Education For All Children (EFAC), a New Hampshire nonprofit providing high school and university scholarships to underprivileged students in developing countries, launched its student-to-student high-school service program on June 26 at the annual New...

Charles Taylor, a 76-year-old McGill professor and one of the co-chairmen of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission, has won the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy. The prize, which is often referred to as the "Japanese Nobel", consists of a gold medal and 50 m

Bob Iannucci, David Pogue, Timothy Chou, and Christy Wyatt are among the academic, research, media, and industry visionaries slated to speak at "The Mobile Future: Technology Revolutionizing Our Lives."

New Orleans photographer Michael P. Smith, whose work chronicled the city’s cultural, musical and folk traditions for more than four decades, including 34 Jazz & Heritage Festivals, died Friday. He was 71.

University of California, Irvine Extension is launching a new online curriculum, "Certificate Program in Sustainability Leadership," designed to provide up-to-date information about implementing sustainability and green practices. The new curriculum was