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Connecticut's open records watchdog unexpectedly softened its position Monday during arguments before the state Supreme Court about whether the University of Connecticut can treat databases it creates as trade secrets and deny the information to the public.

Group's president cites need to identify funding, college participants

The September announcement that the new home of the National Solar Observatory directory headquarters would be in Boulder, Colo. rather than Huntsville was for "practical reasons."

Federal officials have sent a formal warning to University of Utah medical laboratories for violating rules on reviewing experiments involving animals.

Kentucky's higher education Bucks for Brains program has won a national award for being a model of how states and regions create high-paying jobs through investments in science, technology and innovation.

The Hormel Institute is planning a $27 million expansion that will double its size and staff in Austin.

Institutions must work together to transfer technologies from academic research laboratories to those who will use them to create businesses and jobs, and ultimately boost southeast Wisconsin's economy, says a report released Monday by the Public Policy Forum.

The world’s largest Bruce Springsteen printed memorabilia collection is "Born to Run" no more.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee no longer will be known as a local commuter school, but an international research institution that fuels economic growth, helps solve the region's problems and boosts the number of college graduates in Wisconsin, Mike Lovell vowed on the eve of his inauguration as UWM's eighth chancellor.

A group of students and recent graduates of Texas universities today announced the formation of the Young Texans for Excellence in Higher Education, an organization dedicated to the dual mission of teaching and research.