Associated PressFaculty & StaffRutgers Professor who Tweeted About White Gun Deaths Placed on LeaveNEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. —A Rutgers University professor who was accused of threatening to kill White people and was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation is no longer teaching there. NJ.com reports a spokesman for the New Jersey university said Friday that Kevin Allred has been placed on administrative leave. Allred is White and […]November 20, 2016StudentsWake Forest University Naming Dorm for Poet Maya AngelouWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest University is naming a new residence hall in honor of famous former faculty member Maya Angelou. The private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said Friday the five-story building now under construction will house more than 200 first-year students when it opens in January 2017. University President Nathan Hatch says Angelou […]November 20, 2016StudentsRutgers Confronts Ties to Slavery in Groundbreaking ReportNEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Rutgers University is confronting its historical ties to slavery. The New Jersey school founded in 1766 has compiled research that sheds new light on its beginnings, including an untold story of a slave who helped build the university’s iconic Old Queens administration building. The detailed report released Friday is published in […]November 20, 2016StudentsMelania Trump’s College Experience Amended on BioAmerica’s future First Lady Melania Trump “paused her studies” to pursue a modeling career in Milan and Paris. That’s according to her new biography on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition website, GreatAgain.gov. The biography states that Melania Trump “would pursue a degree at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, but paused her studies to advance her […]November 17, 2016StudentsOklahoma Student in Penn Racist Chat ‘No Longer Enrolled’NORMAN, Okla. — University of Oklahoma President David Boren says a student involved in a racist incident at the University of Pennsylvania “is no longer enrolled” at OU. Boren said in a statement Tuesday that the university has “zero tolerance” for those who take part in racism. Boren said OU will maintain a strong sense […]November 15, 2016StudentsAbilene Christian University Apologizes for Blackface Student PostingABILENE, Texas —A Christian university in Texas says some students no longer attend the school after images were posted online of a white student in blackface exclaiming: “I’m a strong black woman.” A student wearing an Abilene Christian University shirt and shorts is seen with her face covered in black. She also applies some oversized […]November 15, 2016StudentsWoman Sues Utah State after Sexual Assault at Fraternity PartyOGDEN, Utah — A former Utah State University student has sued the school, claiming officials knew about reports of sexual assault and heavy drinking at fraternity parties but failed to take serious action before she was raped by a fraternity brother who had been accused multiple times before. The lawsuit filed last week contends women […]November 15, 2016StudentsStudents, Faculty Ask UVa President not to Quote JeffersonCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —The University of Virginia president defended her use of Thomas Jefferson quotations after a group of students and professors criticized her, saying Jefferson shouldn’t be used as a “moral compass” because he was a slave owner. School president Teresa Sullivan quoted Jefferson in statements made to the campus community before and after Donald […]November 15, 2016StudentsHearing Set on Future of Alabama State President Gwendolyn BoydMONTGOMERY, Ala. —Trustees at Alabama State University in Montgomery have decided to hold a hearing that could result in the removal of president Gwendolyn Boyd. The decision came during a board meeting held Monday. Boyd was suspended from work 10 days ago, and the hearing set for Dec. 16 will determine the next step. Board […]November 15, 2016StudentsLawyers File Motion to Delay Trump University TrialSAN DIEGO —Donald Trump’s attorneys filed a motion to delay until after the presidential inauguration a class-action fraud lawsuit involving the president-elect and his now-defunct Trump University. In the motion filed Saturday evening in San Diego federal court, Trump’s lawyer Daniel Petrocelli argues that the extra months would give both sides time to possibly reach […]November 14, 2016Previous PagePage 115 of 569Next Page