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This vaccine has made a promising breakthrough in race for coronavirus cure
The vaccine is now set to undergo human trials, with tests scheduled for more than 6,000 people by the end of next month.
Oxford University scientists develop rapid-testing tech for coronavirus
Scientists at Oxford University have developed a technology that they say could significantly speed up testing for COVID-19. The test, which has been validated with real clinical samples at Shenzen...
Oxford professor gets bodyguards after threats from transgender activists
A feminist professor at Oxford University was given two security guards to protect her from potentially violent transgender activists furious over some of the things she wrote on her website,...
Oxford bans clapping to avoid upsetting students
Hold your applause, please. The University of Oxford has voted to nix clapping in favor of "silent jazz hands" at their future commencement ceremonies to show solidarity with the hearing-impaired....
Renowned Oxford professor accused of selling ancient biblical texts to Hobby Lobby
A renowned Oxford University professor has been accused of stealing fragments of ancient biblical texts and selling them to Hobby Lobby -- which has already been embroiled in similar scandals,...
How top colleges benefitted from opioids
Prestigious universities around the world have accepted at least $60 million over the past five years from the family that owns the maker of OxyContin.
Accused murderer will testify against co-defendant for 45-year sentence
A British man accused of butchering a Chicago hairstylist as part of a twisted sexual fantasy with a Northwestern University professor has accepted a plea deal and will testify against...
US billionaire donates $189 million to study ethics of AI
An American billionaire has given Oxford University $188.6 million for a new institute that will study the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and computing technologies.
Oxford professor believes alien-human hybrid species will save Earth
The search for signs of intelligent life in the universe may have to skip Oxford University. A spacey professor at the austere British institution claims bug-like aliens walk among us,...
Oxford president takes octopus off school's welcome dinner menu
An Oxford president strong-armed octopus off a welcome dinner menu -- arguing that the dish might be off-putting to disadvantaged students, according to a new report. Octopus was the starter...
Oxford student says bare ankles got her barred her from graduation
An Oxford University graduate said she was turned away from the commencement ceremony because she was “showing too much flesh.” In a Facebook post, the graduating student Eleanor Broome writes...
World's top university accepted more women than men for the first time
It's another watershed moment for women: One of the world's most prestigious universities has admitted more women than men for the first time in its 1000-year history. The University of...
This British city just got serious about cutting pollution
LONDON - The university city of Oxford has unveiled plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from its center as part of the most radical set of proposals so far...
Professor and Oxford pal plead not guilty to fetish murder
CHICAGO — A former Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree murder charges in the stabbing death of the professor's boyfriend. Wyndham Lathem,...
Oxford University stabber avoids jail because of her 'extraordinary' potential
An Oxford University student dubbed "too clever to go to prison" has walked free after stabbing her ex-boyfriend in a drug-fueled frenzy — but moaned that she can't go clubbing...
Slaying of professor's boyfriend 'began with sex, suicide fantasies'
The fatal stabbing of a hairstylist in Chicago was part of a sexual fantasy hatched in an online chatroom between a Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee, whose...
University duo charged with murder are extradited to Chicago
CHICAGO — Two employees of elite universities charged in the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old hair stylist were returned to Chicago early Saturday to face charges of first-degree murder in...
Malala Yousafzai gets accepted to Oxford University
Pakistani human-rights and education advocate Malala Yousafzai — who defied death and became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize — now has a new title: Oxford...
Northwestern professor, Oxford employee surrender in fatal stabbing
A Chicago professor and a British college administrator turned themselves in after slaying a hairdresser in “some kind of falling out” in a trendy Windy City high rise, authorities said...
Northwestern professor and Oxford University employee wanted for murder
A Northwestern University associate professor and an employee from the University of Oxford are wanted in the stabbing death of Chicago man, according to local reports. A Cook County judge...