波士顿大学或将和当地惠洛克学院合并

Mon 04 September 2017 12:00 am

boston.com:   In a joint statement Tuesday, Boston University and nearby Wheelock College announced they were discussing a possible merger. “We believe the merger will enhance Boston University’s programs, as well as preserve the mission of Wheelock College to improve the lives of children and families,” the two schools said. Wheelock is a private college of roughly 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students, which houses schools focused on education, social work, and arts and sciences. It is located along the Fens, bordering Brookline, less than a mile south from BU’s campus.

中国留学生托福作弊遭遣返，专家称惩处力度之大属罕见，恐再难入境

Sun 03 September 2017 9:00 am

nbd.com:   今年5月，四名中国留学生因为托福替考被美国警方抓捕，并被控涉嫌串谋欺骗美国政府罪。近日，其中一名学生被判罪名成立，并被驱逐出境。留学专家分析，此次是负责托福考试的美国教育考试服务中心（ETS）申请美国移民局直接发起调查，而移民局随即向联邦法院提出了指控，最后根据联邦法律宣判遣返，规格之高实属罕见。而且身背串谋欺骗美国政府罪，所以今后这几名学生可能很难再入境美国。

开学季密歇根大学人流涌动，学生纷纷回归宿舍生活

Sun 03 September 2017 12:00 am

mlive.com:   Traffic in the city of Ann Arbor has increased significantly, one-way signs are in effect and there is a buzz in the air with the return of students to the University of Michigan. Students began moving into their dorms on Wednesday, Aug. 30 and will continue to unpack their things into the weekend as they prepare for the first day of the fall semester on Sept. 5.

加州大学圣克鲁兹分校开展30米望远镜国际研习营

Sun 03 September 2017 12:00 am

ucsc.edu:   An international training program for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project brought more than 40 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to UC Santa Cruz in August for an eight-day scientific and technical workshop. Workshop participants, representing all of the TMT International Observatory's partners (Canada, China, India, Japan, UC, and Caltech), worked on projects in small teams, visited astronomical laboratory facilities, toured Lick Observatory, and met with numerous scientists and engineers involved in TMT.

飓风哈维过后，达拉斯父母急切寻找就读于莱斯大学的儿子

Fri 01 September 2017 12:00 am

Dallas News:   As Harvey rages across South Texas, college life has been put on hold for thousands of students enrolled in universities across the Houston area. And in North Texas, anxious parents have been tracking the storm, sending emails, checking social media and making calls to their children. For Robin LaBounty, 48, those calls are vital. Her son Gabe LaBounty, 20, a junior at the University of Houston, and his younger sister Olivia, a freshman at Texas State University in San Marcos, have been feeling the effects of Harvey.

宾州摩尔西斯堡中学调查本校教师性侵学生案件

Fri 01 September 2017 12:00 am

Herald Mail Media:   Mercersburg Academy is investigating a graduate's claim that he was sexually abused by a former faculty member years ago and is trying to determine whether there were other possible victims.

美国教育部长Betsy DeVos访问佛罗里达州塔拉哈西市当地学校，宣传学校选择权

Fri 01 September 2017 12:00 am

Sunshine State News:   School choice advocate and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made two stops in Tallahassee this week, visiting a public and private school on Tuesday. DeVos spent the morning at Holy Comforter Episcopal School, a private Christian school, and then made a stop at Florida State University School Tuesday afternoon. An “A” rated public school, FSU High School is affiliated with the Tallahassee-based university’s School of Education.

受飓风哈维影响，美国南部休斯顿地区大量学校停课

Wed 30 August 2017 1:00 pm

khou.com:   Many of the major school districts and colleges have closed schools due to flooding and/or damage from Harvey.

Facebook为美国阿肯色州所有高中提供VR教育

Wed 30 August 2017 9:00 am

Hawei Net:   在与Facebook开展了头一类的合作后，美国阿肯色州政府于当地时间周一宣布，他们正在扩大这家科技巨头的Techstart计划，把虚拟现实教育纳入该州的每所公立高中。双方最初的合作于今年1月宣布，这是Facebook首次与州政府建立了这样的合作关系。Facebook向约250所阿肯色州高中捐赠了VR课件包，特别是针对来自低收入家庭，教育合作项目和STEM教育中心的学生。套件包括VR规格PC，摄像头和Oculus Rift头。

来自Pine-Richland高中的篮球手Andrew Petcash接受波士顿大学奖学金

Wed 30 August 2017 12:00 am

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette :   Petcash, a standout 6-foot-4 guard who graduated from Pine-Richland High School in June, has accepted a scholarship to Boston and will leave for the New England area school Wednesday. Boston plays in the Patriot League and has made the NCAA tournament and NIT in the past six seasons.