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‘A common humanity’: the British families who tended graves of German soldiers

The Observer 30 Mar 2025
British people tended these graves for decades, even laying flowers and wreaths for their former foes ... But its efforts were met with unexpected resistance from British people who had, in some cases, been tending the graves for almost 50 years.
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Florida college fires Chinese professor under state’s ‘countries of concern’ law

The Observer 30 Mar 2025
In November, the university reinstated a course on “wokeness” taught by Andrew Doyle, a British comedian and historian whose course described “wokeness” as a “kind of cult” with “disciples … [who] ...
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EDUCATION: THE BATTLE FOR UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY

Dawn 30 Mar 2025
THE COLONIAL INDIAN UNIVERSITY MODEL. It all began in 1858, when the British colonial authorities appointed provincial governors to serve as chancellors for the first three universities established in India ... Pakistan inherited two universities.
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Scientists explain why Myanmar quake was so deadly

Dawn 30 Mar 2025
Bill McGuire, emeritus professor of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London (UCL), said it was “probably the biggest earthquake on the Myanmar mainland in three-quarters of a century”.
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Mark Carney accused of plagiarising parts of Oxford thesis

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Mar 2025
Geoffrey Sigalet, a member of the University of British Columbia’s plagiarism committee, said he felt Carney had inappropriately used others’ work in the 300-page thesis.
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Branson rocket failure made Britain look bad, says Science Secretary

The Daily Telegraph 29 Mar 2025
As well as being built in Britain, the rover is also carrying a suite of instruments from British universities including University College London (UCL), Aberystwyth, Birkbeck College and Leicester.
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Does artificial intelligence deserve a seat in Canada's courtrooms?

North Shore News 29 Mar 2025
... universally followed ... Benjamin Perrin, a law professor at the University of British Columbia, has begun teaching a course about the uses of artificial intelligence within the criminal justice system.
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The mythical creature from Harry Potter that has northern roots

BBC News 29 Mar 2025
However he reckons the new stamps highlight a recent "folklore revival" and is now leading a study on British folklore traditions on behalf of a group of universities.
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Climate change threatens Vietnam’s ancient tradition of making fish sauce

Taipei Times 29 Mar 2025
... levels and halve fishing intensity, the South China Sea would still lose more than one-fifth of its fish stocks, a 2021 assessment by scientists from the University of British Columbia in Canada said.
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With few dentists and fluoride under siege, rural America risks new surge of tooth decay

CNN 29 Mar 2025
Bruce Lanphear, a children’s health researcher at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, published an editorial in January that said the findings should prompt health organizations “to reassess ...
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Today in Israeli History: March 28 – April 3

The American Israelite 28 Mar 2025
April 1, 1925 — Hebrew University Opens ... Opening festivities are held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on April 1, 1925. Opening festivities are held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on April 1, 1925.
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UBC Scientists Invent Stir Stick That Detects Drugs in Drinks

The Epoch Times 28 Mar 2025
A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia want to make a stir stick drug testing tool for spiked drinks the norm in ...
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Khalil's lawyers to appear in US court over activist's case

The New Arab 28 Mar 2025
Khalil, 30, was arrested March 8 at his university-owned apartment building in New York, then flown south to Louisiana, where he remains locked in an immigration detention center ... The university ...
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Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers to appear in New Jersey court over jurisdiction of Columbia activist’s case

CNN 28 Mar 2025
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student the Trump administration is trying to expel from the U.S ... Khalil, 30, was arrested March 8 at his university-owned apartment building in New ...
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Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers to appear in New Jersey court over jurisdiction of Columbia activist's case

Times Union 28 Mar 2025
(AP) — Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student the Trump administration is trying to expel from the U.S ... Khalil, 30, was arrested March 8 at his university-owned apartment building in ...
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