Police officers in Providence, R.I., have arrested a graduate student at Brown University and charged him with placing a radioactive isotope in food that was eaten by two of his molecular-pharmacology classmates. The amount was insufficient to harm the two people, and neither fell ill as a result of consuming it, a police spokesman said. Classes at Brnadon University, in Manitoba, resumed Thursday after a two-day strike by faculty members ended with a tentative agreement on a new contract. Two supporting agencies, the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation, encourage the use of their education data bases to support research and provide opportunities for professional development among institutional researchers. At California's public universities, supporters of affirmative action say the campuses are losing minority faculty members.
Opponents accuse the institutions of flouting the law.
A new law essentially abolishes university autonomy and academic freedom, and many professors at the University of Belgrade are refusing to sign contracts that they liken to loyalty oaths. For the full text of these stories, see the November 20 issue of The Chronicle. The Library and Information Technology Association holds a national forum today and tomorrow in Oakland, Cal.