Among the courses I teach at Milwaukee School of Engineering is speech. It's a class of mostly freshmen, but by the spring term they are college veterans, used to the pace and structure of university ...

It may conjure images of Family Matters' bespectacled, suspenders-clad Steve Urkel. Or the theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. Or Scooby-Doo's Velma. Or you may ...

Being a nerd is never easy, and Toni Pacitti has made it through the other side. He’s recently chronicled his life story – and how it relates to the Star Wars saga – in My Best Friend Is A Wookiee. It ...

Forget the pencil protectors and taped-up glasses worn by the nerds of yore. Today's nerds may still be able to work a ...

Or you may self-identify as a nerd due to your keen interest in a certain hobby or subject, like movies or grammar or whimsical parade floats. Nerd has been part of our lexicon for at least ...