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PhD stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - About a hundred professors across Germany are under investigation for allegedly accepting bribes for doctoral degrees, the Local reports. Prosecutors say professors may have taken bribes as high as $28,000 through an intermediary firm to give PhDs to undeserving students. "It involves teaching professors from all subjects, from... More »

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Germany • bribery • bribe • PhD • professor

 Woman Gets PhD in Texting 

Philosophy thesis is first on text message communication

Aug 6, 09 7:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A British graduate student has earned a PhD in texting—an academic first, Discover magazine reports. Caroline Tagg’s doctorate, more specifically, is in the philosophy of texting communication. Tagg studied 11,000 texts from 235 people over four years. Among the findings: The average text is 17.5 words,... More »

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cell phones • philosophy • communication • PhD • text message • texting • mobile phones

Title IX Turns to Science: Where Are the Women Physicists?

Gender-equality law looks beyond sports

Jul 15, 08 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Title IX, the federal mandate that requires gender equality in education funding, has been applied mostly to sports teams, but recently a new push has begun to apply it to university science departments. Decrying a dearth of women in physics and engineering programs, some women's groups and members of Congress... More »

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gender • PhD • professor • gender discrimination • science education • Title IX

PhD Will,
PhD Will
Rock You

Queen guitarist, 60, submits astronomy thesis after 36 years

Aug 3, 07 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Queen guitarist Brian May dropped his academic pursuits to tour the globe as a young rock star, but after 36 years he has finally handed in his PhD thesis, which he began researching in 1972. The 60-year-old aspiring astrophysicist delivered a 48,000-word study on "zodiacal dust clouds" to... More »

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music • London • Queen • Brian May • guitarist • rock and roll • guitar • thesis • astrophysics • PhD • Imperial College London

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