It’s “Muffin Monday” over at the Honors College, and it’s so quiet you can hear a crumb drop. More than a dozen students – one per table – are writing papers, studying for quizzes and reading books.

The college student’s life is very loud. Between professors talking at them, the inner roar of looming stress and the weekend madness that ensues at bars, one can be overwhelmed by it all. With finals ...

More than two decades after Don Campbell published The Mozart Effect, debate continues over whether listening to classical music can raise your IQ. Most studies into whether quiet music for kids – or, ...

AT 10:00. ANDREW: WHEN IT COMES TO BABIES BORN PREMATURELY, THE QUIETER, THE BETTER. THAT’S THE FINDINGS OF A NEW STUDY BY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN RESEARCHERS. >> OVERALL, INFANT HEALTH SEEMED ...

Students spoke, and we listened! The Collat School of Business has improved access to study spaces throughout our building, and students are already taking advantage of the converted and enhanced ...

Quiet places to study are at a premium, but here are some options on and off campus. Small study room off the Student Common Room The Common Room is not always the most peaceful place, but go first ...

The buzzing of smartphones, the clacking of computer keys, the chatter of study groups: Academic libraries aren’t the quiet temples to scholarship they used to be. Personal portable technology takes ...