Associated PressLeadership & PolicyUniversity of Maryland Investigates Possible Hate Crime After Noose Discovered Hanging in TreeCOLLEGE PARK, Md. University of Maryland police on Monday were investigating as a possible hate crime what appeared to be a noose hanging in a tree near a building that houses several black campus groups.September 10, 2007StudentsASU Providing Private Scholarships to Undocumented ImmigrantsPHOENIX Arizona State University has helped as many as 200 illegal immigrants obtain private scholarships this semester to help pay for higher out-of-state tuition that voters approved in a state referendum, university President Michael Crow said.September 9, 2007StudentsBowie State Student Found Alive After Being Trapped In Wreck For A WeekWASHINGTON James McCormick drove by a ravine near his Laurel, Md., home many times in the week since his 18-year-old son disappeared, oblivious to the fact that his son lay trapped below.September 9, 2007HomeStudy Finds Why Breast Cancer Is More Deadly in Black WomenA new study gives a possible explanation for why breast cancer is more deadly in Black women: they are more likely to have tumors that do not respond to the hormone-based treatments that help many others with the disease.September 6, 2007HomeCivil Rights Pioneer Comes “Full Circle” With New UTenn JobKNOXVILLE, Tenn. Rita Geier, whose 1968 lawsuit helped desegregate Tennessee’s public colleges and universities, is going to work for the University of Tennessee.September 4, 2007Faculty & StaffIn Brief: Floyd Flake’s No-Confidence Vote, Diversity Efforts Pay Off At CU, Kentucky InstitutionsThe labor union representing the faculty at Wilberforce University has issued a vote of no confidence in President Floyd Flake that the school said on Friday is tied to contract talks. Black enrollment at the University of Colorado is up 24 percent within this year’s freshman class while the University of Louisville has hired 45 Asian, Black and Hispanic professors.September 4, 2007HomeTenn. Atty. General Objects to Settlement Over O’Keeffe Work Involving Fisk U.SANTA FE Tennessee’s attorney general is objecting to a proposed settlement of a lawsuit involving the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe and Fisk University, contending it violates the law.September 2, 2007LGBTQ+Gay Studies Programs Thriving on U.S. College CampusesSAN FRANCISCO Before he transferred to San Francisco State University from its sister school in rural central California, Emo Loredo knew only a few other openly gay students.September 2, 2007StudentsGovernor Troubled That Virginia Tech Gunman’s Paper Wasn’t SharedRICHMOND, Va. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said that he is troubled that Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho’s violent class essays, including one with a narrative similar to the massacre he carried out, were not widely shared with law enforcement and university officials.August 30, 2007Health5 University of Colorado Temps on Paid Leave for Background Check Following StabbingBOULDER, Colo. Five people hired at the University of Colorado through a mental-health agency were placed on paid leave for background checks Tuesday, after a former program participant was accused of attacking a student with a knife.August 30, 2007Previous PagePage 419 of 569Next Page
