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Sex-Ed Lessons Revised For Vote

Montgomery County sex education teachers would be allowed to tell students who ask that homosexuality is not a mental illness under a last-minute change to new lessons that go to the school board today for a politically charged vote.

$2.5 million awarded to CU to study insecticide risk on humans

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded Cornell insecticide toxicologist David Soderlund two grants, providing more than $2.

$16 million a year in purchases keeps Cornell Library up-to-date

Cornell's library adds more than 125,000 books each year, plus an increasing number of digital books and an array of 'nonbooks.

News: IT chiefs must learn management language, says Gartner [07/06/2007]

IT professionals need to make a concerted effort to communicate with senior managers in terms they understand, according to two senior Gartner consultants.

News: Internet access a human right, according to research [06/06/2007]

Internet access is now reportedly held in as high a regard as freedom of speech, fair trials and equal opportunities.

News: Study shows workers waste time on emails [06/06/2007]

The average European employee wastes several years sifting through and deleting unnecessary e-mails.

State Standards and Nation's Report Card

Secretary Spellings issued a statement saying that a new report "finds that many states' assessment standards do not measure up to the rigorous standards of the Nation's Report Card.

Richard Rorty, 75; Leading U.S. Pragmatist Philosopher

Richard Rorty, 75, an intellectual whose often deeply unconventional approach to mainstream philosophic thought brought him wide public recognition as one of the leading thinkers of his era, died June 8 at his home in Palo Alto, Calif.

Private Loans Deepen a Crisis in Student Debt

As tuition has soared past the limits on federal aid, more students are relying on barely regulated private loans.

Commencement Speeches: Iraq Is Backdrop for Many Graduation Speakers

For many if not most members of the class of 2007, the war in Iraq has been the constant background of their college years.

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