus on academic freedom would be more helpful.
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Congrats to Alisa Machner and Georgia Samaras on winning the Prize for #ExcellenceinTeaching! In addition, six further #researchers will receive our Certificate of Honor for Excellence in Teaching this year: http://go.tum.de/310741 👏

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The unity of research and teaching is what defines universities. And it is the combination of academic excellence, didactic skill, and personal…

Delayed analyses, unpublished results: Poorly managed workplace conflicts can harm research, senior physicists say

The Department of Education reversed earlier guidance: Graduate PLUS loans are now included in the new $257,500 OBBBA lifetime federal borrowing cap, effective July 1, 2026. Parent PLUS loans remain exempt. Final RISE regs expected around May 1, 2026. https://thecollegeinvestor.com/78973/graduate-plus-loans-confirmed-included-in-federal-borrowing-cap-starting-july-2026/ #StudentLoans #HigherEducation
ED Reverses Course: Grad PLUS Loans Will Count Toward $257,500 OBBBA Lifetime Borrowing Limit

The Department of Education confirmed Graduate PLUS loans will count toward the new $257,500 OBBBA lifetime borrowing limit starting July 1, 2026.

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