Past Coverage

• Universities Have a Key Role in Global Access to Medicines - February 22, 2008
• Between Lab Bench and Marketplace: the Pitfalls of Technology Transfer - September 22, 2006
• Inventions Produced Almost $1-Billion for Universities in 2002 - December 19, 2003
• Patent Battle Over Academic Invention Features Win and Loss - July 10, 2007
• Colleges Seek a Record Number of Patents - December 3, 2004

Featured Commentary

• The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps

  The students protesting the big tuition increase at the University of California impress Murray Sperber, who was in their shoes 45 years ago.

• Teaching Matters: Creating Lives in the Classroom

  Online avatars bring German history to life for students at Stanford. Edith Sheffer explains.

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  A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy

  Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.

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