Monica Levitan (EDU)News RoundupJohns Hopkins University Purchases Newseum Building in D.C.In an effort to consolidate the university’s operations in Washington, D.C., Johns Hopkins University has announced it plans to purchase the Newseum building, located on Pennsylvania Avenue. The university will purchase the building from the Freedom Forum for $372.5 million, pending approval. Johns Hopkins will renovate the building, including creating office and classroom space for […]January 25, 2019News RoundupGreen Mountain Finalizes Paul Smith’s College Transfer AgreementGreen Mountain College has finalized a transfer agreement with Paul Smith’s College after recently announcing it will close its doors when the spring 2019 semester ends. The transfer agreement will establish an easy transfer pathway for Green Mountain students after the college closes. Under the agreement, students who apply to Paul Smith’s for the 2019-20 […]January 25, 2019StudentsAmerican Indian College Fund Full Circle Scholarship Now OpenThe American Indian College Fund’s signature scholarship program, The Full Circle Scholarship, which supports Native American college students, is now accepting applications for 2019-2020 recipients. The American Indian College Fund donates millions of dollars to thousands of Native American students pursuing degrees in higher education each year. One percent of college students around the country […]January 25, 2019StudentsBNY Mellon Donates $1M Grant to CUNY to Support Low-Income StudentsThe City University of New York (CUNY) has recently received a $1 million grant from the BNY Mellon Foundation to support academically driven, low-income students and increase graduation rates. The BNY Mellon three-year grant, named the BNY Mellon Foundation Transfer Scholarship, will support 330 juniors and seniors at a CUNY senior college who are on […]January 25, 2019News RoundupGreen Mountain College Announces Closure, Partnership to Help Students Complete Degree ProgramsGreen Mountain College (GMC) Board of Trustees have announced that the 185-year-old institution will close its doors at the end of the spring 2019 semester. GMC officials said the college has created a teach-out partnership with Prescott College to help GMC students complete their degrees before the school closes. Under the partnership, Prescott will admit […]January 24, 2019News RoundupUniversity of South Florida St. Petersburg Sends 430 Acceptance Emails By AccidentOfficials at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP) said it recently sent 430 acceptance emails to student applicants by accident. The university said the emails were delivered on Saturday, Jan. 19 and were a result of “human error”, according to a statement to ABC News. “All of us work in higher education because […]January 24, 2019News RoundupTemple University Health System Changes Management as Part of new Restructuring PlanIn a recent letter sent to Temple University Health System faculty, chief medical officer Susan Freeman and chief administrative officer Alan Rosenberg will be stepping down from their posts as part of the system’s restructuring. The letter, written by the system’s president and chief executive Larry Kaiser, also stated that Temple University Hospital’s CEO Verdi […]January 24, 2019News RoundupMichael Bloomberg: Johns Hopkins University Needs Armed Police ForceFormer Mayor of New York and major donor to Johns Hopkins University Michael Bloomberg, recently said it’s “ridiculous” that the university does not have an armed police force. “When you have a city that has the murder rate that Baltimore has, I think it’s ridiculous to think that they shouldn’t be armed,” Bloomberg said. The […]January 24, 2019News RoundupStudents in Blackface Video No Longer Attend University of OklahomaA day after two University of Oklahoma students made a blackface video that went viral, president Jim Gallogly announced that the students will leave the campus. “This type of behavior is not welcome here and is condemned in the strongest terms by me and by our university,” Gallogly said in the announcement. “This behavior does […]January 23, 2019News RoundupRobot Food Delivery Service Now Available at George Mason UniversityGeorge Mason University students can now have select food and drinks orders delivered to them by robots, thanks to a new partnership with European startup company Starship Technologies. Starship will bring at least 25 six-wheeled robots to the Fairfax campus. Students can use the robot delivery service for orders from Blaze Plaza, Starbucks and Dunkin’ […]January 23, 2019Previous PagePage 25 of 58Next Page
