universities

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The nationwide Canvas outage that disrupted colleges and universities during finals week forced campuses across the country to improvise as faculty and students suddenly lost access to exams, assignments, grades and other course materials.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Dozens of Hadzabe children attend schools and universities far from the valley.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Sometimes, competition is involved; Abbott Labs and the Big Ten held a contest for supporters of Big Ten universities to donate blood on behalf of their chosen team.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

According to a 2024 study by the University of Stirling, universities with successful local football teams are more attractive to prospective students.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Like most other major universities, Berkeley tended to think of chemists, biologists, physicists, and engineers all as inhabitants of discrete sandboxes.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik