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Will This Be The Fiscal Nightmare Of The 21st Century?

Michael Hodin | Posted 04.16.2013 | Fifty
Michael Hodin

A debate about the expenses of Alzheimer's is welcome. Disagreement will attract attention, and for too long Alzheimer's has been relegated to the 'back burner.' But there's also a dirty little secret revealed by the RAND study: Alzheimer's is about the children. They're the ones who will have to pay for it.

Actor-director Alex Karpovsky Releases a Double-bill

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.23.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Getting a movie made is an Olympian task. Getting a movie made and released is even tougher. So Alex Karpovsky's accomplishment -- writing, directing and starring in two movies that are being released the same day as a double-feature -- seems positively Herculean.

'The Green Man Is a Green Terrorist'

Jan Herman | Posted 04.06.2013 | Arts
Jan Herman

My blog staff of thousands didn't have to do much to persuade me that Heathcote Williams's newest dissident poem, a rhymed marvel of CAT-scan clarity, will be seen one day as a YouTube classic. Here are the opening lines transcribed from the video in four-line stanzas.

Whirled Peas: The Shrinking Globe Examined Through Music and Side Dishes

Modiba | Posted 02.17.2013 | World
Modiba

Two things became immediately clear after arriving at the University of Oxford for my semester abroad this fall. First was the British gastronomical preference for peas.

A Day Trip To Oxford, England

Edward Schneider | Posted 02.10.2013 | Travel
Edward Schneider

Oxford is a wonderful place for a day trip from London. While the college and university buildings are the obvious draws, there is much more here to entertain intrepid visitors.

WATCH: Psy Addresses Oxford Union As 'Person Who Shapes The World'

Posted 11.14.2012 | College

Park Jae Sang, better know as South Korean pop phenomenon PSY and the man behind Gangnam Style, addressed Oxford University students and the Oxford Un...

Can You Read This? Researchers Turn To Crowdsourcing To Decipher Mystery Language

Posted 10.22.2012 | World

Researchers at Oxford University hope new technology and crowdsourcing on the Internet will help them decipher the world's oldest writing system that ...

Nobel Prize Winner Was Told By Teacher His Goal To Study Science Was 'Quite Ridiculous'

AP | Posted 10.09.2012 | Home

LONDON -- Teacher knows best? That doesn't appear to be the case for one teacher who called a future Nobel Prize winner's dreams of becoming a scient...

Washington's Arms and the Stars and Stripes -- Believe!

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.25.2012 | Arts
John Tepper Marlin

The American Heraldry Society has worked itself into a lather about the claim that the Washington coat of arms inspired the Stars and Stripes. It argues that records on the design for the American flag don't support this belief.

Online Courses: The Perpetual Student

Tom Teicholz | Posted 10.14.2012 | Home
Tom Teicholz

Universities around the world are taking their courses online in ways that may disrupt our notions of how and what we learn, who learns what, what we pay for education and even the value of a specific college degree.

The Global Search for Education: Art in Education

C. M. Rubin | Posted 09.23.2012 | Home
C. M. Rubin

"Drawing and painting are not just about producing beautiful objects. They are also about learning to look, and to learn to look is to learn to understand."

A Summer's Journey

Gary A. Officer | Posted 09.16.2012 | Impact
Gary A. Officer

This will be a century of transformative change. However, in spite of change, my faith and confidence in the capacity of good people, within great organizations whether in the public, private or nonprofit domain, to remain true to their mission for the benefit of society remains undiminished.

Oxford University Gets HUGE Donation

AP | Posted 09.10.2012 | College

LONDON — Oxford University says a Silicon Valley venture capitalist has donated 75 million pounds ($116 million) to help poor students attend th...

'First' Colleges: Schools That Made History

Posted 07.11.2012 | College

Contrary to popular playground songs, "first" is rarely the worst. Taking a dive into American and world history, we figured out what was the first...

Oxford: Literary Legend

Fern Siegel | Posted 09.08.2012 | Travel
Fern Siegel

Oxford is sui generis, literally "of its own kind." Poet Matthew Arnold described it as "that sweet city with her dreaming spires." It is home to the oldest university in the English-speaking world. To pop culture fans, Oxford is something more.

Donatella's Royal Crush

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 05.31.2012 | Style

The city of Oxford got a little sparklier -- and tanner -- on Wednesday when Donatella Versace took to the podium to sound off about her late brother,...

1.5 Million Pages Of Ancient Text To Be Transferred Online

AP | Posted 04.12.2012 | Home

LONDON -- Oxford University and the Vatican are teaming up to make 1.5 million pages of ancient texts available for free online over the next four yea...

Lessons From a Global Family

Pat Mitchell | Posted 06.09.2012 | Impact
Pat Mitchell

I feel privileged to be a part of the Skoll World Forum -- as a moderator, from time to time, and always as an admirer of the people I meet there, the work I hear about, and the ideas and insights I take away.

Health and Work in the Age of Aging

Michael Hodin | Posted 06.06.2012 | Fifty
Michael Hodin

As life-spans routinely stretch into the 80s and 90s and as birth rates continue to drop to unprecedented lows, the importance of maintaining health as we age becomes even more crucial.

What's the Difference Between Fox News and Oxford University Press?

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 06.05.2012 | Books
Frances Moore Lappe

Democracy depends on honest, fair, accurate debate. Without it, we can't possibly meet today's challenges. And if academic presses don't hold the line -- when fair discourse in the wider culture is in collapse -- who will?

Funding Innovation for Skoll Social Entrepreneurs

Jim Fruchterman | Posted 06.04.2012 | Impact
Jim Fruchterman

The constant theme is raising money for our social enterprises. But not just any money -- we talk about the most difficult money to raise: the unrestricted funding that is the lifeblood for a social entrepreneur.

A Sermonette on Prediction and Its Discontents

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.29.2012 | Business
Robert Teitelman

In the Financial Times, Stein Ringen, a professor of sociology at Oxford, takes a lash to forecasting-happy economists, this time over the eurozone. The column provides a lesson in how difficult it is to resist the allure of prediction and the appeal of the simple dichotomy.

Avi Shlaim's Anti-Israel Diatribe

David Harris | Posted 05.07.2012 | World
David Harris

At a time when the U.S. and Israeli leaders meet in Washington to discuss the ominous challenge of Iran's nuclear program, Shlaim assails Israel for every alleged misdeed, yet, oddly, or perhaps tellingly, fails to address the Iran question.

Studying At Oxford Is A Great Excuse To Visit Oxford

Pam Grout | Posted 03.27.2012 | Travel
Pam Grout

Oxford is a medieval dreamland, a time warp of sorts, where everything from winding cobblestone lanes to impeccably manicured gardens is ancient and historical.

Why Jimmy Wales Allows "Vulva" on Wikipedia

Katie Engelhart | Posted 03.25.2012 | Technology
Katie Engelhart

Decisions made by Wikipedia editors are not law. But when it comes to determining what is 'normal' online -- and how much taboo we're willing to stomach on our Internet -- a Wikipedia referendum can count for just as much.