Walter HudsonAwards/HonorsDr. Oscar E. Patrón: Reframing Success Through Community StrengthDr. Oscar E. Patrón’s journey to becoming an assistant professor in the School of Education at Indiana University Bloomington began in La Villita, or Little Village, on Chicago’s southwest sideJanuary 14, 2026InstitutionsCalifornia College of the Arts to Close After 116 Years, Vanderbilt to Acquire CampusVanderbilt University will acquire CCA's expanded San Francisco campus and its former Oakland properties, operating the San Francisco location as a satellite campus for approximately 1,000 students, including art and design programs.January 14, 2026Faculty & StaffMorris Brown College President Says He Was Abruptly Dismissed Without ExplanationDr. Kevin James announced his removal on social media, raising questions about governance at the Atlanta HBCU.January 13, 2026Leadership & PolicyVeteran Congressman Steny Hoyer Announces Retirement After Four Decades of ServiceLongtime Maryland Democrat and higher education champion to step down in 2026.January 9, 2026Faculty & StaffTennessee University Settles With Professor Fired Over Social Media Post, Pays $500,000Austin Peay State University has reinstated a tenured professor who was removed from his position last fall over a social media post and will pay him $500,000 as part of a settlement agreement.January 8, 2026Faculty & StaffNew National Rankings Measure Public Influence of Education ScholarsNow in its 16th year, the ranking measures scholars’ reach beyond academia using indicators such as media citations, book sales, policy references, and congressional mentions.January 7, 2026InstitutionsGunman in Brown University Shooting Confessed in Videos, Planned Attack for YearsAuthorities found the videos at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, where Neves Valente was discovered dead by suicide several days after the shootings.January 6, 2026African-AmericanGrinnell College Mourns Passing of Trailblazing Alumna Edith Renfrow Smith at 111The granddaughter of enslaved people, Edith Renfrow Smith made history in 1937 as Grinnell's first Black female graduate, earning a degree in psychology with a minor in economics.January 6, 2026Leadership & PolicyVirginia GOP Officials Move to End In-State Tuition for Undocumented StudentsOutgoing Attorney General's joint motion with Trump DOJ sparks political firestorm as successor vows to fight back.January 5, 2026InstitutionsBrown University Tragedy: Former Graduate Student Behind Campus Shooting That Killed Two StudentsClaudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown physics graduate student who briefly attended the Providence institution 25 years ago, took his own life as law enforcement closed in on his location, authorities said. Investigators also linked Valente to the shooting death of an MIT professor two days after the Brown campus attack.December 19, 2025Previous PagePage 2 of 62Next Page
