Associated PressHomeUniversity of Illinois at Chicago Professor Named to NFL’s Violence PanelThe director of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy has been named to the National Football League’s newly formed panel addressing domestic violence.October 7, 2014HomeReports of Campus Sex Crimes Climbing in New EnglandBOSTON ― New England’s largest colleges reported about 40 percent more sexual assaults last year compared with 2012, an increase experts attribute to heightened awareness of the problem and more victims coming forward.October 6, 2014HBCUsJohn Wayne’s Heirs Lose ‘Duke’ Legal BrawlJohn Wayne had a two-fisted image, but heirs of the late movie star have lost a legal throwdown over use of his nickname, Duke.October 2, 2014Community CollegesJailed Cop Killer Selected as Goddard College Graduation SpeakerA man serving life in prison for the killing of a Philadelphia police officer in 1981 has been selected as a commencement speaker at his Vermont alma mater.October 1, 2014LGBTQ+University of California to Add ‘Gender-Neutral’ RestroomsResponding to concerns raised by gay and transgender students and employees, University of California President Janet Napolitano directed the system’s 10 campuses on Monday to create more gender-neutral restrooms and to allow students to update their records with a preferred name that does not necessarily match their legal name.September 30, 2014Leadership & PolicyWilberforce University Names Veteran Educator Freeman as PresidentThe nation’s oldest historically Black private university named an educator and college administrator on Monday to serve as its president as it struggles with financial and other issues.September 29, 2014Faculty & StaffPolitical Strategist Brazile Donates Papers to Louisiana State UniversityVeteran Democratic political strategist and commentator Donna Brazile makes no secret of her pride in being a Louisiana native and LSU graduate.September 28, 2014HBCUsUniversity of Chicago Cuts Ties With Confucius InstituteThe University of Chicago cut ties with a Chinese language and research center following a Chinese media report that suggested the university had bowed to the authority of the institute’s leader in Beijing.September 28, 2014SportsStudents Protest Brigham Young University’s Beard BanA group of Brigham Young University students is protesting the Mormon Church-owned school’s ban on something its namesake once sported: a beard.September 28, 2014StudentsStudent Accused of Videotaping Females in ShowerVERMILLION, S.D. ― University of South Dakota officials are defending their notification procedures after a student was accused of using a cellphone to videotape women in a dormitory shower in late August and charged days later in an off-campus rape.September 25, 2014Previous PagePage 192 of 569Next Page
