Category: Education
2016 college grads: 81% employed or pursuing advanced degree within 6 months of graduation
Four-fifths of bachelor’s degree graduates from the Class of 2016 were employed or continuing their education within six months of graduation, according to a new report published by the NACE […]
NASA explains Earth’s recent record carbon dioxide spike
A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years. […]
Study: ‘The Impact of Internships on Outcomes for New College Graduates’
Grade point average (GPA) and the total number of internships a student completed as an undergraduate student are the major predictors of initial career outcomes, according to a new study […]
NASA to televise upcoming International Space Station spacewalks
Three American astronauts currently on board the International Space Station (ISS) will embark on three spacewalks in October. Those spacewalks are necessary to perform needed maintenance to the ISS. NASA […]
Child Care Workers Seen Taunting Autistic Child on Video Arrested and Charged
After a Snapchat video recently surfaced showing two female child care workers, berating, taunting and throwing a backpack at an eight-year-old autistic child, police in Winter Haven, Florida, issued warrants […]
Remembering 9/11: One Day in Hell
“Dad – are we all gonna die?”
Ex-Vanderbilt football player Brandon Banks gets 15 years for gang rape of unconscious student
Former Vanderbilt University football player Brandon Banks was sentenced to 15 years behind bars on August 18 for his part in the gang rape of a girlfriend of another Vanderbilt […]
Md. elementary school teacher gets 48 years in prison for sex abuse of students
A long-time elementary school teacher for Montgomery County, Maryland, was found guilty of sexually abusing several of his young female students. John Vigna, 50, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced […]
Carlos Bell: HIV positive teacher’s aide charged with 119 counts of child sexual assault
On July 31, Maryland State’s Attorney Tony Covington announced that Carlos Deangelo Bell, 30, of Charles County, Maryland, was charged with the sexual assaults of 24 students and indicted on […]
John Urschel: Ravens’ starter and resident math genius retiring from NFL after three seasons
In a surprise announcement on July 27, Baltimore Ravens’ Head Coach John Harbaugh released a statement saying that his offensive lineman and resident math genius John Urschel, 26, is retiring […]
