The re was a time when big-league university presidents really mattered. The New York Times covered their every move. Presidents, the real one s, sought their counsel. For Woodrow Wilson and Dwight Eisenhower, being head of Princeton and Colu...
THESE HAVE BEEN THE ,BEST OF TIMES for many of the nation’s top universities-and the worst of times for middle income families struggling to afford them. Thanks to a robust stock market, school endowments have ballooned. Yet few institutions h...
Carmen Arace Middle School is situated in the pastoral town of Bloomfield, Conn., but four years ago it faced many of the same challenges as inner-city schools in nearby Hartford: low scores on standardized tests, dropping enrollment and high r...
Sonora Dodd, of Washington, first had the idea of a "father's day." She thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. Smart,...
A study in the journal Psychological Science reveals that in speed-dating situations, those in stationary positions tend to be more picky than those assigned to move around the room. 发表在《心理科学》（Psychological Science）杂志上的一项研究揭示，...
A study in the journal Fertility and Sterility found a connection between an antioxidant-rich diet and sperm quality. 发表在《生育与不育》（Fertility and Sterility）杂志上的一项研究发现，富含抗氧化剂饮食的饮食与高质量的精子有关。 Antioxidan...
A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences adds at least a billion years to the already far-future estimate of when the sun will make Earth too hot to handle. 人们估测，在遥远的将来太阳会使地球热得不能再居住，发表在《美国国家科学...
The past couple of years have proven tough for most retirement accounts. Diversification provided some respite, but, overall, most portfolios got mauled. In recent months, the stock market has rebounded, but most of our nest eggs have still lost a...
