Associated PressNews RoundupLincoln College Program Helps Monarch ButterfliesThe monarch butterfly population has been declining in recent years. A collaborative project aimed at reversing the decline of monarch butterflies is happening at Lincoln College. A team from Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History was in Lincoln recently working with LC’s Conservation Biology program to help milkweed butterflies. A training session was held for […]June 20, 2018News Roundup123 Nassar Victims Urge Michigan State Board to Fire EnglerA letter signed by 123 sexual abuse victims of former sports doctor Larry Nassar on Tuesday urged Michigan State University’s governing board to oust interim president John Engler, saying he has reinforced a “culture of abuse” at the school. The women and girls issued their joint statement three days before the board of trustees’ next […]June 19, 2018News RoundupNorthwestern University Revokes Bill Cosby’s Honorary DegreeEVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern University has revoked the honorary degree it awarded Bill Cosby two decades ago -the first time the school has taken such a step in its 167-year history. In a news release, the school in the Chicago suburb of Evanston announced its board of trustees discussed revoking the honorary degree it awarded […]June 19, 2018News RoundupA Community College Consolidation Plan in Slow Motion ProposedConnecticut community colleges would not merge for another five years under a plan being presented to the state’s Board of Regents for Higher Education on Thursday. System President Mark Ojakian is not abandoning his proposal to create one accredited community college with 12 campuses — among them, Norwalk, Housatonic in Bridgeport, Gateway in New Haven […]June 19, 2018News RoundupASU Gammage Testing App for Hearing-Impaired, Translation ServicesPHOENIX — The Gammage Theater at Arizona State University is testing an app that will make sure that patrons with hearing impairment or need translation services “never miss a word.” The GalaPro app will be available for use during Gammage’s School of Rock performances, which kick off Wednesday. Created in 2015, this program gives translation and […]June 18, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Kansas Expands 3-year Bachelor Degree ProgramLAWRENCE, Kan. The University of Kansas has expanded a program to help students earn a bachelor’s degree in three years. The “Degree in 3” streamlines course credits from 10 regional high schools and community colleges with the university’s Edwards campus bachelor’s degrees The Kansas City Star reports a signing event at the Edwards Campus on […]June 18, 2018News RoundupMichigan ‘Jeopardy!’ Winner Could Get Prison for Sneaking into Emails at Adrian CollegeADRIAN, Mich. – A seven-time “Jeopardy!” winner who taught history at a small Michigan college faces up to five years in prison for sneaking into the email accounts of other professors, administrators and students. Stephanie Jass, who taught at Adrian College in southern Michigan, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lenawee Circuit Court to a charge of unauthorized […]June 18, 2018News RoundupMichelle Obama Pushes Education Through InitiativeWASHINGTON — Former first lady Michelle Obama told first-generation college freshmen to surround themselves with a community to help them survive college. Obama was the first in her family to attend college. She said: “Finding a cohort for yourself and starting to build your community is going to be important. College wasn’t meant to do alone.” […]June 15, 2018News RoundupTeddy Roosevelt Library Board, University System at OddsBISMARCK, N.D.— The foundation working to build a Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in western North Dakota is at odds with the state’s university system over how to end a lease agreement for land at Dickinson State University that’s no longer planned as a library site. The nonprofit foundation’s board in March voted to build a museum […]June 15, 2018News RoundupFoxconn, Wisconsin University, Announce Internship ProgramMILWAUKEE – Foxconn Technology Group and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are launching an internship program that will send engineering students to the company’s headquarters in Taiwan for a semester. The program announced Thursday is designed to develop local talent for the company’s planned manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin. Foxconn plans to make advanced liquid crystal display […]June 15, 2018Previous PagePage 8 of 569Next Page