Associated PressNews RoundupMumps Confirmed at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRICHMOND, Va. — Authorities say there’s a confirmed case of mumps at Virginia Commonwealth University. News outlets reported Tuesday that the university sent out an alert to community members disclosing that the Richmond City Health Department is investigating that confirmed case and another suspected case. Mumps is a virus transmitted by respiratory droplets that can […]March 14, 2018News RoundupStephen Hawking, Best-Known Physicist of His Time, Has DiedLONDON — Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died. He was 76. Hawking died at his home in Cambridge, England, according to a statement by the University of Cambridge. The best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Hawking wrote so lucidly of the mysteries […]March 14, 2018News RoundupMichigan College Cancels Classes After Racist Graffiti FoundFLINT, Mich. – Classes have been canceled for the day at Kettering University in Michigan as authorities investigate racist graffiti found at a residence hall. The Flint Journal reports that letters sent to staff, faculty and students note at least two recent cases of racist and profane graffiti at Thompson Hall on the school’s campus […]March 13, 2018News RoundupUniversity Recovers Stolen Black Rhino HornThe University of Vermont has recovered a black rhinoceros horn with a potential street value of more than $100,000 that was stolen from a locked storage room on campus last year, the school announced Tuesday. Police received a local tip that eventually led them to Ridgefield, Conn., where someone turned over the artifact in exchange for immunity, […]March 13, 2018News RoundupUniversity CFO Resigns Rather Than Leave Board of Gun MakerMIAMI — The chief financial officer of a private Florida university has resigned rather than leave her post on the board of a company that makes guns. The Miami Herald reports Anita Britt offered her resignation Tuesday from St. Thomas University. Britt joined the Miami-area Catholic school on Jan. 5. She joined the board for […]March 13, 2018News RoundupSorority Banned from Pennsylvania University Over Scavenger Hunt Involving Drugs, Alcohol, SexBETHLEHEM, Pa. — A Pennsylvania university has kicked a sorority off campus due to what officials are calling a “reprehensible” scavenger hunt that involved drugs, alcohol and sexual activity. Alpha Chi Omega’s Theta Chi chapter lost its recognition by Lehigh University for two years and will be banned from campus through May 2020. The Lehigh […]March 12, 2018News RoundupBlimp-loving Collector Donates Relics to University of AkronAKRON, Ohio — An airship aficionado’s memorabilia collection documenting the history of lighter-than-air flight is headed to the hometown of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and birthplace of its iconic blimps. The University of Akron is accepting 100 boxes of rare toys, books, photos and videos from New York City resident Alan Gross, who bills […]March 12, 2018News RoundupSigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Shut Down at KansasLAWRENCE, Kan. — A fraternity at the University of Kansas has been closed because of several health and safety violations and a failure to meet its national organization’s guidelines. The national Sigma Alpha Epsilon organization announced Thursday that the Kansas chapter will close after 115 years at the university. The national organization didn’t elaborate on […]March 12, 2018News RoundupIndiana State University to Track Bats in North CarolinaTERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Indiana State University bat researchers have secured a $900,000 grant to study the distribution and habits of federally endangered gray bats in North Carolina. The school’s Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation received the grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for a three-year study of the distribution, preferred […]March 11, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Montevallo Receives $3.6M Gift for Business SchoolMONTEVALLO — The University of Montevallo received the largest gift in the school’s history going toward a new building for its business school. A $3.6-million gift was donated to the University of Montevallo’s Stephens College of Business, Al.com reported. The college is named after Michael E. Stephens, who died last year. The college of business […]March 11, 2018Previous PagePage 28 of 569Next Page