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MCMASTER UNIVERSITY -  President Emeritus Arthur Bourns has died. He was 95. Bourns served as President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster from 1972 to 1980, and also as professor, dean, department chair and vice-president at various times throughout his remarkable career. An inspiring teacher and researcher internationally known for his contributions to physical organic chemistry, he left a lasting mark on campus.

NIU’s Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning has announced the 2015 cohort of Summer Research Opportunities Program participants. Thirteen undergraduate students have been chosen to engage in a full-time, intensive research program from June 15 until Aug. 7. These students will work to design, propose and complete research or artistry projects, as well as attend various events and activities on campus and within the NIU community. Students’ disciplines vary from chemistry, history and psychology to mechanical engineering, business administration and visual communications.

Last weekend, Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, who in their heyday often ended up in concert halls through chaotic means, shared a stage with the New York Philharmonic. This time, they went deliberately. The conductor George Daugherty, who has conducted his program “Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” with various orchestras worldwide since 1989, pairs original Warner Bros. cartoons like “What’s Opera, Doc?” and “Corny Concerto” with live, synchronous performances of their music, by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn. This was the program’s first outing with the Philharmonic, and the four shows at Avery Fisher Hall had sold out quickly. Before the Friday-night concert, in the lobby, people of all ages, some in ball gowns, some in Viking helmets, lined up to pose with an energetic Bugs Bunny. He was probably excited to be back in town: though people associate him with Albuquerque, Bugs is a New Yorker.

Penn State student-athletes continue to excel and surpass Division I national averages, according to Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released today by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The NCAA reported six Penn State squads earned perfect multi-year APR scores of 1,000 through the 2013-14 academic year: field hockey, men's cross country, women's cross country, women's golf, women's hockey and men's tennis. Eighteen Penn State squads equaled or surpassed their multi-year APR score from the 2014 report. "It is gratifying to see that our student-athletes continue to surpass expectations both on the field and in the classroom," said Penn State President Eric Barron. "The discipline and commitment it takes to excel in so many areas is impressive, and the fact that continued improvement by our students is part of the equation is even more impressive."

Charles (Chuck) Moul doesn't think he's intimidating. (Photo by Jeff Sabo) Practice is Chuck Moul's mantra. (Photo courtesy of Farmer School of Business) Some students find Chuck Moul intimidating. He laughs at the irony. The slim Miami University economics associate professor grew up in a small Ohio town surrounded by burly classmates fixated on football while he pondered models of supply and demand. In fact, he tells each of his students (1,000 over the past three years) that his goal is for them to become economically literate.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY NEWS CENTER - Warm weather has arrived and summer 2015 is on its way. As a follow-up to last month’s feature on springtime Philly attractions comes this list with all-new events and locations—everything from art festivals to pop-up parks—to explore this summer. It, once again, highlights why Philadelphia was No. 3 on The New York Times’ list of 52 Places to Go in 2015.

Of the approximately 10,000 people Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) employs at its New Center campus, just 537 (roughly 5 percent) live in greater downtown Detroit, the 7.2-square-mile area that includes the neighborhoods of downtown, Corktown, Rivertown, Lafayette Park, Eastern Market, New Center, Woodbridge, and Midtown. That means nearly 9,500 HFHS workers are either commuting each day from other Detroit neighborhoods or from outside the city altogether. But what if an institution like HFHS were able to grow the percentage of its employees living in greater downtown to 10, 15, or 20 percent? It is a strategy that they and other Detroit anchor institutions have been working on for several years.

Happy Memorial Day — never forget!

The UT Tower will be orange with '15 for one more night in honor of the Class of 2015! Be safe out there in Austin, Longhorns!

As part of the Duke in Chicago summer program, students learn how to both make and manage their own art. 

Re-live the special moments of Miami University Spring Commencement 2015 in this highlights video!

Courtesy of Harsh Chopra, Temple University Never-before-seen highly periodic magnetic ‘cells’ or ‘domains’ in iron-gallium alloys responsible for non-Joulian magnetism. Discovery sheds new light on 175-year-old principle A new class of magnets that expand their volume when placed in a magnetic field and generate negligible amounts of wasteful heat during energy harvesting, has been discovered by researchers at Temple University and the University of Maryland .

The Dartmouth softball team is one of 26 Big Green teams that earned a NCAA Public Recognition Award this year. Pictured above is Big Green pitcher Morgan McCalmon ’16. (Photo by Joshua Renaud ’17) The NCAA recently honored Division I athletic teams with Public Recognition Awards based on their most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR). For the fourth year in a row, Dartmouth led the way with the most teams honored at any one institution. Twenty-six Big Green teams were recognized this year.