With locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia, and Lacoste, France, the Savannah College of Art and Design—SCAD, for short—is unlike any university in the world. Founded in 1978, SCAD just celebrated its 40th anniversary; in that time, the university has grown to more than 15,000 students and boasts an impressive list of alumni, from fashion […] … learn more→

Ready to pull off the deal for your dream house? Buying a new home can be both exciting and distressful. And this often curtains you from certain keynotes that must be assessed before finally sealing the deal. Hence, it is necessary to walk with all the prerequisites. And to further help you with the process, […] … learn more→

After four long days and nights, the European Council has reached a historic agreement on future spending. The next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and the Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery instrument will commit the European Union to spending €1,824 billion (£1,660 billion) between 2021 and 2027. Compared with the 2014-20 MFF of €1,138 billion, this […] … learn more→

The change is inherent to the University, but now it takes on new dimensions and perspectives, already perceptible before the Covid-19 crisis and accelerated and intensified with it, which entail substantial transformations in practically all areas: in the supports, the methods , the contents of the teachings, the structures, the organization, the modes of relationship and even the university […] … learn more→

Massive open online classes, or MOOCs, have seen a surge in enrollments since March. Enrollment at Coursera – an online platform that offers MOOCs, has skyrocketed and was 640% higher from mid-March to mid-April than during the same period last year, growing from 1.6 to 10.3 million. The surge was driven in part by giving free […] … learn more→

Scientific meetings used to be relatively small, somewhat amateurish get-togethers of people interested in the very latest findings in various subfields. But, as Henry Ford II noted, “small cars, small profits; big cars…” And so, over the past 25 years, many conferences morphed into larger, professionally run annual events, attendance of which was almost expected […] … learn more→

Team building is one of the most important processes in creating a successful virtual classroom. Both students and teachers need to connect with each other to perform as a high functioning team. Even though as an educator, you have your own way to manage a virtual classroom, you should consider that there can be a […] … learn more→

CBD, short for cannabidiol, is derived from the cannabis sativa plant. Found naturally in this plant, it is used for medicinal purposes. Another major compound found in this plant is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) that is infamous for causing intoxication and is mainly used for recreational purposes. Cannabis is famous for its healing properties as well as recreational […] … learn more→

We have a problem. Researchers make an astonishing 2 million contributions annually, but the majority of these end up just as academic papers and collect dust without ever being used to create change in our society. This is not just our problem, but broader society’s, too, since all of us lose if science continues to churn out studies without […] … learn more→

The thermo-industrial civilization has produced remarkable teaching and learning methods in the service of its development on the basis of science and technology. Thus the success of the engineer’s model and associated schools. Today, we must build collectively and on a planetary scale, a shift of this civilization, towards the abandonment of fossil fuels. Already, and even […] … learn more→