Read more Oxford stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3628/oxford.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:45:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74157/latest-facebook-star-2009-word-of-the-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a move sure to get English majors talking, the New Oxford American Dictionary has crowned “unfriend” as its Word of the Year for 2009. And yes, the verb means exactly what you think it means: "To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook....http://www.newser.com/story/74157/latest-facebook-star-2009-word-of-the-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 16:56:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71359/asia-uk-challenge-us-supremacy-in-higher-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe United States is home to more top-level universities than any other country in the world, this year’s survey by Times Higher Education confirms, but its advantage may not last forever. Although 54 of the top 200 schools are in the US, Asia is making remarkable progress: Japan has 11...http://www.newser.com/story/71359/asia-uk-challenge-us-supremacy-in-higher-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 18:36:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44775/colleges-seek-kids-opinions-on-grapefruit-perfect-crime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBored with prospective students regurgitating textbook knowledge, Cambridge and Oxford have revamped their interview questions to include the abstract (Would you rather be a novel or a poem?), the existential (What does it mean to be happy?), and the downright crazy (How would you poison someone and get away with...http://www.newser.com/story/44775/colleges-seek-kids-opinions-on-grapefruit-perfect-crime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 12:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41745/iran-impeaches-minister-for-fake-oxford-degree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt turns out lying on your resume is frowned upon in Tehran, too. Iran’s parliament gave Interior Minister Ali Kordan the boot today, for posing as an honorary Oxford law graduate, the Daily Telegraph reports. Kordan’s bogus diploma is riddled with typos and misspellings, declaring Kordan “intitled” to an honorary...http://www.newser.com/story/41745/iran-impeaches-minister-for-fake-oxford-degree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Nov 2008 15:08:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41563/gop-offered-10k-to-prove-ayers-authored-obama-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Republican congressman and his brother-in-law approached an Oxford philosophy don in an attempt to prove that Barack Obama's autobiography had been ghostwritten by William Ayers, the Times of London reports. Peter Millican says he was offered $10,000 to analyze Obama's Dreams From My Father and Ayers' Fugitive Days...http://www.newser.com/story/41563/gop-offered-10k-to-prove-ayers-authored-obama-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Nov 2008 13:12:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/31085/humiliating-defeat-for-uk-ruling-party.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn the first anniversary of Gordon Brown's premiership, the Labour Party went down to a humiliating fifth-place finish in a special election near Oxford, reports the Times of London. Although the Tories had been expected to retain the seat vacated by new London mayor Boris Johnson, the ruling party came...http://www.newser.com/story/31085/humiliating-defeat-for-uk-ruling-party.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Jun 2008 6:45:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/12582/holocaust-denier-roils-oxford-union.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British MP tendered his resignation to the Oxford Union yesterday in protest of the debating society’s invitation to Holocaust denier David Irving and anti-immigration leader Nick Griffin to speak tonight, reports the Telegraph . Julian Lewis, the Conservative Party’s shadow defense minister, said he was “ashamed” of the decision by...http://www.newser.com/story/12582/holocaust-denier-roils-oxford-union.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Nov 2007 11:46:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/4761/oxford-evacuates-as-water-rises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of residents were evacuated from their Oxford homes today as water levels along the Thames neared their height. In the worst flooding the UK has seen in 60 years, hundreds of thousands are without drinking water, and power plants supplying many more are threatened.http://www.newser.com/story/4761/oxford-evacuates-as-water-rises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Jul 2007 11:26:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3598/mouse-stem-cell-discovery-speeds-cures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish scientists have discovered a new type of stem cell in mice that's much closer to human embryonic stem cells, making them invaluable in the search for cures for diseases like Parkinson's and diabetes. Two independent teams from Oxford and Cambridge today revealed the "missing link" cells, which can speed...http://www.newser.com/story/3598/mouse-stem-cell-discovery-speeds-cures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Jun 2007 4:29:57 CDT