Associated PressStudentsPenn State Fraternity Hearing to Resume July 10BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A preliminary hearing will continue next month for 16 members of a Penn State fraternity charged in connection with the death of a pledge who died after a drunken fall. Eighteen Beta Theta Pi members and the fraternity itself are charged because of the death of 19-year-old Tim Piazza, of Lebanon, New […]June 14, 2017StudentsUniversity of Kansas Dorm Wing to Cater to LGBT StudentsLAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas is devoting a residence hall wing to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and their supporters. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Student Housing director Diana Robertson says more than 20 students have signed up to live in the “gender inclusive housing” in Lewis Hall for the upcoming school […]June 13, 2017StudentsUniversity of Delaware Opens Concussion ClinicNEWARK, Del. — A new clinic at the University of Delaware employs new research to tackle traumatic head injuries. The News Journal of Wilmington reports the university partnered with Christiana Care to create the STAR Health Concussion Clinic, which opened June 6. Center director Carolyn Haines says the clinic’s Newark location is designed to help […]June 13, 2017Faculty & StaffArkansas School Gets $11M for Infectious Disease ResearchLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency is awarding the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences an $11 million federal grant for research on infectious diseases. The grant is from an arm of the National Institutes of Health, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. It’s the second grant for a program […]June 12, 2017StudentsHood College to Offer Mixed-gender Housing in FallFREDERICK, Md. — A Maryland college will allow upperclassmen the option to live in mixed-gender dorms. The Frederick News-Post reports Hood College students of different genders can live together in pairs at the same dorm rooms inside the school’s three upper-class residence halls starting in fall. Same-gender floors will exist for upperclassmen as well, so […]June 11, 2017StudentsLawsuit Amid College’s Coed Fraternity Rule Goes to TrialMIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Testimony has gotten underway in a lawsuit against a private liberal arts college in Connecticut over its revocation of a fraternity’s housing status after the school required fraternities to admit women. The Hartford Courant reports that Wesleyan University President Michael Roth testified Thursday that he shut down Delta Kappa Epsilon because he […]June 11, 2017StudentsIsrael University Heads Lash Out at Code of Ethics PlanJERUSALEM — Israel’s university leaders have lashed out at the nationalist education minister’s plan to impose a code of ethics they say is aimed at limiting their academic freedom. The umbrella organization of Israel’s university heads says they “vehemently object” to Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s guidelines calling on professors to refrain from expressing political opinions […]June 11, 2017StudentsNY College Students Begin Applying for Free Tuition ProgramALBANY, N.Y. — New York state has begun accepting applications for its new tuition-free college program. More than 3,000 people signed up for the Excelsior scholarship Wednesday, the first day the applications were available. They’ll be accepted through July 21. Applicants should know within a week whether they’re eligible to receive funding. The tuition initiative […]June 8, 2017News RoundupSouthern Oregon U. Loses $1.9M in Email SchemeASHLAND, Ore. — Southern Oregon University lost $1.9 million in an email scheme. The Mail Tribune reports University officials announced the loss Wednesday, stating the funds were intended for the contractor on the McNeal Pavilion and Student Recreation Center. But unknown suspects allegedly posed as Anderson Construction in an email, prompting officials to send the […]June 8, 2017Leadership & PolicyRobert Henry to Resign as Oklahoma City University PresidentOKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City University President Robert Henry has announced plans to resign next year after eight years as head of the university. Henry says in a statement released by OCU that he will step down on June 30, 2018, and take a year sabbatical to focus on writing and legal projects, then return […]June 8, 2017Previous PagePage 75 of 569Next Page