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Students are campaigning against the use of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook on university computers because they cannot get their work done.

THE unemployed, people forced to work fewer hours and those on short-term contracts should be allowed to enrol in part-time university courses for free, a British think tank representing 28 universities has urged.

I Know That NoseWhen you’re trying to recognize a face, the first thing you look at is the nose--whether you know it or not. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, showed subjects faces on a computer screen and tracked their eye movements. They found that most people look first just to the left of the nose, then to the center of the nose, then to the eyes. The first look was enough for people to recognize a face more than half the time, the second look increased accuracy, but the third did not--those two glances at the nose were enough. The researchers speculate that glancing at the center of the face makes it easiest to take in enough information about the whole face to enable recognition. --Kurt Kleiner [More] Presented By:Inside Guantanamo: Sunday at 9P e/pGuantanamo Bay is one of the world's controversial prisons. This may be its final chapter. With unprecedented access, National Geographic has the story you haven't heard. Both

Four University alumni gave what was essentially a pep talk to students with a philosophy major or minor in Shatzel Hall last Friday afternoon.

(University of Washington) A new, not-so-secret recipe uses artist-grade ceramics powder for 3-D printing. Ceramics objects can now be printed for about three percent the cost of commercial printing mixes.

(University of California - Los Angeles) African Americans comprise 13 percent of the US population, but 49 percent of the newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases. Yet there are very few black AIDS researchers. A new UCLA study outlines a strategy to bring more African-Americans into the field.

A University of Maryland dean whose career as a labor economist has focused on practical questions including local development and worker training will be in charge of helping communities harmed by the collapsing auto industry, President Obama announced yesterday.

(University of Houston) You've probably been there. In a doctor's office, being advised to do what you dread -- exercise. You get that feeling in your gut, acknowledging that, indeed, you should exercise but probably won't. Now imagine that the doctor is your optometrist.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Research led by a University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor suggests that physical activity may increase students' cognitive control -- or ability to pay attention -- and also result in better performance on academic achievement tests.