Home Search
Students - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
One-Minute Phone Breaks Help Keep College Students More Focused in Classroom: Study
Researchers investigated whether letting students use their phones for very brief amounts of time can enhance classroom performance—and it seems to have worked.
Their long-term...
Charles Barkley Keeps $1M Promise After 2 New Orleans Students Solve Pythagorean Theorem
NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has donated $1 million to an academy in New Orleans that just produced two groundbreaking young mathematicians.
The story...
Bloomberg Gives Away Another $600 Million to Fund Medical Students–This Time, for 5 Historically Black Colleges
American billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg has announced that a series of grants worth $600 million will be presented to five historically Black colleges and...
Virginia Students Given $15,000 to Use AI to Prevent Deer From Running into Cars
Every Virginian over 30 you could hope to meet will know someone who has collided with a deer in their car: the state is...
Students Invent Leaf Blower Silencer Attachment–Corporation Expects to Be Selling Them Soon
Engineering students at Johns Hopkins have created a silencer module for the campus leaf blowers, reducing the overall noise pollution of the devices by...
Dogs Placed in Elementary Schools Making a Big Difference in Academics and Mental Health for Michigan Students
To help reduce anxiety—and open the way for learning—several elementary schools in Michigan have enrolled service dogs as full-time happiness ambassadors—and it is paw-sitively...
PE Coach Pairs Unmotivated Students to Run with Shelter Dogs–Adoptions Soar
A California gym coach who was looking for ways to drum up motivation for the students on his cross-country running team as they went...
Students Surprise Nigerian Security Guard Who’s ‘Part of the Family’ with a Trip Home–Raising $30K
This week CBS News introduced the world to James, a Nigerian security guard at Providence College, who was recently given a monumental shock by...
New York Medical School Surprises Students with Free Tuition in Perpetuity After $1Billion Gift–WATCH
When a woman was left an inheritance of $1 billion from her late husband, she used it to pay forward the tuition of students...
Blind Jazz Sax Teacher Inspires Students to ‘Feel’ Their Instruments–Uses His ‘Disability’ as Teaching Tool
From a Tampa performing arts conservatory comes the story of a blind jazz saxophonist who uses his disability as a teaching tool. Like Obi-Wan...
2,000-Year-old Scroll Burnt in Pompeii Decoded and Read for First Time by Three Genius Students
In October, GNN reported on the first winner of the Vesuvius Challenge, which sought to inspire young people to use AI technology to decode...
Mysterious Secret Santa Motivated Students to Raise $8,000 Just to Give it All to Those in Need
A Phoenix elementary school teacher organized a "Secret Santa Club" to teach children about the value of kindness and giving, using a hit CBS...
Dozens of ‘Flash Dads’ Cheer On Students Arriving at Schools in Kentucky–For 7 Years Giving High Fives and Support
If you're a student at a Louisville elementary school, Wednesday might just be your favorite day of the week.
Perhaps because of its reputation as...
University Creates 2-Year Debt-Free College Degree to Help Underserved Students
Butler University of Indianapolis has created a 2-year debt-free college to offer an associate's degree aimed at helping prospective first-generation laureates get access to...
School Teaches Students on Opposite Ends of Violent Conflicts – Reconciliation Over Revenge
In Italy, a one-of-a-kind school sees Palestinians graduating alongside Israelis, Americans with Tribal origins alongside those with European origins, and Bosnian Muslims next to...
Chemistry Students Explode Pumpkins to Infuse Halloween With Science and Chemistry – WATCH
The Washington College held its annual exploding pumpkins bash, using science to infuse Halloween with excitement and inspire kids to be more interested in...
Students Build World’s First Off-Road Solar-Powered SUV–and Drive it Across Morocco
Students in The Netherlands have designed a solar-powered SUV that doubles as a small camper van to produce the ultimate concept car for off-grid...
Detroit Students Build a House–Then Deliver it By Truck For Low Income Housing
It was a surreal sight for Pedro Rivera, a whole house was on the back of a trailer driving down a Detroit suburban road;...
Students Craft Stellar Resumes for Long-term Shelter Dogs—and 6 of the Pups Were Already Adopted (VIDEO)
When schools partner with local nonprofits like this Albuquerque animal shelter, good news will not be far away.
Teachers at Polk Middle School in the...
‘Nest Man’ of India Has Built 250,000 Homes for Sparrows–And Trains Students to Build More (LOOK)
In the second-largest greater metropolitan area on Earth, one man's dedication and love of the common sparrow have the potential to transform a generation...